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| − | Alliance for Youth Movement (AYM) was formed | + | Alliance for Youth Movement (AYM) was formed in 2008 with a summit held in New York City. This event was organised by the US State Department partnered with MTV, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Howcast, AT&T, Jet Blue, Gen-Next, Access360Media and Columbia Law School. The aim was to encourage young people from around the world to use various digital mediums to voice their concerns over global issues such as oppression and censorship. |
The AYM Summit is now an annual event, most recently being held in London on March 2010, after Mexico City hosted in 2009. | The AYM Summit is now an annual event, most recently being held in London on March 2010, after Mexico City hosted in 2009. | ||
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===2009 Summit=== | ===2009 Summit=== | ||
| − | Due to the success of the original AYM Summit, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, organised a second AYM summit to be held in Mexico City the following year.<ref>"[http://info.howcast.com/youthmovements/aym-about]", HowCast Website, accessed 16 October 2010</ref> | + | Due to the success of the original AYM Summit, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, organised a second AYM summit to be held in Mexico City the following year.<ref>"[http://info.howcast.com/youthmovements/aym-about]", HowCast Website - About AYM, accessed 16 October 2010</ref> |
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==People== | ==People== | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 18 October 2010
Ross Holland Kashif Riaz Kevin Harkins Gavin Ross
Contents
History
Alliance for Youth Movement (AYM) was formed in 2008 with a summit held in New York City. This event was organised by the US State Department partnered with MTV, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Howcast, AT&T, Jet Blue, Gen-Next, Access360Media and Columbia Law School. The aim was to encourage young people from around the world to use various digital mediums to voice their concerns over global issues such as oppression and censorship.
The AYM Summit is now an annual event, most recently being held in London on March 2010, after Mexico City hosted in 2009.
2008 Summit
The founding Summit in New York City featured a variety of high-profile keynote speakers, including two of the AYM co-founders, Jason Liebman and Roman Tsunder. Also present were Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, James K. Glassman, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs,and Actress Whoopi Goldberg.
Among the topics and issues that
2009 Summit
Due to the success of the original AYM Summit, US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, organised a second AYM summit to be held in Mexico City the following year.[1]
2010 Summit
AYM Website Launch
People
Team
Jason Liebman Co-Founder and Board Member
Roman Tsunder Co-Founder and Board Member
Jared Cohen Co-Founder and Board Member
Susannah Vila Director of Content and Outreach
Rachel Silver Development and Corporate Partnership Manager
Funding
Activities
Digital Diplomacy and it's critics
Contact
Alliance for Youth Movements Website[3]
