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For your inspiration, we are arranging a series of "Power Talks" to kick-start the action of the day. These will be held by significant change-makers who have brought us powerful insight to change in the world. The exciting program of speakers will be announced in the coming weeks...
Edgard Gouveia Junior
 We are delighted to announce that we have received confirmation that Edgard Gouveia Junior now has his plane tickets booked for his attendance at the festival!
In his own words, he is "committed to helping others discover and create their most Utopian dreams for their community". This inspiring attitude has lead him, along with several friends, to create a community empowerment methodology known as Oasis, that seeks to inspire communities to take their futures and surroundings into their own hands and collaboratively create their dreams in a very short period of time.
This years YIP participants connected very strongly to Edgard and his powerful social change work and we are now extremely excited to give you the opportunity to share in this inspiration at the Festival.
Kiara Nagel
 Kiara Nagel joined us as a YIP contributor back in November of 2009 to do a week-long workshop on Place Making.
Now, we are pleased to announce that she will be joining us in Jarna once again for the Sense Festival! Kiara is a great advocate for community development. She works to ensure that the people who would be most affected are directly engaged in decision-making about how their places are shaped, understood and represented. Places are important. They define our identity, foster social networks, and provide the platform upon which everyday life, love, and health are determined. We know that Kiara’s experiences, achievements, and charisma will be a great asset to the festival as we create and celebrate our community.
Reinoud Meijer
Has seen 34 summers and is currently looking forward to the longest
one so far. He has been active in working with youth and
youth-activities for many years. He has been involved in many
conferences and initiatives for, with and by youth. Since June 2008 he
and his family have moved to Järna, Sweden to be organizing the International
Youth Initiative Program.
His profession is best
described as a practical dreamer or imagineer. He likes
to move possibilities into probabilities wherever possible.
Founding
member of:
We have invited Reinoud to
give a powertalk for inspiration at Sense Festival!
 Pieter Ploeg
In the mornings of Sense Festival we will be invited into a 20 minute powertalk to gear us up for the day. One of these talks will be given by Pieter Ploeg, a current YIP participant. Pieter has worked with youth in social projects for about 5 years, from organizing international youth summer camps to setting up a youth network for social projects in the Netherlands and was very much involved in a project called Connectivity before he came to YIP.
He will be sharing his view on "Youth in the 21st century" and the magical quality of working with "Abundance".
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