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2009 UN Australian Youth Representative videoDescription: Monash University Logo Description: Phillip Island/Newhaven College/Chris Varney addressing school assembly Title: Karen Sutherland Reporting Karen Sutherland: Phillip Island is a long way from New York City and Newhaven College is a long way from the United Nations headquarters. Chris Varney, a Monash Arts/Law student, has just been appointed as the Australian Youth Representative to the U.N. and in September he will address the world body’s General Assembly. Before taking up the position, Chris will travel around the country, speaking to young people in an effort to ensure their views are represented at the UN. He recently spoke to another assembly, the senior school at Newhaven. Excerpt from Chris’s address: “Being Australia’s Youth Representative to the United Nations is a role that you guys own. You have at stake in what I say,you have a stake in what I do” Title: Chris Varney Chris Varney: “Representing my generation in this capacity is an incredible opportunity both for me personally but also I believe in the role young people play in the world today and the community so I really want to advocate and tell that story to Australia and the world really.” Description: Issues workshop with Chris Varney and students Karen Sutherland: From his early teenage years Chris has been heavily involved in community activism but it was Monash University’s commitment to social justice that really crystallised his thinking. Chris Varney: “In the lecturers I’ve had and my student mentors, teachers and tutors that has been such an embedded culture in the university that I’ve really grown from and appreciated it. So it’s absolutely been a massive support behind me and I’ve really valued it.” Description: Issues workshop with Chris Varney and students Karen Sutherland: And making a difference has certainly not gone to his head. Chris Varney: “The problem with roles like mine is that it sometimes gets a halo around it and I don’t want that halo. It’s more if I earn the right to have the role and if I earn young people’s trust in having the role then I might relax a bit and go yeah.” Caption: www.youthrep.org.au Description: Monash website Karen Sutherland: For more information or to get involved go to www.youthrep.org.au or check out one of the many volunteer programs on the Monash website. Video ends. |
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