The theme of the 17th YPA workshop is a response to the growing global culture of hate, which can only be overcome through enlightened love. Participants will develop their skills to mobilise the resilience of communities to work together in harmony  - the Power of Youth to Overcome Hate.

The first full day will be the 14 July in Los Angeles, and the group will hold a series of workshops and field visits across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada, and meetings in both cities and nature, including in Native American reservations. The sessions will also be conducted in greater Phoenix area, Las Vegas, and rural America. 

Current draft agenda (pdf file)

The sessions include Concepts of Peace, Disaster Resilience, Mediation and Counseling, Bioethics, Environmental Ethics, Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Medicine, Food and Agriculture, Desert Ecology and Life, Sustainability, Paths to Spirituality, Colonization and History, Values Education, Public Health, Medical ethics, Nuclear Weapons.  There will be a range of optional activities including swimming in a river, walking in a forest, reading a book under big trees, archaeological discovery, bird watching, making action plans, fund raising tips. 

The registration fee for 7 days and 7 nights full accommodation (shared), meals, travel, entrance fees to Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park, is USD490 (early bird by 15 June), or USD600 on site.

For those who seek University credit attendance can also be credited for 6 credit hours as postgraduate or undergraduate degrees from American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN), or credit for continuing professional development. 

All inquiries to Dr. Darryl Macer, Email: darryl@eubios.info

The roots of a giant Sequioa tree (Redwood) after two thousand years soaring in the sky.

Confirmed speakers include: Prof.Darryl Macer, USA/New Zealand; Prof. Raquel Smith, Prof. Deborah Kala Perkins, Prof. John LaMuth USA; Prof. Wendlser Nosie, Sr, Apache nation; Prof. Ronaldo R. Cabauatan,  Mr. Leandro S. Estadilla, Prof. Marlon Lofredo, Prof. Agnes Sequino, Dr. Marilyn Menor, Dr. Dennis Alfaro, Mr. Marino T. Sequino, Danny Gamayon Umoso,  the Phillipines; Colonel Puru K.C., Nepal;  Prof. Lian Bighorse, Apache nation; Ms. Gloria Morgan, Mr. Uli Sharbinie, Indonesia; Ms. Dolma Lama, Mr. Rimesh Khanal, Mr. Bibek Adhikari, Mr. Dibakar Baba, Ms. Uma Bhattarai, Ms. Sabitri Bhattarai, Nepal; Prof. Mei Lu, Ms. Shuoyang Hu, China; Dr. Fogbonjaiye Seun Samuel, Evuarherhe Hendrix Etanuvwoma, Nigeria; Mr. Marimuthu Sekar and many others. Please refer to the draft agenda file!