Saturday, May 28 Celebrating Cultural Diversity Lay Speaker: Jay Kapila
Presentation on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebration, May 21st, 2017 “Celebrating cultural diversity means opening up new perspectives for sustainable development and promoting creative industries and cultural entrepreneurship as sources of millions of jobs worldwide – particularly for young people and especially for women. Culture is a sustainable development accelerator whose potential has been recognized in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations.”
-Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO