April 2, 2009

CAIRO - The United States Embassy in Cairo in coordination with the Mubarak Public Library is pleased to present a Digital Video Conference on volunteerism and youth on Wednesday, April 08, 2009, 6:00 pm, at the Mubarak Public Library, Giza. The DVC will explore the concepts of voluntary participation in non-governmental organizations for youth, how to mobilize people to volunteer, the administrative logistics of organizing volunteers, and the kinds of jobs that volunteers in the U.S. do.

Conducting the DVC will be Ms. Hind Makki, expert on volunteering and outreach education and training, Interfaith Youth Core. Hind Makki received her BA in International Relations, focusing on Global Security and Diplomacy, from Brown University. In her native Chicago, she works extensively within the Muslim community on matters regarding civic integration into American society, interfaith dialogue, education and youth leadership development, and is currently a 2008-2009 Fellow of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute. She has also led youth development and civic engagement sessions in national Muslim and Arab American conferences since 2001. In the summer of 2007, Hind joined the Interfaith Youth Core as a Program Associate in the Outreach Education and Training program area, traveling to college campuses, congregations and conferences in the United States and Western Europe, offering presentations and trainings on promoting religious pluralism, effective interfaith service-learning and meaningful interfaith dialogues.

The DVC will be conducted in Arabic and is open to the Egyptian public and press.