DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
Read the latest news, happenings, and research from youth activists and researchers around the world. You’ll hear powerful stories about young people creating better futures for themselves, their communities, and their countries.
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Technical Workshop: Digital Organizing
Democracy Moves held a digital organizing technical workshop with youth activist Calla Walsh on March 25th, 2021. The workshop features best practices for large-scale social media organizing, building digital teams, and using social media for change.
PROMOTING PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE IN MARGINALIZED MEXICAN COMMUNITIES.
Throughout much of rural Mexico, more than 40 percent of the population lacks basic health services. Movimiento Compromiso Universitario por la Salud, based in Mexico City, works to close the healthcare access gap in these communities.
HOW YOUNG AMBASSADORS SPREAD DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN BRAZIL
The organizers of Politize! sprung to action to fill the gap in Brazil’s public education system. They’ve created an ambassadors’ program to nurture the development of new public leaders that are committed to Brazil’s democracy.
NONVIOLENCE AND ELECTIONS TRAINING IN DR CONGO.
All for Social Justice in Lubumbashi, DR Congo trains young people in their communities to become leaders, advocates, and role models to work towards a more equitable future for all.
A NEW SPACE FOR DEBATE IN COLOMBIA.
In early 2020, Juventud para Colombia’s young leaders began holding Facebook Lives to create space for political debate and opinion.
HELPING NGOS BUILD CAPACITY AND REACH YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENUGU, NIGERIA.
In 2020, SIRP organized a capacity-building training for the Executive Directors of 20 NGOs in Enugu State as an opportunity to come together and learn to better engage young people in their organizations’ activities.