Are you young? Are you creative? Do you want to speak out your mind and make changes to your life and your country?
Southeast Asia for Change (SEAforCHANGE) movement is to bring together 1,000,000 Southeast Asian youths between the ages of 15 to 35 to produce a youth report which will be sent to 2000 regional leaders in business, politics and media to help them understand the youth segment and how to lead them.
The climax of this movement is the Youth Engagement Summit (YES) 2009 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), where 10 global change icons like:
* Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan
* Founder of Live Aid Sir Bob Geldof
* Cofounder of Twitter.com Biz Stone
* Marketing director of Facebook Randi Zuckenburg
* AirAsia chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes
* Former World Bank managing director Dr Mamphele Ramphele
* The World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
* The ultimate survivor of the tragic 1972 Andes airplane crash Nando Parado
will speak to to the youths!
6000 youth representatives from Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei are expected to attend the event at the world-class Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC). This movement was inspired by the motto “Yes we can” of the US President Barack Obama, initiated by Youth Asia and supported by various organizations, universities and enterprises including WYF (World Youth Foundation), AEISEC, TakingITGlobal, AirAsia, HELP University College, etc. and of course FHV (Free Hugs Vietnam).
That sounds good so far, but to make it really work, SEAChange needs your help!!
Raise your voice
By the time I’m blogging, there are already more than 179 000 youths from all around Southeast Asia participating in this survey. What about you? What about us? What about Vietnamese youths? Don’t be left out!! Raise your voice, tell people what you think should be changed and how you are going to change it.
Simply do it by two steps:
1. Log on to www.YES2009.asia/seachange or www.vietnam.youthsays.com/seachange
2. Answer the survey, and tell anyone aged between 15 to 35 to join too. And your voices will be heard!
By doing so, you and your friends stand a chance to win a FREE trip to meet top global change icons at the Youth Engagement Summit (YES) 2009 on November 16 & 17 in Kuala Lumpur. Rewards include return air flights, full accommodation and delegate passes worth in excess of US$2,500 each. We are also giving away more than 100 scholarships to deserving youth who participate in this historic survey!
Become a youth partner
Youth leaders who run Youth communities or programmes are welcomed to be part of the movement. For more information, please visit: http://www.yes2009.asia/becomepartner.html
*** For youth communities in Vietnam: We need more partners here, so please don’t hesitate to be a part of this historic movement!!