A 1.5-hour hybrid forum will be organised with a panel of speakers both local and foreign coming from the social, private, public and education sectors. Concurrently, a market place featuring the works of various local NGOs, NPOs and Social Enterprises that are...
Catalyst 2030's
Catalysing Change Week 2024
Building the Social Innovation Sector
6 - 10 May 2024
Youth Leadership for Systems Change
How can youth be pioneers for systemic change? Tune in for inspirational, on-the-ground stories from networks around the globe.
How we can make policy-makers DO it: Making mass nonviolent resistance feasible
"I agree with you. Now go and make me do it."—Franklin Roosevelt (1943) to Civil Rights Leader, A.Philip Randolph. Winning elections and lawsuits are essential to achieving major social change. But social change history clearly proves that they are entirely...
Youth Social Innovation in Emerging Markets: A Case Study from Kenya & Haiti
The key to accelerating social change in emerging markets lies in leveraging the abundance of resources that already exist within those contexts. Among these are young people’s passion and innovative ideas for developing their communities. This interactive panel...
Catalyst2030 Report => Collecting youth voices from the network
This co-creation session will bring together youth from all Catalyst2030 organisations participating in the education report. As we are trying to reimagine the future of education, we think it is imperative to include the voice of our young learners. What do they want...
Celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the Youth Empowerment Circle!
This open session will bring together youth and organisations from the Youth Empowerment Circle to celebrate 1 year since its creation at Catalysing Change Week 2021!! A lot has happened since, such as through the creation of the International Youth Council, the...
Peacebuilding Circles and The Talking Piece
This session will be limited to 24 participants on a first come, first serve basis. Peacebuilding Circles offer a powerful process for building community, engaging meaningful and authentic participation, and even dealing with conflict restoratively. Such Circles are...
Authentic Storytelling for Maximum Impact: A Discussion of Best Practices
Meaningful storytelling is a key element of any effective marketing or fundraising strategy. Unfortunately, generating simple but effective stories with lasting impact, especially when intended beneficiaries are located in developing countries, can be very challenging...
The Adolescent Transformative Justice Project
Through the Adolescent Transformative Justice Project, or Adolescence Project, Peacebuilders Canada aims to improve access to justice for adolescents, young people between the ages of 18-25, who are involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, the criminal justice...
Why lead with half your power?
The prevailing leadership paradigm overemphasizes masculine values such as confidence, competition and decisiveness, often neglecting vulnerability, collaboration and openness; and focuses primarily on an outside-in, competency-based approach. This practicum aims to...