Making of the Conclave
The shift in global attitudes on climate change poses a challenge for India . Even as we drive a hard bargain internationally, we must debate a domestic strategy.
Ethical questions add new twist to climate-change debate "Climate change not only raises ethical questions, but the most profound ones - literally matters of life and death, who's going to survive, the fate of nation states, obligations of one nation to another, of the rich and the poor." The biggest challenge for civil society groups in India is not getting their government to take a rhetorical position internationally; it is persuading the government to take stronger action at home.
The idea is to promote thought processes for good governance and social responsibility amongst citizens in Government, Businesses, NGOs, Small & Medium Enterpises, School/ Universities and harness the power of ONE as democratic citizens. It is a beginning for building people movements and knowing that We the people as individuals comprise We the power and that together as ONE we can RIGHT every WRONG.
Acknowledging that the necessary skills, resources and legitimacy for tackling these challenges are dispersed between different levels of various sectors, the Conclave would address the need for new models of constructive dialogue, consultation and alliances amongst the sectors by building collective people movements. This would be a forum to learn from pioneers across sectors about how we can all be change leaders and contribute to the process of leading change and to assist in helping people start their journey to create a successful, measurable and sustainable social impact.
KARMAVEER PURASKAR- National Awards for Social Justice and Action are being commissioned to recognise individuals who have been pivotal for leading change beyond their business as usual by being committed on individual levels to work on social issues. The awards shall be given to individual for their contribution to promote social justice and action. The individuals shall be chosen from various sectors and in the coming year we are focusing on people from Government, Businesses, SME’s and Media.
The Conclave objectives:
1. To sensitise citizens about social issues.
2. Create citizen involvement to drive social action for building a just, humane and responsible society.
3. Promote the idea that social action is 'fun' and win-win: 'rewarding'. (Karmaveer Pursakar)!
4. To share and disseminate information using The SOCIAL ACTION Conclave platform to mainstream and simplify social issues in the public domain and create citizen involvement by effectively using media.
The Vision and Mission: Find ways for people from Government, Corporates, Media, SMEs, Students and NGOs for working together as ONE to lead a change in societal thinking and RIGHTeveryWRONG.
The following are my vision and mission statement for the conclave (Karan Ahuja – AIESEC President)
Vision: To empower stakeholders of the society to identify and solve issues that hinder the progress of our society.
Mission: The conclave will be a platform for people from various backgrounds to get together and have output oriented discussions over issues that are affecting our society today. By presenting a holistic picture on these issues, the conclave will provide people with a logical and unbiased view of social problems and the underlying solutions for the same. Through the conclave, we also aim to showcase and recognize Best Case Practices from across different sections of the society.
The values: We would like to promote the courage of conviction, the power and integrity of ONE as an individual to take stands, speak out against any wrongs being done and lead change . There is an old saying that it’s a crime to do injustice but it is a bigger crime to bear injustice. Let’s stop feeling sorry about the state of the country and act like good citizens to bring in change for deprived communities by being humane, just and socially responsible. Let’s stop just discussing issues in coffee/ tea parties and the cocktail circuit and exercise our rights as a democracy. Let us reach out with solidarity and compassion to help the under privileged and marginalised. Let’s stop the talk and apathy. Let’s start to WALK THE TALK.
Together as ONE we can RIGHT every WRONG. Together as the great Indian Middle Class of the worlds largest democracy we can practice our rights and lead the change to get justice for all. Hence we need to go beyond pointing fingers and waiting for Corporates to be socially responsible, Governments to help communities and so on as all these sectors are made up of We the people and when we lead the change the Government, Businesses and all other sectors will follow the change as all sectors are made up of people who need to now become good citizens. In conclusion “We the People now need to become We the power” and that is possible when we take sides, stand up and speak out as neutrality helps the oppressor never the oppressed and our silence encourages injustice thus denying ourselves Social justice and a true democracy.