Building a Global Movement for Drug Policy Reform: Can Young People Lead the Way?

Building a Global Movement for Drug Policy Reform: Can Young People Lead the Way?
Santa Barbara A/B, Lobby Level
What are the optimal roles for young people in the struggle for global drug policy reform? What particular value do they bring to the movement?  Should young people focus solely on issues that disproportionately affect youth, or can they make substantial contributions to upending the global prohibition regime? With social media tools increasingly being used to promote and organize political transformations and uprisings all over the world, are young people positioned to lead a global mass movement against prohibition? 

Facilitator: Chantal Kallas, Network Development Coordinator, Youth Rise, Lebanon 

• Aram Barra, Programme Director,  Espolea, Mexico City, Mexico 
• Caleb Chepesiuk, Executive Director, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
• Evan Goldstein, Drug Policy Alliance, New York City, NY        
• Adeolu Ogunrombi, Youth Rise and Youth Network on HIV/AIDS, Nigeria               
• Jonathan Perri, Senior Organizer, Change.org, Washington, DC       
• Lisa Sanchez, Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Programme Coordinator, Espolea, Mexico City, Mexico
• Marcela Tovar, Coordinator of Project Evaluation and International Networking, Acción Técnica Social Colombia, Bogota