Youth Leadership Summit 2014

10th Annual Youth Leadership Summit
June 21-27, 2014

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Youth Presentations

Elise Quebec
Marsha Reeves-Jews
 Alexis Valauri-Orton Kassandra Castillo Cruz
Marika Viragh

 

Official Letters
• Secretary John Kerry, U.S. Department of State
• Senator Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
• Senator Brian Schatz, Hawaii
• Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts
• Governor Neal Abercrombie, Hawaii
• Governor Deval Patrick, Hawaii
• Mayor Alan Arakawa, Maui, Hawaii
• Kofi Annan on International Youth Day: Let the Young Lead
Summit Delegates
Summit Overview
Our Missions
Summit Faculty & Team Bios
MVYLI Thanks Our Vineyard Summit Sponsors
Day 1: Monday: What is My Dream for My Life?
• Welcoming, Overview. Ground Rules, Leadership Theme of the Day
• Messages: Secretary Kerry, Governor Patrick, Massachusetts, Governor Abercrombie, Hawaii
• Generation Waking Up! (Pachamama Alliance): Gregory Reinauer, Lauren Olean
• Design Thinking, Dschool at Stanford University: Ian Kitajima, Oceanit
• Dream Workgroups: What Color is My Parachute for Teens?
Day 2: Tuesday: What is Your Professional Dream for Your Life
• Making Dreams Come True: Marsha Reeves-Jews
• Entrepreneur & Me: Kassandra Castillo Cruz
• Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative

— College Prep & Field Trips: Taynara Goncalves
— Job Shadow Day: Lucie Dougherty-Soares, Kristine Hopkins
— College Field Trip + Job Shadow Day + Travel Abroad: Lucy Norris
— Internships: Marcelle Alves with Rebecca McCarthy, Lawyer
• Professional Work Groups
— Business/STEM: Marsha Reeves Jews
— Business/Fashion: Kassandra Castillo Cruz
— International Development: Marika Viragh
— Psychology: Tammy Simpson and Shawna Brown
— Environmental Sciences: Elise QuebecDay 3: Wednesday: What is My Dream for My Island & The World
• Report from Secretary John Kerry’s Oceans Summit with world leaders
• Success Stories for a Changing Ocean: Elise Quebec
• Changing the Way We Think About Fresh Water on Islands: Emma de Brum
• Beach Sustainability: Brooklyn Bradford & Adriana Sanches
• How My Roots Have Shaped My Life & Paved the Way for a Career I Believe In

Alexis Valauri-Orton, Oceans Conservancy
• What Does the Ocean Mean to You?
• Our Ocean Pledge
• Sustainability-In-Action Projects
— MVYLI’s Multicultural Sustainability Project: 2010-2014: Kristine Hopkins
— SHYLI-Lanai’s Sustainability Projects: Lucy Gaceta
• Aquaponics: Daniel Forsythe
• Composting: Green is the New Black
• Sustainability-In-Action Project Brainstorming
• Worldwide Voyage with Hokule’a
(via Google Hangout) in TahitiDay 4: Thursday: Sustainable Islands
• Sustainable Vineyard Map Project
• Video: The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard
• Sustainable Island Economy: Marika Viragh
• Lanai Youth Empowerment: Lucy Gaceta
• Video: SHYLI’s Design Sustainable Hawaii Forum 2014
• Sustainability-In-Action Projects: In Partnership with the Ocean Conservancy

• Sustainability Small Work Groups
• Skype Video: Feliza Fenty, Public Affairs Director, Natural Resources, British Virgin Islands
Founding member, Virgin Gorda Youth Leadership Initiative
Day 5: Friday
• Dream Collages
• What is My 5 Year Plan? Marianne Larned
For My Life, My Island and The World
• Workgroups
• Networking 101: Marsha Reeves Jews
• MVYLI Leadership Opportunities: 2014-2015

• Graduation
— Presentation of Certificates
— Presentation of the book, Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Everyday Heroes
• Summit Slideshow Project
• Gratitude & Sponsor Recognition
• Friendship Bracelets

The Institute’s 10th Anniversary Highlights
• About the Institute
• Recipe for Stone Soup, University of Massachusetts, School of Education
• Vieques Youth Leadership Initiative (VYLI) 2020 Report for Sustainable Development: 2004-2008
• VYLI’s Entrepreneurship Initiative: 2005-2007
• Nantucket: A Sustainable Future for Nantucket: 2011
• Virgin Gorda Youth Leadership Initiative: 2009
Virgin Gorda Youth Leader Speaks at Caribbean Conference
• Sustainable Education Resolution, Sustainable Hawaii Youth Leadership Initiative: 2013
• Sustainability Overview: Global & Island Challenges & Opportunities: 2013

Resource Section: Martha’s Vineyard
• Farms of Martha’s Vineyard (Map)
• Rewards of Oyster Farming Tame Wild Fisherman, Vineyard Gazette, 2012

• The Chef’s Story: Nathan Gould of The Harbor View Hotel, Martha’s Vineyard Times, 2014
• Slow Food Brunch Pairs with Farmer Tales, Vineyard Gazette, 2014
• Pizza, Baseball, Selectman’s Meeting, All in a Day for New Town Leader: Juli Vanderhoop: 2014
• IGI Unveils $10-12 Million Thimble Farm Development Plan, Martha’s Vineyard Times, 2014

Resource Section: Global
• Oysters Might be Able to Protect us from Rising Seas, 2014
• A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change, 2014
• Empowering Young Voices for the Planet: Educational Videos
• 10 Urban Agriculture Projects from Europe’s Greenest City: Freiburg, Germany: 2014
• Spanish Island to be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy: 2014
• Peru Provides Free Solar Power to 2 Million of it’s Poorest Residents by 2016: 2013

Ocean Theme

• The Story of Hokulea
• Ocean Summit Success Stories
• Small Island Developing States

Milennials
• Millennials and Racism
• Let the Young Lead – Kofi Annan
• Divestment – Millennials Turning against Fossil Fuels
• Generation Waking Up

Videos
• Body Language – Amy Cuddy
• The Story of Stuff – Annie Leonard
• Our Ocean 2014 – Jack Johnson