Tahiti. Sun, sand and… socio-political activism? This may not be the most likely combination, but for over 1000 youth from around the Pacific region, it seemed to do the trick.
Youth Voice / Reo Taiohi
PYF: A TRIP TO TAHITI, BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD IT BE?
Nicole Mathewson describes the Pacific Youth Festival - from pre-departure nerves to an experience that taught her more about culture, respect and love than she learned in all her years at primary and secondary school.
PACIFIC YOUTH HOLD FAST: WE CAN’T IGNORE COLONISATION
Just Focus member Omar Hamed writes about his experience at the Pacific Youth Festival in Tahiti, and how he and another JF member, Char Clark, got caught up in the middle of the struggle for self-determination in Tahiti.
A YEAR VOLUNTEERING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Felicity Gibson, 22, was interested in understanding other countries – not just seeing them through a camera or tour bus window.
BLOG FROM 16CCEM YOUTH FORUM
Youth worker Kevin Grimwood is in Cape Town, South Africa attending the 16 th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (16CCEM) Youth Forum.
I AM A MUSLIM
What is Islam? Three NZ teenagers talk about their life in a largely agnostic/Christian country.
WHAT WE CAN DO FOR PEACE
Despite all the negative issues there are also increasingly positive steps that people the world over that are beginning to take to make changes for Peace, to live in harmony with the Earth and amongst all peoples.
MEET THE JF CREW OFF TO THE PACIFIC YOUTH FESTIVAL
8 members of Just Focus are heading over to Tahiti in July to participate in the Pacific Youth Festival. It is the first festival of its kind and aim to give Pacific youth the chance to have their voice heard and create their own youth charter - something which was severely lacking in the World Youth Festival of which this is an offshoot. Meet the team!
CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOUTH PAY RATES ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
On Monday March 20 at noon, in the heart of Auckland’s Central Business District, one thousand high school students who had walked out of school that morning rallied to demand an end to youth rates. The students were demonstrating the power of collective direct action
Focus on the Future
Just Focus is a youth-focused and youth-led group – this means YOU get to decide how it runs, how it makes decisions and how it relates to other groups.
In the future, Just Focus will involve more and more participation from members like you.
We need to decide how Just Focus is gonna govern itself, how we make decisions around the country and how we relate to adult-led organisations that support us.
That’s why YOU should get involved now!
