MEDIA ALERT: Hundreds of Youth and Adults to Participate in a Day of Service in Saint Paul with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi
WHAT:
On Saturday, April 14, as the culminating event of the 23rd Annual National Service-Learning Conference® and youthrive PeaceJam Leadership Conference, youth and adult conference participants will work side-by-side with community members, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi on eight inspiring and peace-building projects including:
- Preparing the Youth Farm and Market in Frogtown for its planting season and learning about its cooking and farming programs.
- Assisting local organizations in presenting a health fair at Jackson Elementary School.
- Collaborating with artist Wing Young Huie to learn about the Frogtown community and interviewing its residents.
- Creating community birdhouse libraries that will be placed in the Peace and community gardens throughout Frogtown. Ebadi received the Prize in 2003 for her work advancing children’s and women’s rights in Iran.
This conference is the largest gathering of youth and educators involved in service-learning, a teaching and learning process used to help students connect academics to real community issues. The conference is convened by Saint Paul-based National Youth Leadership Council and youthrive and draws nearly 2,000 attendees from across the United States and around the globe.
WHO:
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi
UPS Volunteers
Youth and adult conference participants
WHY:
This event highlights and celebrates the year-round work of young people to address real
community issues while meeting important academic objectives.
WHEN | WHERE:
Saturday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, Jackson Elementary, Sheffer Recreation Center, Martin Luther King Recreation Center, Hancock Recreation Center, West Minnehaha Recreation Center, Youth Farm and Market.
Visit ny.lc/scschedule for the full list of projects and locations.
Greater Twin Cities United Way and UPS are sponsors of this event.
For more information about NYLC and service-learning go to www.nylc.org.
For more information about youthrive go to www.youthrive.net.
For more information about the National Service-Learning Conference and youthrive PeaceJam Leadership Conference go to www.nylc.org/conference.
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