Profile of a Leader Akheel Whitehead

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I met Akheel a few years ago when he was working on starting an adaptive sports program at San Diego State University.  He is a bright shining light in the world of providing more opportunities for persons with disabilities to play sports.  You'll find this interview very engaging as we talk about Akheel's childhood, his being a Paralympian in Rio and his starting of the SDSU program, one of the few in the US.  We also talk about racism and what we have to do in moving forward.  

Over the Rainbow? The Road to LGBTI Inclusion (FROM OECD)

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Ensuring that LGBTI people – i.e. lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and intersex individuals – can live as who they are without being discriminated against or attacked is a concern worldwide. Discrimination against LGBTI people remains pervasive, while its cost is massive. It lowers investment in human capital due to bullying at school.

“To control COVID-19, we have to make hand hygiene accessible to all” – UNICEF and WHO

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Joint statement by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, on the launch of the ‘Hand Hygiene for All’ joint initiative

Plan of Action to Integrate Volunteering into the 2030 Agenda

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This July 2020, UNV and IFRC are co-organizing a global technical meeting on 'Re-imaginin Volunteering for the 2030 Agenda'. Explore this page to find out more about how to register and engage. Governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, UN entities and volunteers are invited to engage in the evidence gathering and consultation processes leading up to the Global Technical Meeting

The Future of Lifelong Learning(Desire to Learn Whitepaper)

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In this global Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, and genetics research are accelerating the transformation of industries, labour markets, and lifestyles. Government, higher education and industry all play a role in providing learning opportunities to workers

PRESS RELEASE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2020

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New Report shows how to use the Sustainable Development Goals to build back better after Covid-19.The report outlines the likely short-term impacts of Covid-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and describes how the SDGs can frame the recovery. The report also tracks progress by countries towards the SDGs.

CANADA DAY: MESSAGE OF Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada

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"I believe there are many crossroads, along the road of life, where we have to make choices and decide which direction we take. This is exactly what we witnessed throughout the country in these trying times". "Canadians chose “compassion and solidarity.” They chose to live with one eye on their individual needs and the other eye on the common good."

HOW OUR FUTURE WILL BE

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Some personal reflections on how the future will be...

In the Year 2020: A Poetry Conversation with Awa Ndiaye (Jul 1, 2020 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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How do we position ourselves as change-makers amidst the numerous challenges the world is currently facing? To help explore this question, this interactive virtual event will be a discussion inspired by poetry, with a live performance of Awa’s poem. Awa is a renown global citizen and activist.

Leading Beyond Lockdown, CLORE SOCIAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING

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27 July 2020 - 23 November 2020 A highly subsidised online skills and development programme designed to help you gain clarity, support and a renewed sense of purpose to lead beyond lockdown with confidence ( WITH FEE)

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