Global House of Young Voices
From May 13 to 17, 2024, a one-week summit with young people from Frankfurt and 12 sister cities took place. The summit strengthened both: the international network and the intercultural competence of young people. The result of the summit was 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”.
The goals of the project were 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.
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.
Besides cultural activities and plenary sessions, including in St. Paul's Church, the program included eight workshops. They have been prepared together with the young people in virtual pre-meetings and were 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 concluded with a public panel discussion on May 17, from 11:00 to 12:30h at St. Paul's Church.
- November 18, 2023
Radio Report on KYW Newsradio Audio On-Demand
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Report in Frankfurter Wochenblatt mentioning the Global House (in German)
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Report in Frankfurter Rundschau mentioning the Global House (in German)
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Report in Deutschlandfunk mentioning the Global House (in German)
Internationaler Jugendgipfel in der Frankfurter Paulskirche - May 17, 2024
Report in Frankfurter Rundschau mentioning the Global House (in German)
„Global House of Young VOices“: Heute die Welt von morgen denken - May 19, 2024
Report in rheinmaintv mentioning the Global House (in German)
Podiumsdiskussion als Abschluss des einwöchigen Projekts „Global House of Young Voices“ - May 23, 2024
Report on the website of the City of Leipzig mentioning the Global House (in German)
Leipziger Jugendparlamentarier/-innen bei internationaler Jugendkonferenz „Global House of Young Voices" in Partnerstadt Frankfurt am Main
In the Insight Interview, Tina Cramer and Stefan Kroll talk about the Youth Summit and the success of the project.