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Wednesday 7 May 2008

Key Note Speaker for Regional World Youth Day



MARC KIELBURGER
Me To We
Marc Kielburger is an accomplished social advocate and leadership specialist, a bestselling author and a popular speaker. He is the co-founder and chief executive director of Leaders Today, the world's top youth leadership training organization, which delivers one-of-a-kind local and international training experiences to more than 350,000 youth every year. He is also chief executive director of Free The Children, the world’s largest network of children helping children through education.Kielburger has been recognized for his vision and leadership with Canada's Top 40 Under 40 award, has received an Ashoka Fellowship for his innovation and commitment to social change and has been honored as a 2007 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, later winning a Rhodes Scholarship to complete a law degree at Oxford University. Kielburger is the co-author of the bestsellers Take Action! —A Guide to Active Citizenship and Take More Action. His most recent book, Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World, is co-authored with his brother Craig and published by Simon & Schuster. It recently hit the number five spot on The New York Times Best Sellers list. Together with Craig, Kielburger now writes a regular column for Canada's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star. A sought-after speaker, he has shared the podium a number of times with former U.S. president Bill Clinton, as well as with such world-renowned leaders as Nelson Mandela, Queen Noor and the Dalai Lama. Kielburger has shown the world that young people can become the leaders of today. His work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, CBC, BBC, 60 Minutes and profiled in numerous newspapers and magazines.