Youth Assembly on Nonviolence
On 2nd October, the International Day of Non-Violence, The Turning Point Summit 2022 - Youth Assembly for Nonviolence and Peace will bring together young people worldwide to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela. We believe that educating and enabling youth to take nonviolent action can become a turning point for the present and future generations. Young minds are more open to the difference in others and less inclined toward conflict. Youth are most likely to seed the change today that will make a better world tomorrow. A single person can ignite change that spreads to the whole community. The Turning Point Summit Youth Assembly aims to provide youth participants the education and tools to take action in their local communities toward a positive nonviolent change in their lives and communities.
This initiative aims for participants to identify and develop their commitment to nonviolence as actionable steps. Thus, the young leaders will engage, learn, and empower themselves to facilitate meaningful and inclusive participation in global and local nonviolent action. Before the summit, the Youth Assembly's participants will work closely with each other over two months to develop a Youth Declaration for Nonviolence. The declaration will be a guiding document and tool for nonviolent action by youth in their local communities. During the two months, the participants will also undergo training workshops on nonviolence.
The participants may become a global network that fosters bridges with each other and toward intergenerational solidarity that continues the work started at the summit. To that end, the summit’s goal is to create a platform for the continuing development of youth leadership and their commitment to make a nonviolent, peaceful world.
Sessions
Pre-Assembly Workshop
27th - 28th August
Opening Ceremony
2nd October
Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi & Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Application of Nonviolence from Perspective of Youth
2nd October
What will you do to create a nonviolent world?
2nd October
Developing a Youth Declaration on nonviolence
3rd October
Objectives
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Paying Tribute and Learning from the lives of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and their message of living and acting nonviolently.
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Building and Imparting Knowledge and Awareness on the ideals of Nonviolence to enable youth to establish a nonviolent way of life.
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Developing a Youth Declaration for Nonviolence as a guiding tool for youth to take action in their local communities.
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Identifying tangible ideas that youth can use as nonviolent action across the world.
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Fostering a community of young leaders by engaging, educating, and empowering them to facilitate their meaningful and inclusive participation in global and local nonviolent action.
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Exploring with the participants what nonviolence means and helping them inquire about how to bring change in their everyday life and actions.
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Enabling young people to create bridges with each other and toward intergenerational solidarity
Key Outcomes
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Personal commitments towards Nonviolence for next one year from youth participants and post event actions on nonviolence in local communities and institutions of the participants.
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Youth Declaration for Nonviolence as a guiding tool for the young generation to seek guidance from and to further take the declaration forward into their local institutions and communities.
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Active community of young leaders as a growing movement for youth generation’s active participation and engagement in spreading awareness on nonviolent action.
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Toolkit on nonviolence for enabling the young generation to take nonviolent action in their own local communities.
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Spreading the experiences, learnings and ideas of the young generation on nonviolence.
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Showcasing 20 global ideas - Publishing a cohort of ideas presented by young people on action for nonviolence in local communities.
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A network of individuals for exchange of ideas, knowledge and intergenerational solidarity.
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Follow up actions
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Youth Assembly’s 100 participants to present the Declaration in their localised communities and institutions.
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Post event action on nonviolence by the youth participant in their local community as per the personal commitment made at the Youth Assembly.
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Post event action on nonviolence by the observer member as per the personal commitment made at the Youth Assembly.
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Setting up of Youth Clubs in the local communities to be led by the Youth Assembly participants to disseminate the information, learnings and ideas of nonviolence and for further getting support to act locally.
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Active engagement of these 100 young people by engaging them twice every year and discussing the ideas and actions on nonviolence and further discussing the actions, progress and developments in their youth clubs.
