## The UN on your doorstep

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Mission 4.7, SDGsToday and the Global Schools Program are thrilled to announce the launch of UN at Your Doorstep, a series of online live dialogues between today’s global leaders and tomorrow’s changemakers on how to tackle the 21st century’s complex sustainable development challenges.

Designed for high school assemblies, extra-curricular activities, Model UN clubs, community NGOs, and traditional classrooms, these dialogues offer a rare opportunity for young people to engage directly with world leaders and UN officials and focus on how young people can take action on the SDGs in their schools, homes and communities.

The first virtual live dialogue will take place on 23 October at 8:00am EDT, focusing on Youth Empowerment — because this initiative is designed for young people and, simply put, none of today’s global challenges can be solved without youth leading the way. It will feature Felipe Paullier, United Nation Assistant Secretary General for Youth Affairs, and Richa Gupta, Young Leader for the SDGs and Co-founder and CEO of Labhya, an India-based educational non-profit that partners with governments to impact the emotional well-being of 2.4 million vulnerable children across 22,000 public schools.

Inspired by the 8 big questions of the Ages of Globalization course, the dialogue will focus on:

- How youth have contributed to driving global-scale change for more peaceful, inclusive and sustainable societies in recent history; and
- What concrete actions youth can take to contribute to driving global-scale change to end poverty, save the environment, and to living peacefully and cooperatively.

Ahead of the session, young people can submit and upvote questions to Felipe and Richa to answer during the live session. After the session, participants can choose to stay on for a 20-minute “Peer Exchange,” where they’ll connect with other young people from around the world in smaller discussion groups.

The UN at Your Doorstep live dialogues are part of the Ages of Globalization, a new worldwide course that integrates world history, science, geography, and technology into an immersive educational adventure to prepare learners to tackle today’s complex sustainable development challenges.

The Ages of Globalization and the UN at Your Doorstep contribute towards SDG 4.7 and UNESCO’s ESDfor2030 Roadmap and is supported by UNESCO, the Sustainable Tourism Global Center, Hearst Foundations, the SDG Academy, Globe from Home, Compass Education and the Foundation for Environmental Education’s Young Reporters for the Environment.

Materials

A Resource Hub has been created to access all relevant information, including the LINK TO REGISTER FOR SESSION #1 ON YOUTH EMPOWERMENT and pedagogical materials for participants to make the most out of each UN at Your Doorstep live dialogue and for educators to integrate the initiative in their programs and activities, such as the UN at Your Doorstep BROCHURE, PRACTICAL GUIDANCE NOTE FOR PARTICIPATION, PRE-DIALOGUE PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCE and POST-DIALOGUE PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCE.

Link to the UN at Your Doorstep Website

Registration Link for Dialogue #1 on Youth Empowerment

Brochure of the UN at Your Doorstep