SDG Advocates session | Stage 1
Host: SDG Action Zone
The panel will discuss in detail specific policies that can move the needle at different levels on the SDGs. Specifically, there will be a focus on upholding dignity and human rights, taking meaningful action that is not just optically-pleasing, and taking action as an individual. The session will empower viewers, giving them concrete actions to take in their own lives or advocate for in their own cities, regions, and countries. The panelists will be women on the frontlines of action, including in the COVID-19 crisis, who can share their lived experience. The session will tackle policies at three levels: government, business and individuals. Each panelist will recommend the policy or action they consider most important at each level, detailing why it is important and how it can be implemented. The panelists will discuss and critique each other’s recommendations in real time
Speakers
Jana Amin is an Egyptian-American senior in High School. She has a passion for girls’ education and women in Islam. An avid speaker, Jana gave a TedX-Youth talk on changing the narrative around Muslim women and competes nationally on her school’s speech team. She works closely with The Collateral Repair Project, an NGO based in Jordan to support refugee women and girls and curated an exhibit on the duality of Egyptian women at the American University in Cairo. Recently, she hosted a virtual event, #17for17: Advocating for Girls' Education, which was featured in MarieClaire Arabia and Malala Fund's Assembly. Her internship at the Harvard Kennedy School explored homophobic attitudes in the Middle East.
Recognized by the Obama White House as a Champion of Change and a Forbes Under 30 Honoree in Law and Policy, Jamira has made it her mission to employ her personal experiences as the driving force to improve the lives of others. From implementing anti-violence programs throughout the City of Philadelphia when she was just a high school student, to organizing youth trainings around the world as an appointee to the United Nations Global Education First Initiative; Youth Advocacy Group, Jamira’s ardor for personal and social advancement is undeniable. She leads with marked expertise on youth engagement, education reform, social impact, gun violence prevention and criminal justice reform. In 2018, Jamira was the first United States citizen awarded the Global Leadership Award for Vital Voices and selected as an MIT Media Lab Fellow. Today, she works as a next-gen social impact consultant and Head of Youth Engagement and Skills for the Global Business Coalition for Education; working to create collaborative relationships among youth, bilateral agencies, governments, and business leaders to enable innovative ways to educate, engage and activate young people around the world. Prior to the Global Business Coalition for Education, Jamira was the National Deputy Millennial Vote Director for Hillary for America, former manager at Amnesty International USA overseeing the U.S. justice portfolios addressing gun violence, police accountability and criminal justice reform.
Partnerships
| Host: SDG Action Zone |, Aigagalefili Fepulea’i – Tapua’i, Alaa Murabit (Impact 2030), Jamira Burley (Activist and Social Impact Strategist), Jana Amin (17 year old Egyptian-American Activist)