| Under the theme “Youth making it happen now!” the Youth for Change (YFC), an arm of the Alliance for Change (AFC), is hosting its inaugural convention tomorrow at the Ocean View Convention Centre. This was disclosed yesterday during a press conference at the Sidewalk Café.The feature address on Saturday will be delivered by Jamaican Senator Basil Waite, BSc, MPA (Harvard), while a discussion on economic development will be spearheaded by Economist, Dr. Tarron Khemraj.The conference caters for 300 plus persons.According to Chairman of the YFC, Allister Collins, the goal of the convention is to facilitate dialogue amongst youth from around Guyana,NFL Jerseys From China, and to also inspect the formation of a structured national body of young people “moving out to make their mark on our country.”Collins said the main focus of the conference is to collectively gather youths from different ethnic,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, religious, and political groups. “We want to showcase what our young people can do.”According to AFC Executive Member Peter Ramsaroop, the young people have taken under their mantle the need to get involved. He said “governance is democracy and the young people are passionate about being involved in economic development. Those are the things that will be coming out the conference.”Basil Waite is a senator in Jamaica’s Parliament and opposition spokesperson on education,Cheap NFL Jerseys, In the senate, Waite sits on committees reviewing the Access of Information Act, the contractors General Office,cheap nfl jerseys online, the Integrity Commission, the Public Defenders’ Office, the political Ombudsman Office,Dale Hawerchuk Jersey, the Corruption Preventions Commission, the Director of Public Prosecution, the Privileges Committee,China NFL Jerseys, and the Regulation Committee. He is also the National Organizer of the People’s National Party.Dr. Tarron Khemraj is Assistant Professor of Economics at New College of Florida and Research Associate at the Caribbean Centre for money and Finance, University of the West Indies. |
