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I had a great trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Global Knowledge Conference (GK3). I made friends with fellow scholarship recipients of the Global Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Competition, and I learned about their amazing social enterprises all over the world. I’m confident that the friendships we forged in Malaysia will translate into partnerships for positive social change. I also had the opportunity to visit several attractions including the Skybridge that connects the Petronas Twin Towers, the National Mosque, the Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower), Chinatown, and the Night Market. It was an incredible trip that I will always remember. Thanks to the organizers and sponsors of the scholarship competition for making it all possible!

I will be at the Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 11-13, 2007 on a scholarship from the Global Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Competition. I will be networking with other social entrepreneurs and forging partnerships to expand our website into other countries. I’m looking forward to the trip and to building a global directory of youth programs!

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month and National Runaway Prevention Month. Learn about National Homeless Youth Awareness Month here and here. Learn more about National Runaway Prevention Month here and here. We are preparing to update listings for transitional living programs, street outreach programs, and basic center shelters across the country before the end of the year.

I picked up the October 2007 edition of Youth Today at the Search Institute conference. I flipped to the section called Resources: Web Watch and was happy to see a profile of the youthnetwork.org website! Youth Today reaches 16,000 readers nationwide. Check out page 33 of the October 2007 issue (Note: The link leads to a large PDF file which may take a while to download.)