Arianna Iovene – African Youth Movement (AYM) https://www.aym-inc.org Empowering African Youth to End Poverty Together Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:54:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.aym-inc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-Untitled-1-Copy-32x32.webp Arianna Iovene – African Youth Movement (AYM) https://www.aym-inc.org 32 32 Building the Twenty-First Century African Youth Movement (AYM)Virtual Conference on Youth, Employment, and Righteous RageFirst Annual Virtual Conference https://www.aym-inc.org/building-the-twenty-first-century-african-youth-movement-aymvirtual-conference-on-youth-employment-and-righteous-ragefirst-annual-virtual-conference/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:46:49 +0000 https://www.aym-inc.org/?p=8718

Attendees: Members of the AYM Board of Advisors, Management Team, Volunteers, African Youth (11-17 and 18-35 age groups), and General Supporters.

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025
Venue: Virtual Conference (Google Meet)

Registration: $15 USD (Scholarship option available)
Sponsored by the Twenty-First Century African Youth Movement, Inc.

Purpose of the Conference:
To empower young Africans by exploring the concept of “Righteous Rage,” addressing youth
employment, leadership accountability, and decolonization. The conference will foster actionable
insights and strategies for youth-driven transformation across the continent.

Objectives:

  • To introduce and deepen the understanding of “Righteous Rage” among African youth.

  • To explore strategies for holding African leaders accountable and fostering servant

  • leadership.

  • To discuss youth employment through innovation, value addition, and local resource

  • utilization.

  • To deconstruct neocolonial narratives and encourage African youth to reclaim and share

  • authentic African stories.

  • To foster unity, collaboration, and sovereign African identity among participants.

Outcomes:

  • Clear articulation and adoption of the concept “Righteous Rage.”

  • Concrete strategies for youth-driven leadership accountability in Africa.

  • Actionable insights for improving youth employment opportunities.

  • Enhanced competencies in African storytelling, media engagement, and narrative

  • sovereignty.

  • Strengthened network among African youth dedicated to socio-economic transformation.

Topics Covered During the Conference:

  • Understanding and Harnessing “Righteous Rage”

  • Youth Employment and Value Addition: Lessons from Burkina Faso

  • Leadership Accountability and Servant Leadership in Africa

  • Decolonizing African Minds: Reclaiming Our Narratives

  • Building a Unified African Identity and Sovereignty

Follow-up Actions:

  • Establishment of working groups to continue conference discussions and implement agreed-upon strategies.

  • Monthly virtual sessions to track progress, share experiences, and sustain the momentum from the conference.

  • Encourage youth-led multimedia content creation on contemporary African issues for the AYM YouTube Channel.

Register today at https://www.aym-inc.org.
Scholarships available upon request.

]]> Imagining Africa: Building Artistic Bridges Through Perception https://www.aym-inc.org/imagining-africa-building-artistic-bridges-through-perception/ Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:11:48 +0000 https://www.aym-inc.org/?p=7265 Imagining Africa, conceived by Abu-Hassan (Askia) Koroma and sponsored by the 21st Century African Youth Movement, is a transformative multi-phase artistic initiative. The project leverages the power of art to build bridges of communication between Africa and America, fostering fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to global challenges. With a focus on creativity, Imagining Africa encourages artists to reimagine worldwide issues and explore solutions that inspire positive change. By engaging artists in optimistic learning and exploration of Africa, the project aims to create personal transformations that ripple outward, positively impacting the global community.

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