[NYRA] Annual Meeting Agenda Finalized! Plus a Party!

Thu Jul 24 19:21:14 CDT 2008

The 2008 NYRA Annual Meeting will be the biggest ever!!  More  
workshops!!  More food!!  More fun!!  More exclamation marks!!

This year, not only do we have a packed schedule of great workshops,  
trainings, and discussions, we have a party too!  After a long day of  
NYRA business on Saturday everyone is invited back to Alex's house for  
a youth rights Barbeque!  NYRA has been around for 10 years now, and  
now we get to celebrate NYRA's first decade with a suitable shindig.

Don't miss it!

We also have the most extensive schedule for any NYRA Annual Meeting  
to date.  Check out the conference schedule:

Saturday

9 - 9:30 - Opening remarks by NYRA's Vice President, Chip Sinton
9:30 - 10:30 - Democracy 2.0 Declaration by Mobilize
10:30 - 11:15 - How to Deal with the Media by Yonaton Yares
11:15 - 12 - Youth Rights Philosophy & Talking Points by Julian Gutierrez
12 - 1 - Lunch (pizza! free!)
1 - 2 - How to Protect Youth Rights in the Behavioral Modification  
Industry and Get Paid For It! by the Community Alliance for the  
Ethical Treatment of Youth (CAFETY)
2 - 3 - A training from Youth Venture on how NYRA chapters can apply  
for up to $1,000 in funding.
3 - 6 - Annual report, strategic planning & Voting for the board election.
7 - Whenever - Grilling for Youth Rights. Party at Alex's house! Happy  
10th birthday NYRA!

Sunday

9 - 10 - Defending, Debating and Articulating Our Positions by Chip Sinton
10 - 11 - Chapter Building & Student Organizing Basics by Students for  
a Democratic Society
11 - 12 - Youth Activism by Wendy Lesko
12 - 1 - Lunch!
1 - 2 - Youth Rights at Home: Non-Coercive Parenting by Chuck Thomas
2 - 3 - A workshop by the ACLU on student rights, curfews and other  
related issues.

More information (including some workshop descriptions) located at  
this website:

http://www.youthrights.org/annualmeeting2008.php

Be sure to go there and RSVP too.

If you have any questions or are in need of a free floor to sleep on,  
please e-mail us at:
NYRA at youthrights.org

Thanks!

-NYRA