[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: Youth Activist Training Institute for Southeastern Europe

[Mimoza Meholli]

>>THE SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE YOUTH ORGANIZING INSTITUTE
>>A training program for social change activists, June 17-30, 2001, Vukovar,
>>Croatia
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>>WHY?
>>An enormous amount of untapped potential rests within the youth population
>>who remain in the war-torn regions of the former Yugoslavia. The Youth
>>Organizing Institute was founded with one basic goal in mind-to help young
>>community organizers to become more effective in bringing about change.
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>>The Youth Organizing Institute operates under that assumption that all of
>>the participants carry the expertise to bring about significant change in
>>their home communities. The school seeks young people who desire to change
>>their communities for the better, who want to eliminate oppressive
>>structures and organizations that inhibit community progress, and who wish
>>to learn and apply non-violent strategies for social change.
>>
>>WHO?
>>At this time the Youth Organizing Institute is recruiting teams and
>>individuals from Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Federal
>>Republic of Yugoslavia (including Kosovo and Montenegro), Hungary,
>>Macedonia, and Romania. The 50 participants, ages 18 to 28, will represent 
>>a
>>microcosm of the multi-ethnic South Eastern Europe, with youth from
>>Catholic, Muslim, Orthodox, Roma and inter-ethnic backgrounds.
>>
>>The two-week Institute (June 17-30, 2001) will be facilitated by community
>>activists who bring experience in training young leaders from across the
>>Balkans and around the world (Cambodia, South Africa, The Bronx, and the
>>Balkans, to name a few). The Institute will also include a theater group
>>whose social and political approaches to theater will be integrated into 
>>the
>>teaching philosophy of the school. The trainers will be intergenerational,
>>interethnic, inter-religious, and they will not advocate particular
>>political perspectives. In this, the team of instructors themselves will
>>model how people from diverse political, religious and ethnic backgrounds
>>can build community and create programs to generate change.
>>
>>IS THIS FOR YOU?
>>This is a school for individuals who want to take risks, who are willing 
>>to
>>work hard and in the process gain skills that will help them become more
>>effective at home. No one type of person is best suited for this 
>>Institute.
>>One group may be attempting to organizing a local radio station, others 
>>may
>>be starting their own NGOs, a few may be hoping to become more politically
>>active, while others may be running youth centers, and some might be
>>tackling complex issues such as environmental destruction as a result of
>>wars. A few may be highly advanced in community activism techniques; 
>>others
>>will be green to the concepts. The range of individuals and projects that
>>will comprise the summer Youth Organizing Institute community will vary. 
>>The
>>workshops will be instructed in English; a working knowledge of the 
>>English
>>language is expected.
>>
>>Simply put, those who are selected work with community organizers from
>>across the planet, develop new skills, work hard and return to their
>>communities equipped to implement a project. The school incorporates many
>>styles of teaching and learning to include traditional lectures, theater,
>>music, film, interactive workshops, technology-and struggle. You will work
>>hard, play hard, and we promise you will have fun.
>>
>>We are seeking individuals who are passionate, who want to break down
>>oppressive structures holding back their communities, and who are open to
>>learning new techniques for community organizing. If you are seeking to
>>organize a project within your community and want to gain knowledge and
>>skills on how to be more effective please apply. Small grants will be made
>>available to those projects that show potential for affecting change.
>>
>>SPONSORS
>>The South Eastern Europe Youth Organizing Institute has been developed by
>>the Center for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (CCSDD), 
>>a
>>project of The Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center and The University 
>>of
>>Bologna Faculty of Law, in collaboration with the Vukovar Institute for
>>Peace Research and Education (VIMIO). It is funded by the Network of Soros
>>Foundations.
>>
>>
>>Mahatma Gandhi
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