We at TIG Multilingual hope to inspire change on a daily basis through our platform which offers culture specific events and opportunities to youth around the world. We asked our team of dedicated online volunteers about their ideas on the role of youth. Here are their insightful responses:
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Mahsa Taheran
Farsi Language Engagement Coordinator
- How should we celebrate youth as global leaders?
Giving them opportunity to execute their ideas is one way to celebrate youth. Giving them the opportunity to be heard is also important. And recognizing their contributions, even small, is necessary.
- How do you create change in your community?
Well…It’s not easy at all. Change is not very appealing to the governing system in my home country. Attempting to create change in fundamental issues is a threat to personal life in the current political environment. Fortunately, youth are brave enough to attempt. And this is a good occasion to appreciate the efforts of those who lost their lives or are imprisoned for attempting change.
The best way to create any change in a community where the flow of information is controlled to satisfy the corrupt governing system; the best way to create change is to inform. Where having a NGO is difficult, and free media is not accessible, the best asset is going among people and spreading information.
-How do you celebrate your culture?
By criticizing it and improving it by removing negative traditions and ideas, and to strengthen the beneficial ones. Also by introducing it to the world, learning about it, and by improving my mother tongue.
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Jessica Zou
Chinese Language Engagement Coordinator
-How should we celebrate youth as global leaders?
It will be great if we can host a festival designed specifically for youth as global leaders. A virtual conference/festival is indeed possible. By participating in the conference, the youth from all around the world can gather together to exchange their experiences as global leaders and to learn from one another.
-How do you create change in your community?
There are a variety of ways that the youth can utilize to create positive changes in their communities. Volunteering is one of the best ways. By helping people, harmony can be established. Starting community projects is beneficial, too. In this way, not only can the youth acquire skills such as leadership and cooperation, they can also contribute to making the communities better places.
-How do you celebrate your culture?
I celebrate the traditional Chinese festivals like Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition, I eat and learn how to cook traditional Chinese food, since food is an inseparable part of a unique culture.
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M'Bahia N'Guessan
Online Volunteer Translator (French)
-How do you create change in your community?
By building school libraries in primary schools and high schools, as well as a public library in every town. Also, by training young people in the use of Informatino and Communication Technologies (ICT).
-What inspires you to be a leader?
Poverty and injustice.
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Elaine Castro
Portuguese Platform Editor
Jovem, em primeiro lugar, descubra seu talento, sua vocação, reserve tempo precioso para desvendar os segredos da sua existência desde cedo. Esse ato irá beneficiar imensamente uma maioria que, cega, vive sem um propósito maior, deixando tudo como sempre foi.
Faça como seu coração indicar, ajuda mais Sentir do que Saber!
Você será colocado na parede, pressionado, por aqueles que querem que tudo permaneça como está, você irá incomodar. Agarre-se ao que te faz renascer para seguir em frente nos piores momentos. Logo que conseguir, coloque em prática aquilo que acredita, tire do papel, do virtual, da idéia.
Não tente consertar um sistema esgotado, onde o homem explora o homem, ajude a construir uma nova maneira de viver, baseada na terra Sagrada, no amor, no respeito, na compreensão, no cuidado com a Natureza profunda.
Tudo está interligado!
Preservar para as próximas gerações é consequência natural de quem entende que não veio aqui para destruir! Não esqueça que sem Natureza, não existe vida Humana! Sem poesia também fica mais complicado. E que o mundo precisa oferecer oportunidades diversas e variadas, pois o ser humano assim está distribuído por todos os cantos desse Planeta.
Saiba Ser, o ter não leva a lugar algum.
Um ser humano não tem o direito de dominar o outro.
Conheça e valorize toda a riqueza do seu País, sua língua de origem, lugares, para depois interagir com outras culturas, se assim desejar. Um único País não pode querer dominar todos os outros.
Deixe a sensibilidade sempre à flor da pele, não guarde as lágrimas, siga com fé, coragem, esperança, sem agrotóxico, sem preconceitos, sem consumismo.
If you would like to get involved with TIG's Multilingual platform, visit http://multilingual.tigweb.org/ and find out how you can get involved, or send an email to nivedita@takingitglobal.org
Happy youth day!
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