Name of the associated organization: Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University
Language: English
Date: 17 April 2026
Location: Room XI,building A, Palais des Nations
Description: After 5 years of the Permanent Forum's creation, and various calls from member states, civil society, organizers and diverse attendees, demand of Youth presence, participation and advocacy has been constant. Our event will showcase what that could look like. A future UNPFPAD Youth Council would serve as a sustainable, multilayered mechanism to promote the global unity of African-diasporic youth and facilitate the increased contribution of Black youth in global policy. It would ensure our voices and recommendations are valued and remain rooted in global solidarity as we begin to take our places at the forefront of decision-making in the Second International Decade. Our main objective is to give all interested parties more detailed insight into the proposed foundation and initiatives our development team has created, and then spend the rest of the session having a communal based conversation as a group in order to identify the interests, concerns, suggestions, and hopes held by the global youth in attendance!
