Youth CaN Conference: "When Violence Causes Silence"

April 21-23 2007 Museum of Natural History,
New York City, NY, USA Youth CaN Conference :
"When Violence Causes Silence"

Franklyn Koroma, Youth Representative of iEARN Sierra Leone had the honour of representing youths at the recently concluded Youth CaN conference organized in New York.YouthCaN, which began in 1993, is a youth-run organization that gives kids who are concerned about the environment an opportunity to think and work on a national and international level.
The organization's Web site invites "teachers, students, schools, environmental clubs—all youth and educators—to join with us in facing the challenge of becoming better stewards of our environment." The Conference took place in April the 21-23 2007, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and the theme was ‘When Violence Causes Silence’. Activities include educational workshops and presentations designed by the youths. Youths also exchanged ideas about environmental issues.
After the Conference, Franklyn had the honour to be invited at the iEARN U.S.A Head Office as an intern for two weeks. His task was to work on the Sierra Leone country iEARN database and confirm the participation of youth, test the site, and observe new technologies in the office that are meant to be used for a new iEARN 2007 collaboration project involving director Andrew B. Greene.During Franklyn’s visit, he had the privilege of making several educational visits to such places as Washington, D.C., (World Bank), Richmond, VA, and Atlanta, GA, where he explored various connections for Sierra Leonean and American youths