Guyanese youth are being encouraged to join their counterparts around the Caribbean in a series of online discussions ahead of the launch of the United Nations Development Programme Youth-IN portal on Wednesday.According to a UNDP press release, the interactive online discussions will take place under the banner, ‘Are you in or are you out? Join Youth-IN!’ and will feature regional pioneers and prominent exponents of art, culture, media and politics. The discussions will be streamed live on both youth-in.com and its Facebook page (facebook.com/youthinnovation). The first discussion will begin at 11 am tomorrow and is titled: ‘Young people this, young people that: what the media say about youth!’. The discussion will be led by two young media leaders – Vincentian Clare Keizer, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Searchlight newspaper and St Lucia’s Clinton Reynolds, who is the president of the Media Association of St Lucia. The second discussion, which seeks to answer the question, ‘Is Caribbean Politics an Old Man’s Game?’, will begin at 3 pm tomorrow and will feature President of the Barbadian Senate, Kerryann Ifill and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment in Jamaica, Damion Crawford, the release said. The third discussion will feature Marlon Grant and well as internationally renowned saxophonist Auturo Tappin on the topic:
‘Ain’t No Business Like Show Business: The Life And Trials Of A Cultural Entrepreneur’. It will be held on Tuesday beginning at 3 pm, the release said, while urging young people around the region to join in online, ask questions and share their views. Meanwhile, UNDP said, the launch of its Youth-In portal takes place on