Global House of Young Voices
Virtual Youth Parliament with Frankfurt's Sister Cities
From May 13 to 17, 2024, a one-week summit with young people from Frankfurt and 12 sister cities will take place. The summit strengthens both: the international network and the intercultural competence of young people. The result of the summit is creating a framework for the young people to discuss political questions in a multi-perspective setting, to identify common challenges, and to articulate requirements for the (virtual) continuation of the “Global House of Young Voices”.
Besides cultural activities and plenary sessions, including in St. Paul's Church, the program includes eight workshops. They have been prepared together with the young people in virtual pre-meetings and will be kicked-off by experts:
- Structural Biases in Different Cultural Settings
Evein Obulor, Director European Coalition of Cities Against Racism - Mental Health in a Digital Age
Alix Puhl, CEO of tomoni Mental Health - Climate Change
Sukanya Janardhanan, Researcher at Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt - The Future of Democracy & the Rule of Law
Dr. Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan, Senior Researcher at PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - Education Equity
Dr. Raphaela Schlicht-Schmälzle, Researcher at DIPF – Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education - Quality of Life for Young People in Local Contexts
Dr. Ute Lembeck, Head of department at Schule am Ried & member of executive board of “Stiftung Junge Weltbürger” - Poverty Gap & Social Justice
Dr. Nils Teichler, Researcher and Coordinator at Research Institute Social Cohesion - Civic Participation
Jan Schierkolk, Advisor, Facilitator & Project Manager
The summit will conclude with a public panel discussion on May 17, from 11:00 to 12:30h at St. Paul's Church.
The goals of the project are to promote education for global citizenship in the sense of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to link local and global political processes, and to sustainably strengthen Frankfurt's city partnerships.
The project takes place within the framework of “Netzwerk Paulskirche”. It is funded by the City of Frankfurt am Main as well as Stiftung Junge Weltbürger (“Young Global Citizens Foundation”) and coordinated by PRIF, with the support of the Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF).
Frankfurt’s Sister Cities include: Birmingham, Budapest, Deuil-La Barre, Dubai, Eskişehir, Granada (Nicaragua), Guangzhou, Kairo, Krakau, Leipzig, Lyon, Mailand, Philadelphia, Prag, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Yokohama.
Team:
Tina Cramer
Knowledge Transfer Officer
Contact: cramer@prif.org
Yvonne Blum
Knowledge Transfer Officer
Laura Friedrich
Knowledge Transfer Officer
Stefan Kroll
Head of Science Communication
Raphaela Schlicht-Schmälzle
Senior Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF)
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