[sl] Global Kids annual youth conference in Second Life
The final event of our two week festivities celebrating the start of GK's second year in TSL was a day long youth conference, streamed live from New York City.
The Global Kids annual conference is always one of the highlights of the year - an all-day affair led by Global Kids youth leaders for over 600 teens. The topic this year was global environmental concerns.
We streamed the event into both Global Kids Island and, with the help of the NMC, to educators on the main grid as well. This was our first time handling every aspect of a live video feed into TSL on our own, and it went really smooth. We even had one of our youth leaders from the machinima program, Idan, run the camera all day. We were very pleased.
Below are some photos and the schedule for the day.
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Morning Plenary
- Welcome
• Marc Dones and Lilia Diaz, Students, Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts
• Joel Towers, Director, Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School.
• Daphne Farganis, Director, Institute for Urban Education, Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts.
• Carole Artigiani, Executive Director, Global Kids, Inc.
• Ramon Cruz, Policy Analyst, Environmental Defense
• Undesirable Elements - A Global Kids & Ping Chong & Co. Collaborative Project with Long Island City High School, Canarsie High School, and South Shore High School
• Human Rights Activist Project (HRAP) - Amanda Arriola, Jean Fatal and Monsammet Nahar, Lafayette High School
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Afternoon Plenary
- • Dance Performance: Absolute Bhangra, Long Island City HS
• Alexie Torres-Fleming, Founder and Executive Director, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
• New York State Assemblyman Michael Gianaris
• Spoken Word Performance: Gabriel Peoples and Sharon Anne
• Proclamation by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM Afternoon Workshops
- • The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Cultures
• Global Warming
• War and the Environment
• Food and the Environment
• Natural Disasters
• Women’s Health and the Environment
• Energy
• Children’s Rights and the Environment
• Consumption of Natural Resources
• Environmental Racism
3:30PM – 4:15 PM Closing Plenary and Performances
- • Performance by Queen God Is
• Dance Performance: The Beacon School Dance Club
• Belly dancing by Kailie Cabarcas, Academy of American Studies
• Poetry: Children’s Aid Society
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