[blindkid] Fwd: Youth Disability Advocates Needed! Open Hand "Youth Ability Summit"

[Carol Castellano]

I am passing along this information.

Carol

Carol Castellano, President
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.nopbc.org

>Subject: Youth Disability Advocates Needed! Open Hand "Youth Ability Summit"
>
>Youths aged 12-21 who we are interested in creating international 
>change for peers with disabilities through human rights advocacy and 
>cutting-edge awareness raising techniques are invited to apply to 
>attend the Open Hands "Youth Ability Summit" in Damascus, Syria 
>August 1-3 2010. Those selected will receive a free, round-trip 
>ticket from anywhere in the continental U.S. and full accommodations 
>to attend the Summit.
>
>At the Summit, participants will work together with Syrian youth 
>involved in disability rights advocacy to share our cultures and 
>perspectives, learn about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons 
>with Disabilities,
>and to create an action-packed, youth-centered global awareness 
>campaign. Attending the conference in Damascus will also provide a 
>unique opportunity to experience one of the world's oldest 
>continuously-inhabited cities. Damascus, renowned as a major 
>cultural center of the Middle East, was chosen as the 2008 Arab 
>Capital of Culture and boasts some of the finest antiquities and 
>historical sites in the region. Syria is an extremely safe tourist 
>destination, with no petty crime.
>
>The Youth Ability Summit is being organized by the Open Hands 
>Initiative, dedicated to improving people-to-people understanding by 
>emphasizing our basic shared values and common humanity and the 
>Victor Pineda Foundation, an educational non-profit organization 
>that promotes the rights and dignities of young people with disabilities.
>Attending the conference in Damascus will also provide a unique 
>opportunity to experience one of the world's oldest 
>continuously-inhabited cities. Damascus, renowned as a major 
>cultural center of the
>
>Open Hands "Youth Ability Summit"
>Apply at: 
><http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/291837/Open-Hands-Youth-Ability-Summit>http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/291837/Open-Hands-Youth-Ability-Summit
>
>Applications must be received by May 21, 2010
>Questions? Contact Rachel Walsh, Open Hands Initiative, 917-544-7260
>*please note that all participants can be accompanied by one 
>guest/parent/or guardian. All travelers must have a valid U.S. 
>Passport that does not expire within 6-months of the date of travel.
>
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