Fw: EVENT- Inter-Afghan Youth Summit, Oct. 19-20, New York City

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From: "Rameen Javid Moshref" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:17 PM
Subject: EVENT- Inter-Afghan Youth Summit, Oct. 19-20, New York City


> A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian
Studies
>
>
> EVENT- Inter-Afghan Youth Summit, Oct. 19-20, New York City
>
> Afghan Communicator is honored to host the Forth Inter Afghan Youth Summit
> (IAYS IV), in New York City, on October 19-20, 2002.  The Summit will take
> place at the Empire State Building, in New York City.  We are writing to
> cordially invite the leaders of Afghan organizations and active
individuals
> working on Afghanistan or the Afghan community from around the world to
take
> part in this event.
>
> September 11, 2001 has certainly been a shockwave with giant ripples,
still
> resonating from ground zero. The aftershocks are just as severe, and the
> effect it has on all of us is profound.  So it is befitting that this
year,
> the Summit comes back to New York City, where it was born in 1999.  As
> Afghanistan is working to take its place among sovereign nations once
again,
> the future is both hopeful and uncertain. We firmly believe that our
actions
> now will determine how we live in the future. Therefore, we feel your
> participation and input is essential in determining a coordinated course
of
> action.
>
> As we are at the dawn of a new era, the purpose of the IAYS IV is to
> establish an effective network of Afghan organizations in order to
encourage
> a coherent young Afghan ideology, which in turn would inspire a
coordinated
> course of action.  Consequently this meeting is the beginning of
something,
> and not the end.  It takes courage to make commitments and it takes
> discipline to see them through.  As a community we need visionaries to
> foresee the future and leaders who can take us there.
>
> Ideally, participants should be under the age of 35, and educated.
Priority
> would be given to those who have a role in shaping public opinions.  To
> maximize your input in determining the goals, the exact topics of the
agenda
> are purposely left undefined.
>
> We regret to say that Afghan Communicator is unable to compensate anyone
for
> travel related costs or aid anyone with visa issues.  We would, however,
> recommend what to see in New York City, suggest best accommodation for
your
> budget and how to get around New York City.  We will do our utmost to find
> free accommodation, but that depends on availability and would be on first
> come first served bases.  A social event is included in the program.
>
> We would be honored to have you at this event. Kindly register with Afghan
> Communicator by September 28, 2002.  Please contact us at
> [email protected]. For more information on Afghan Communicator,
> please visit our web site at <www.AfghanCommunicator.com>.  We look
forward
> to meeting you here.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rameen Javid Moshref
> Chairman, IAYS Advisory Committee
> Executive Director, Afghan Communicator
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