South Africa Region Conference to Tackle Troubled Society

The IASYM (International Association for the Study of Youth Ministries) is co-working with the SACLA (South African Christian Leaders Assembly) to host an event just outside of Johannesburg in South Africa. It will be held from the 7th-11th of July 2004.

The conference is designed to focus on key issues of changing society and an expected number of 800 participants are expected to attend. Issues that are to be tackled are major problems faced in Africa each day especially amongst young people and their society such as unemployment, poverty, racism, sexism, HIV/AIDS, disintegration of the family and many more.

The conference will be divided into four tracks: youth leaders in Churches, schools and universities and Futurewatch. Futurewatch is a track for those
who are teaching, studying, researching youth ministries, youth culture and those who are involved in high level development in youth issues. Those
who wish to participate in Futurewatch must be a member of IASYM.

This event aims to attract top academics and practitioners in the field of youth ministry and associated disciplines.

For more information go to:

http://www.africanenterprise.org.za/sacla/youthconference.htm

or:

http://www.iasym.org/conf2004sa/index.htm
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