Friends of the UN Announces “2011 Tolerance Awardees” at United Nations Youth Assembly Friday January 21,2011
NEW YORK, NY, January 21, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — Friends of the UN Announces 2011 Tolerance Awardees: Honors Dr. Judy Kuriansky with 2011 Lifetime Achievement in Global Peace and Tolerance, Nejeed Kassam as first Youth Ambassador
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Additionally, in her new role, Dr. Kuriansky will ‘Share Her Hat’ with Friends of the UN 2011 Youth Ambassador Nejeed Kassam who, at 24, embodies the hope and acceptance that we want to see in the future world.
Dr. Kuriansky says, “Nejeed is an aspiring change-maker devoted to helping other youth to appreciate diversity. At a young age he is the creator and director of the High on Life campaign and the editor of the book High on Life: Stories of Hope, Change, and Leadership. He is the founder of the international NGOs ‘End Poverty Now’ where he continues to work as the organization’s Executive Director, as well as Networks for Change.”
Adds Dr. Brown, “Nejeed Kassam IS the change we want to see in the world. As a young person who will inherit the world we are proud to name him as a Youth Friend of the United Nations and believe his own future actions will benefit the whole world, as his current initiatives at such an early age have shown.”
Source: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/friends-of-the-un-announces-2011-tolerance-awardees
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