Marina Turshatova, Russlanddeutsche from Germany, tells us about her experiences at the Diversity Festival in Moscow: The moment I heard about the Diversity Festival in Moscow, I immediately wanted to pack my bags. I absolutely wanted to go there, because it would be my only possibility to see almost all European minorities in one place.
Hi, my name is Diana and I’m a Burgenland Croat from Austria! Through the past two years I have established great and important friendships through YEN, which have continued until now.
Witaj, I am Kristin Heelemann and I’m a Sorb from Germany. I think that youth participation is important for my own and other minorities because the search for your own identity plays a big role here, especially for young people.
Vlach/Aromanian from Macedonia The participation in this youth organization has several benefits for my minority as well as for me personally.
Moskau Москва́ … Dieses Jahr fand vom 7. – 14. August zum zweiten Mal das Diversity Festival statt. Nach Bautzen/Budyšin (Deutschland) im vergangenem Jahr zog es uns in diesem Jahr nach Moskau (Russland).
My name is Tekla Matoricz and I am Hungarian German. I love YEN because it is important for me to know that other minorities may be battling similar challenges, but that there are nonetheless always young people across Europe who are not afraid to take on these difficult issues.
Our names are Patrik Lompart, Sona Lompartona und Simona Rindašova. We are from the German Minority in Slovakia. Its always great to meet new minorities and their traditions and culture. Through the JEV Events, we establish new contacts and friendships.
My name is Maurus Bundi and I’m from rhaeto-romance minority in Switzerland. The thing I always look most forward to is to meet people again and get to know new people. A very valuable Part of the JEV Events is thus to meet new people and establish friendships across Europe.
My name is Alex and I am a Vlach from Romania. Our community is facing several political problems in Romania, about which people from all of Europe have to be informed. YEN is the best answer for that.
My name is Özlem Etdöger and I’m from the Kurdish minority. I was motivated to pariticpate in the Diversity Festival because I have the chance to meet other minorities from Europe. The more we connect and support each other, the louder and more colourful we are.
