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Empowering the future: Choi (left) and another participant during the virtual conference.
PETALING JAYA: The Star’s #StandTogether Kindness Leaders are among the passionate youngsters from across South-East Asia who took part in Unicef’s first regional Kindness Leaders Conference.
The virtual conference, joined by students from 10 South-East Asian countries, was held to empower the younger generation with kindness and empathetic leadership skills.
“Empathy may seem like a simple concept but I’ve learned that many problems can be talked through and resolved with it.
“I want to create a more meaningful and peaceful future through the Kindness Leaders movement, ” said Malaysian participant Roshni Sivanaesan, 16.
After-School All-Stars Hawaii
After-School All-Stars Hawai‘i provides comprehensive after-school programs that keep children safe and help them succeed in school and life.
Dec 1, 2019
MISSION
After-School All-Stars Hawai‘i provides comprehensive after-school programs that keep children safe and help them succeed in school and life.
KEY SERVICES PROVIDED
After-School All-Stars Hawai‘i provides free after-school and summer programs for middle and intermediate school students. ASAS supports the social and intellectual development of underserved students by providing structured academic support, health and fitness activities and enrichment programs. In addition, ASAS offers special programs focused on service learning, youth leadership, career exploration, sports-based youth development and high school transition initiatives. ASAS Hawai‘i currently partners with seven schools on O‘ahu and three schools on Hawai‘i Island and served more than 2,200 students last school ye
“ Vivek Murthy is a voice of experience, integrity and compassion,” noted
UH Mānoa Provost
Michael Bruno, who spent time with the former surgeon general when he served as
UH Mānoa commencement speaker in 2017. “We welcome his leadership to address this ongoing public health emergency.”
More on Murthy
In addition to co-chairing the COVID-19 Advisory Board, Murthy has been nominated by Biden to return to his post as surgeon general, where he previously launched initiatives to address the opioid crisis and to alleviate chronic stress and isolation. A specialist in internal medicine, Murthy received
MD and
MBA degrees from Yale and conducted research on vaccine development and clinical trials. His book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, is a New York Times bestseller.
Press Release – University of Canterbury What a few years it has been for young people demonstrating leadership on a global scale. Issues such as gun violence (March for Our Lives), climate change (Strike 4 Climate), and social justice (Black Lives Matter) have all profiled youth taking …
By Associate Professor Billy O’Steen
This uncertain world is our curriculum: tertiary education meets social activism
What a few years it has been for young people demonstrating leadership on a global scale. Issues such as gun violence (March for Our Lives), climate change (Strike 4 Climate), and social justice (Black Lives Matter) have all profiled youth taking action for a more just future.