Introduction
Hong Kong Dialogue is an annual initiative of Youth Co:Lab co-led by United Nations Development Programme and Citi Foundation. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service is the host of the Hong Kong Dialogue this year, where a 2-day conference will be held on the theme of Making Progress in Fostering Equalities in February, 2020, with a view to examining the needs of marginalized and disadvantaged children and youth and identifying solutions to enhance inclusion and ensure equal opportunities and outcomes for them, with a particular focus on three marginalized groups including children and youth with special education needs, ethnic minority youth, and youth with aspirations deviant from the mainstream.
Date and Time
21 February, 2020 (Friday) 2:30 – 9:30 pm
22 February, 2020 (Saturday) 10:00 – 5:00 pm
Venue
Auditorium, 1/F Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Objectives
1. Recognize young people as active agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation;
2. Engage young people as experts of matters affecting their lives to share their experiences of marginalization; and
3. Create a platform for true dialogues between youth and non-youth stakeholders to generate solutions to foster youth equalities.
Programme
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Theme 1: Youth – Citizens Being Marginalized |
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21 February, 2020 (Friday) 2:30 – 5:30 pm
Language: Cantonese (Cantonese to English interpretation provided) |
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Thematic Dialogues |
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Human Library: |
Youth-Professional Dialogue: |
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Theme 2 21 February, 2020 (Friday) |
Theme 3 February, 2020 (Saturday) |
Theme 4 February, 2020 (Saturday) |
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To what extent is actualization a dream pursuing journey or a process of dream shattering? Are youths with aspirations dreamers or losers? |
Is it out of reach for children and youth with SEN to fly high? To what extent do professional services highlight their innate shortcomings or empower them to construct equality? |
Do EM youths perceive themselves as Hongkongers or transients? Are there any differences among EM youths who are local born / newly arrived / from different ethnicities / with different educational attainments? |
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Panelists: |
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￭ Youth ￭ Professor Victor Wong (Professor, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University) ￭ Ms Tse Ho Yi Apple (Service Head, Children and Youth Service, Hong Kong Christian Service) ￭ Mr Yu On To Anderson (Executive Officer, Fantastic Dream) ￭ Mr Kung Wai Sum (Member of Youth Policy Advocators, Exco-member of Hong Kong Policy Viewers, Member of Christian Social Worker, Youth worker) ￭ Ms Cindy Suen (Director of La Violet Education and Co-Founder of Under Production) |
￭ Chun (Youth) ￭ Mr Chan Chun Kit (Director, Chosen Power) ￭ Ms Anita Wan (Parent representative of Love V Act Support Network for Parents and SEN Kids) ￭ Dr Sandra Tsang (Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration , The University of Hong Kong) ￭ Ms Luke Kit Ling (Senior Social Work Supervisor, Caritas Hong Kong) ￭ Ms Yew Ching Sheung Daisy (Supervisor, The Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong) ￭ Ms Florence Chan (Assistant Superintendent, Jockey Club Rehabilitation Complex, TWGHs)
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￭ Ms Iban Bhattal (Youth) ￭ Mr Rashid Zab (Youth) ￭ Dr Kim Kwok (Assistant Professor, Caritas Institute of Higher Education) ￭ Dr Fan Ning (Chairman, Health in Action Limited) ￭ Ms Sky Siu (Executive Director, KELY Support Group) ￭ Ms Eva Wong (Co-Founder, WEDO GLOBAL) ￭ Ms But Ngan Ping (Centre Supervisor, Diocesan Pastoral Centre for Workers – Kowloon) ￭ Mr Raymond Ho (Senior Equal Opportunities Officer, Equal Opportunities Commission) ￭ Ms Shalini Mahtani (Founder & CEO, The Zubin Foundation) |
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Language: Cantonese
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Language: Cantonese
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Language: English
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Target: Students, young people, youth work practitioners, educators, social entrepreneurs, policy makers
Enquiry: 2864 2958 (Ms Tang) / [email protected]
Closing for registration: 14 February, 2020