More About HarmonyWorks! Conference 2011: 'HOME – Joint HOpes, Shared MEmories'

What are the youths' Shared HOpes and their Shared MEmories? What makes up their 'HOME'? As Singapore progress towards a culturally-diverse cosmopolitan city, it is important to examine our past as a young nation and learn from the challenges we have overcome. HarmonyWorks! Conference 2011 will engage participants to reflect on their aspiration for shaping our future together and focus on meaningful experiences that are treasured and shared among diverse ethnic and religious communities.

Theme

HarmonyWorks! Conference 2011 will carry the theme “HOME: Joint HOpes, shared MEmories”. The conference aims to empower our youth to preserve and contribute towards a cohesive community in order to build a stronger nation we call Home, heighten participants’ awareness about the importance of racial harmony and how service learning initiatives can help achieve this; and enable participants to explore their hopes for the future of Singapore where the Singapore Spirit is embedded in each citizen. The Conference will enable youths to examine the importance of respecting our common spaces while embracing our cultural and religious differences.

Programme

The Conference will be held on 9 July 2011. Key features of the conference will include a Plenary Session, breakout discussions for participants, youth performances and a Dialogue session for participants invited panelists as well as participants to share their views.

Orange Ribbon Celebrations

The HarmonyWorks! Conference will mark the launch of the month-long Orange Ribbon Celebrations spearheaded by OnePeople.sg and supported by our key partners, the Community Development Councils, Self-Help Groups, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Ministry of Education and People’s Association. This national event aims to rally Singaporeans together in celebration of racial and religious harmony. In conjunction with Orange Ribbon Celebrations 2011, OnePeople.sg will be organizing the “What’s Your Story?” photo blurb competition. The Orange Ribbon Celebrations event will be held on 23 July 2011.

Nomination

We invite schools and youth organisations to nominate up to 20 multi-racial, including international and local students (such as student leaders, NE representatives and youths with a keen interest in Racial Harmony issues) to participate in this Conference. The Conference is targeted at students in Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges (JC), Institutes of Technical Educations (ITE), Polytechnics, Madrasahs, International Schools and youth organisations

To register, schools can download the nomination form, collate the responses of students and email or fax the completed form to 6259 0014 by Thursday, 26 May 2011. Schools are encouraged to nominate racial, international and local students to participate in this Conference. Reservations will be made on a first-come-first-served basis. We will reply with a confirmation note upon receiving nominations.

For enquiries, kindly contact the Programme Manager, Mr Arjuna Raj at DID: 6253 3290 or E-mail him at arjuna@onepeople.sg.