This is a wake up call!

an article by Cristina Mart¡nez Pinto

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February 21st, was the date chosen by youth from over 80 countries to drive positive change by calling on governments, corporations and community leaders with specific, straightforward and achievable demands on the most pressing matters, such as education, gender equality, environment, among others. Each country, through its local coordinators, organized a series of events and used social media to call upon national youth to wake up and participate on a global movement that has just begun.

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Link to the site: www.ourwakeupcall.org. As of April 18, the site includes specific wake-up calls from 76 countries, including the 2 from North America, 15 from Latin America and the Caribbean, 19 from Europe, 28 from Africa and 12 from Asia.

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Youth speaking to youth on peace, Do you know of other examples?

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This report was posted on April 18, 2012.

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