"CreativeChange: An Arts-infused Approach within Youth Entrepreneurship, MDGs Advocacy and Development" is part of the Global Youth Microenterprise Conference, today and tomorrow in D.C. The "CreativeChange" roundtable discussion will be led by Nil Sismanyazici-Navaie, a communications strategist and founding director of Arts for Global Development. The D.C. conference, September 10-11, 2007, is described by its sponsor, ImagineNations Group, as "The First-ever Gathering of World's Leading Experts in Youth Microenterprise, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Development." They include: Rick Little of Quest, The International Youth Foundation and Imaginenations; Stephen Krempl, v.p. of Global Learning, Starbucks; Patricia Mongoma of the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) of Zimbabwe; Martin Burt of Fundación Paraguaya; Kyle Taylor of Youth Venture/Ashoka; and Fiona Macaulay of Making Cents International. They expect 270 participants and 80 presenters from 30 countries. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham