YL @ IYONS PROFILES OF YL MEMBERS

confirmed as official representatives of their countries at IYONS World Conference for International Youth Organizations

involved in

addressing the global assemblythe Youth Campworkshopsschool and college presentationsthe YL Immersion Week

ADORA SVITAK

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Pacific Standard Magazine described Adora as one of the "30 Top Thinkers Under 30," going on to call her "an activist for feminism, liberal politics, and youth-oriented causes [...] pretty far up the road to becoming intellectual royalty."

She is a 2011 recipient of the National Education Association Foundation's Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education.

In 2014, she served as a Youth Advisor to the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC.

XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ

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UNITED NATIONS Speech, opening high-level event on Climate Change as represen-tative of global civil society

HBO - "Saving Our Tomorrow"

Showtime- "Years of Living Dangerously"

PBS - "Statewide Ban on Fracking"

2013 Presidential Youth Council

2013 Indigenous Warriors Award

2013 Indigenous Youth

Environmental Activist Award

2012 International Eco Award

2012 Peace Maker of the Year Award

RACHEL PARENT

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CANADA

• Post City Magazine, Toronto Top 20 Under 20 2014

• Clean50 Summit, Toronto Emerging Leader 2014

• NOW Magazine, Toronto Environmental Heroes 2013

• Elle Quebec Magazine Our Woman of the Year 2013

USA

• Three Dot Dash, Global Teen Leader 2015

• Just Label It, Washington, DC Right to Know Champion

AVALON THEISEN

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Multimedia Profile link2014 Humane Student of the Year Award by Animalearn

2014 Summer of Service Award by Youth Service America

2014 Florida Achievement Award by the Florida Commission on theStatus of Women

2014 WEDU Be More Inspiring Rising Star Award

2013 SBN International Youth Award

2013 Greening Forward Earth Savers Club Award

2012 Temple Grandin Award

Radio Disney Heroes for Change Award (5/13)

2012 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

CASSANDRA LIN

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MTV Switch Award

Rhode Island School Recycling Club Innovations Award

Brower Youth Award

President’s Environmental Youth Award

NYLC Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Excellence Award

Nickelodeon HALO Award

RHIANNON TOMTISHEN

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United Nations Forest Heroes Award

Brower Youth Award

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

Sea World Environmental Excellency Award

Giraffe Hero Commendation

CHLOE MAXMIN

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Brower Youth Award

Gloria Barron Prize

Focus feature of the Sundance Channel’s award-winning eco-documentary, “Big Ideas for a Small Planet,”

“Green Hero” by Rolling Stone for her climate activism.

Chloe has been featured in

The New York Times

NPR

Bill Moyers

Bloomberg

Real Time with Bill Maher

Chloe writes for The Crimson, The Nation, and other publications.

EMMA & JULIA MOGUS

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The sisters have been featured on CBC THE NATIONAL, CBC News, CTV Canada AM, Global Television Thunder Bay, TVO KIDS, CHCH TV, City TV, CBC Metro Morning Show, CBC Radio Here and Now and other media.

The Helen Keller Fellowship Award (2015, Lions International)

The Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award

Paul Harris Fellowship (2014, Coburg Rotary Club)

Top 20 under 20

Louise Russo W.A.V.E. Youth Award

International Diana Award

Ontario Heritage Trust’s Young Heritage Leader Award

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Peace Medallion Award

TVO KIDS ‘Super Citizen’ Award

BABAR ALI

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CNN IBN India's Real Hero

NDTV ‘Indian of the Year’ Award

His story is part of the syllabus for the CBSE 10th standard English textbook, PUC English textbook for Govt. of Karnataka, and also in a curriculum in Luxembourg, Europe.

He was featured on Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate in July 2012, and is regularly invited to speak at various conferences and forums all over the world.

TED Fellow

INK Conference speaker

ROBYN HAMLYN

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Robyn has not been in the spotlight of official awards, but having convinced 27 cities to pass part or the whole 3-pronged „Blue Community“ Resolution

1) keeping / making water public

2) making water a human right

3) banning bottled water

is beyond awards.

ABBIE BARNES

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Associate of the Linnean Society of London, 2015

Received one of six places for the 'Wildscreen Roar Talent Bursary', 2014

Shortlisted for 'The Network', 2014

'Save Our Oceans, Recycle Your Plastic' - shortlisted for the Innsbruck Film Festival, 2013

'Save Our Oceans, Recycle Your Plastic' - winner of the EcoTales Film Festival, 2013

'Palm Oil' - winner of the Young People's Trust For The Environment Film Competition, 2012

HASSAN SAEED

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Hassan has not been in the spotlight of official awards, but having changed the lives of dozens of girls and their families and children to come for life speaks for itself.

NOT TO FORGETWe have to get our founder to IYONS, too!That's 1,200 €, and they's worth it.

ERIC SCHNEIDER

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Founder of YL with an aim to connect humanity's best changemaking knowledge and support networks with the global young generation at school by defining and offering changemaking role models and model solutions in formats applicable in education on a single global platform, in close collaboration with the hero/ines themselves.

Works at the intersection of media, cultures, changemaking, education.Re-defines societal concepts and words for congruence with a global, peaceful, just, thriving and sustainable, a sacred civilization.

Images & Voices of Hope Award 2012

Known as „Nobel Prize for Media of World Benefit“, earlier laureates include the TED Director and founder of Frontline.

Led YL teams India and Youth Rising for Peace to win UNITED NATIONS Online Volunteering Awards 2010 and 2012

Has attracted 10% of the UNOV global flow of online volunteers to apply for YOUTH-LEADER, more than 11,000 applications

Member of the National Round table for the Implementation of the UNITED NATIONS Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNESCO)

Pacemaker in Ashoka's re:imagine Learning Challenge

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