DCN SEE Hub, Digital Communication Network and World Learning are organizing, via Zoom, the webinar “Greek Media Literacy Week 2020: How to stay healthy in the infodemic era”, which will begin in the 28th of October at 16:45 (Athens Time).
In 2019, World Learning implemented a 3-part program, the “Telling Our Stories” 1989 Anniversary Exchange, funded by the U.S. Department of State Office of Citizen Exchange.
The program brought together 12 students and 12 educators from Eastern Europe to travel across Europe and the United States to understand the history of communism and post-communism while developing their own storytelling skills. Inspired by this program, we
have invited several of the students from the program in addition to other youth activists around the world to discuss their experiences.
The panelists have experience in leading civic action, organizing other youth, and sharing their stories. The webinar will address the following questions:
- How did you first become involved in advocacy? What does youth activism mean to you?
- How have you been engaged in affecting change in your communities? Or how do you want to affect change
in your communities? - What are the best ways to engage young people to be involved and care about a cause? When organizing
youth what challenges to you face? - Do you use certain platforms or messaging services to coordinate? What mechanisms work best for
organizing youth?
Speakers:
- Rafael Raețchi – Student, 1989 Program Alumni – Chișinău, Moldova
- Nikolay (Nick) Georgiev – Student, Sofia High School of Mathematics; 1989 Program Alumni – Sofia, Bulgaria
- Ana David – Student, University of Warwick – United Kingdom
- Brooke Baker – Director Of Communication, Youth Over Guns – United States
- Miron Vitushka – Student, 1989 Program Alumni – Belarus
This event is co-organized by Digital Communication Network SouthEast Europe Hub (DCN SEE) and World Learning and is part of DCNSEE’s Ideas in Action – Digital Engagement, a series of virtual events launched in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. DCNSEE is supported by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Citizen Exchanges.
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