Jonah Wittkamper's Bio

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Org: Global Youth Action Network - South America
Location: Sao Paulo
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Bio:

Jonah Wittkamper, born in 1974, is a biologist, a technologist, and a networker. He builds relationships and through them facilitates collaboration among diverse social movements and supports emerging philanthropists. His activism of integration began in 1993 when he attended an international youth leadership seminar hosted by Camp Rising Sun and met young leaders from 35 different countries. Since that time he has been involved in the creation of numerous youth projects involving Accenture, Sadhana Solutions, IEARN, Global Youth Connect, Artemisia Foundation, ManyOne Foundation, L A Jonas Foundation, Nation1, Pioneers of Change, World Social Forum, and the UN system among many others. He co-founded GYAN - the Global Youth Action Network - in New York in 2000 and currently runs the South America Regional Office in São Paulo, Brazil. He speaks three languages and has facilitated, participated in, and/or spoken at almost 100 international gatherings and conferences mostly on the subject of international youth organizing.