Cohesion Forward

This session celebrates the resilience of five young leaders shaping the future of their societies. These changemakers will share their journeys and innovative ideas. Through engaging dialogue, participants will learn how youth leaders address societal challenges and foster unity amidst diversity. This platform highlights the contributions of young people and seeks to inspire future leaders to build cohesive and inclusive communities.

Featuring the following young leaders:

• Mr Alex Low, a Heart of God Church Youth Member and Co-Founder and Director of interfaith.sg, an online playbook for interfaith projects (Singapore)

• Ms Wendy Maryzeline, a producer and host of content platform Our Grandfather Story (Singapore)

• Ms Neila Maryam, from Architects of Diversity, a youth-led nonprofit addressing inequality from racial and religious divisions in Malaysia (Malaysia)

• Ms Tarina Ahuja, who is a youth advocate and organiser whose work spans organisations such as the Sikh American National Youth Council, Young Khalsa Girls, Greater Good Initiative, and the Parliament of World's Religions (USA)

• Ms Amna Ben Amara, a researcher and consultant from Intercultural Management (Tunisia)

This chat will be moderated by Dr Aaron Maniam, Fellow of Practice and Director, Digital Transformation Education, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.