What would you say to world leaders?
Want to send a message to G8 leaders? Want to make a video about how J8 themes, like climate change and HIV, affect you? Take a look at videos J8 participants and other young people from around the world have produced. Then create your own video and share it with the J8 community. mDialog has joined forces with UNICEF to bring its easy-to-use video platform with social interaction features to UNICEF's Junior 8 (J8) program. mDialog's tools and services are being incorporated into UNICEF's newly launched J8 web platform at www.j8summit.com, where young people from all over the world can have a say in the Group of 8 (G8) Summit through social networking features and interactive video and discussion forums. The J8 culminates in an annual summit attended by a select group of young people from G8 and other countries. The Summit is the parallel youth event to the annual G8 Summit, where leaders from eight major industrialized democracies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) meet to discuss global issues.
The J8 web platform allows for a larger community of young people to participate in the J8, adding their voices and sharing their solutions with G8 leaders and the world community. mDialog's technology will power the J8 video platform, encouraging young people's participation through social video features including commenting, chatting and collaborating. There is also an embed function for easier video sharing. In addition to working with mDialog, the J8 platform is tapping the energy of the 50,000 strong Voices of Youth (http://www.unicef.org/voy/discussions/j8login.html) community. Voices of Youth members will be able to connect to Summit participants and other young people around the world interested in G8 issues. About J8 Junior 8 (J8) is the youth event linked to the G8 Summit and organized by UNICEF. J8 aims to advance young people's understanding of global issues and to provide a platform for them to discuss and advocate on these issues with some of the most powerful leaders in the world.
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