Volunteer: Sister Cities International California Youth Leadership Summit
Volunteers are wanted for the Sister Cities International California Youth Leadership Summit that will be held online on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The California Youth Leadership Summit is hosted by the Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter and is organized by the Sister Cities International Southern and Northern California Chapters, along with our partner KIF USA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
This nonprofit online event will be run by young professionals and college students for high school and college students throughout California, as well as college students from California’s sister cities around the world.
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2021
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm PST
Location: Online
Volunteer Positions:
- coordinating panel sessions
- coordinating the international round table
- coordinating entertainment
- coordinating awards program
- coordinating KIF Konversations
- coordinating event promotions & PR
- coordinating event sponsors
- organizing committee assistance
- graphic design
- video production/editing
- website updating
- social media updating
- tech support
CLICK HERE FOR THE VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM
Summit Overview
The overriding theme of the online Sister Cities International California Youth Leadership Summit is “Peace and Kindness.” The online event will feature:
- opening presentations
- a series of themed short panel discussions addressing issues that are most important to our youth and their future well being. Panelists: high school and college students. Moderators: college students and young professionals
- an international round table featuring high school participants from California’s sister cities around the world
- special guests
- entertainment
- an award ceremony
Event Organizers
About the Event Organizers
Sister Cities International was founded in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower for the purpose of bringing about peace throughout the world through citizen-to-citizen diplomacy. Today, this network unites tens of thousands of citizen diplomats and volunteers in 500 member communities with over 1,800 sister city partnerships in 138 countries on 6 continents. California has more sister city organizations than any other state in the U.S. 82 California cities have 356 partnerships with cities overseas. The summit is organized by the Southern California Chapter of Sister Cities International.
Koyamada International Foundation (KIF) USA is a nonprofit organization founded by actor Shin Koyamada (The Last Samurai, Disney Channel) with the purpose of improving the quality of life through global youth and women empowerment, humanitarian aid, and the promotion of global peace and sustainable development.Donate to Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter
