Youth Forum, November 8

The Montreal Millennium Summit has also been thinking about its succession! To this end, we’re organizing a Youth Forum as part of this year’s program. The Forum – an afternoon of presentations and dynamic artistic performances – will bring together 500 young people and a significant number of inspiring speakers. Items on the agenda include knowledge-sharing and recounting experiences relating to Millennium Development Goals, the status of the world’s most disadvantaged people and the means at our disposal for helping bring about positive change.

Objective
To come together to learn, to draw inspiration, to empower…and to take action!

Speakers and Topics
Speakers and artists participating in the Forum will address the issue of youth commitment to international development. The Millennium Summit will launch a challenge to young people: global solutions can start with local action!

Confirmed guests to date include:

• Ishmael Beah
  Former child soldier and author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
• Dan Bigras
  Author, composer, performing musician and actor
• Daniel Germain
  President-Founder, Montreal Millennium Summit and Quebec Breakfast Club
• Joseph Habineza
  Youth, Sports and Culture Minister, Government of Rwanda
• Patrick Huard
  Comedian, actor and director
• Marc Kielberger
  Founder, Free the Children
• Mizero Children of Rwanda
  Choir led by Jean-Paul Samputu
• Jack Layton
  Member of Parliament, NDP Leader
• Andrée Ruffo
  Retired judge and activist for children’s causes
• Vincent Vallières
  Author, composer and performing musician
• Luc de Larochellière
  Author, composer and performing musician
• Stéphanie Lapointe
  Performing musician
• Annie Villeneuve
  Performing musician

Location
Mount Royal Centre
2200 Mansfield Street
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 3R8

Post-forum Activity
Young people attending the Forum will be invited, at the end of the day, to complete a brief write-up of their thoughts, and the best ones will be published on the Montreal Millennium Summit Website. This section of the site will be updated throughout the year, as a means of sharing the information and stories of young people who are committed to this cause. Visit our site often!

For more information
Please contact us.
Greater Montreal: (514) 769-5000.
Outside Montreal, toll free: 1-866-515-5009.