AKKA WKC Youth Forum 2006
For those coming to the AKKA Youth Forum 2006
without ID, those that are
considered youth as stated on their ID, and those
who hide their ID's
when asked.
Our goal is to make the forum so enticing that you
are the ones motivating your parents to come to the
conference and they are not the
ones dragging you.
To maximize the benefits for each of the
attendees, the "Youth"
category up into three levels -
a. 6-12
b. 13-18
c. 18+
Here's some of the potential discussions and
activities being planned at
the WKC Youth Forum. Programs will be entertaining,
engaging and
educational.
Discussion Ideas
- Investing 101
- "What are my Roots?" - Discussions of Histories,Archaeologies,
Literatures, Arts, Environments, Religions,
Governments etc. of Karnataka
- Textbook Controversy - U.S. and India
- Neighbor Nations
- "Got Globalization?" - What is the nature of
"Globalization" in
Karnataka from multiple perspectives - business,
law, politics, and
education?
- Non-traditional Jobs
- "More than shopping and idli" - Making the most of
that Trip to India with the family
- The Bangalore "Scene"
Activity Ideas
- Social Happy Hour
- Video Scavenger Hunt
- Carrom Tournament
- Cooking for Kannadigas
- Networking Breakfast
- Children's Reading Room
- Arts and Crafts Room
- BBQ - Yes, croquet will be played.
- Mela - Carnival, Indian style
- Cruise/ "Disco" - For costume ideas please watch
the dance scene
from "Amar, Akbar, Antony"
- Coordination with the Indian visitors
- The overall conference plans on bringing in
doctors, artists,
entrepreneurs, politicians, musicians, etc. they are
being asked to
offer short programs for the youth participants in a
short, lively,
interactive forum - all of which would be modified
to be age
appropriate, i.e. dance lessons, tabla workshops,
poetry readings, craft
making, job discussions...
- Cooperative discussion among participants
- Connecting with overall conference
The AKKA WKC Youth Forum group blog is now up and
running! Please tell
your friends, family, your cousin-brothers and
cousin-sisters, and any
Kannadiga you meet on the street. Invite them to
join so they can learn
more about the events, connect with friends, and
offer more ideas.
Please visit WKC 2006 Youth forum blog
http://wkcyouthforum2006.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
For more information please contact Rohit Setty at
settyrb@umich.edu or call 734-645-1445
Sincerely,
Rohit Setty
Program Associate
Center for South Asian Studies
University of Michigan
Tel: 734-763-5408
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