There are 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24. Do you believe young leaders can be at the center of peace around the world? Peace is one of Rotary International’s Areas of Focus, and the United Nations unanimously adopted the Youth, Peace and Security Resolution to support the full inclusion of young people as peacebuilders. This session will help you explore peace education, training and mentoring opportunities available to Youth Exchange Officers and Rotary Youth Exchange participants as part of NewGen Peacebuilders and the Youth & Peace in Action initiative. These programs have been supported by Rotary Clubs and Districts in 10 countries, and recognized by the Rotarian Action Group for Peace and RI strategic partner Institute for Economics & Peace. At the end of this session, you’ll be equipped to share Rotary’s vision of positive peace; the Eight Pillars of Peace framework; opportunities to equip young people as peacebuilders; and new ways to make connections between youth exchange participants and alumni as peacebuilders in their communities. The session is hosted by Rotary Peace Fellow and Rotary Positive Peace Activator Patricia Shafer, who is Senior Fellow for Peace Education at the Alliance for Peacebuilding, a global network of 150 organizations and universities. She will be joined by Jelena Jevtic, a former Rotaractor and US State Dept-sponsored exchange student who is an alumna of the NewGen Peacebuilders and Youth & Peace in Action programs.

2. youth
officers
exchange
FOSTERING PEACE
THROUGH ROTARY
YOUTH EXCHANGE

3. Who is a peacebuilder?

4. YOUTH
The Essential Peace
Advocating for a World with Young People
at the Center of Global Peacebuilding

5. Sustainable
Culture of Peace:
youth education
as foundation
Young people
ages 14 to 24
are world’s largest,
fastest-growing
demographic;
they are eager to be
peacebuilders
UNSCR 2250:
Call for full
inclusivity for young
people in
Youth, Peace and
Security (YPS)

6. Reinforce peace as a value – get creative with youth!

7. From 18 students to 18+ states and countries . . .

8. RYE in
Argentina
made us
think!

9. Exchange From Serbia . . . to US . . . to SE Europe

11. An Italian
perspective
in North
Carolina

13. 2021-22: “YPA” in US, Caribbean, Philippines

14. tinyurl.com/YPAfuture
IMAGINE . . .
How do we “Discover New (Peace) Horizons” with young peacebuilders
by supporting youth exchange participants and alumni?
info@newgenpeace.org

15. Stop acting
so small.
You are the
in ecstatic motion.
– Rumi