YEN´s Campaign #MYnorityMYsay

About

Wir als Netzwerk junger Menschen aus nationalen, ethnischen und sprachlichen Minderheiten haben eigene Vorstellungen davon, wie Europa aussehen sollte. Wir haben auch unsere eigenen und spezifischen Bedürfnisse und Interessen, die mit unserer Lebensrealität als junge Menschen, die Minderheiten angehören, verbunden sind. Mit unserer Kampagne #MYnorityMYsay haben wir unsere Stimmen erhoben, um in den Wahlkämpfen 2019 und darüber hinaus gehört zu werden!

The campaign is based on a set of demands developed by a group of young people from fourteen countries and twenty minorities during our Easter Seminar 2019 “Speak up!”. During the Seminar young people discussed their demands and ideas regarding European, national and local policies.

The campaign was then launched in April 2019 bringing the voice of young people from national, ethnic and linguistic minorities into the discourse before the European Parliamentary Elections. Throughout 2019 the campaign supported YENs activities which focused on youth participation. But also after 2019, we decided to continue with the campaign as young people from minorities are still not heard enough in the public discourse.

Mit #MYnorityMYsay YEN:

fördert die Beteiligung junger Menschen

verschafft jungen Menschen, die Minderheiten angehören, eine stärkere Stimme, damit ihre Ideen, Anliegen und Forderungen gehört werden

macht deutlich, dass junge Menschen konkrete Vorstellungen und Ideen für ihre Gemeinschaften und Gesellschaften haben;

bezieht junge Menschen aus Minderheiten in den öffentlichen Diskurs ein;

verdeutlicht die Vielfalt der Themen, die für junge Menschen von Bedeutung sind;

dokumentiert die Ergebnisse und Erkenntnisse unserer Aktivitäten und Seminare.

Our goals

With #MYnorityMYsay we want to make clear, that young people are not only the future as politicians like to underline. Already today we have important ideas about our communities, society and policies and these ideas need to be taken into account by the decision makers.

We believe that our needs and rights should be a topic in the public discourse more often and that they should be taken into account by the EP-candidates, future Members of the European Parliament, as well as local and national stakeholders!

You call young people, the future of Europe.
But we are here today, and we want to have OUR SAY!

The Easter Seminar and the campaign “MYnority MYSay” was possible due to the support of the European Youth Foundation (Council of Europe) and the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community.