The Youth Ambassador program just launched and yet there are already countless projects and ideas to work on. There is so much that one could do, so many places where help is needed and countless things that are long overdue. This shows how relevant human rights are to all of us. While the interest in human rights is big among young people there are only a few opportunities for us to speak out against injustice and spread awareness. The Youth Ambassadors Program was created in order to give such a platform to young people all over the country.
The goal of the Youth Ambassadors is to build a platform where people can work together. It should be a place where young people can get in touch with others and work as a team on projects related to human rights.
Together with the first board of the Youth Ambassadors, we want to create an atmosphere that motivates young people to take a stand on the topics that are most important to them. Within our various projects, which range from a planned conference about human rights over a video contest at the human rights film festival to statements on current issues, everyone has the opportunity to participate according to their interests and abilities.
Conference on Children’s rights
We aim to educate and spread awareness on Children’s rights through a conference in spring 2021. Considering we are a youth program, the conference will have youth participants and speakers alongside professionals to spread awareness. The conference will engage participants to brainstorm means of action whilst gaining a deeper knowledge of the topic at hand, children’s rights. As a board member, I aim to see this conference succeed and hopefully return next year.
School activities
We want to bring schools together on the subject of human rights. These connections will encourage students to participate in events such as the Human Rights Film Festival and the film competition. Additionally we want to further this education and motivation through the “Speak Truth to Power” program, by promoting those resources within schools. We also want to organize workshops: here young people can learn how to take action and make a difference.
Movie competition
There will be a film competition for the young people in which they can send in a 3-minute film about human rights.
Sponsoring
To achieve our goals, we need sponsors to finance our events and projects. To gain popularity we'll try to do some merchandise products such as wristbands or scrunchies. The aim is to get more attention to our work and of course to focus on the really important topic of children's rights.
Social Media
We live in a world filled with cutting edge technology, where it is effortless to go into social media and look at posts or messages. Which is why my ideas [and or plans] would resolve on taking action on social media. With around 51% of adolescents checking social media on a daily basis I think this is a considerable idea to start with the widespread of ideas using social media.
Furthermore, the social media accounts concerning RFK youth are platforms that would be used to promote the recurring injustices, promote ongoing plans and activists for the foundation, and to seek for a better tomorrow. All in an effort to motivate teenagers to show that they are not alone and that working together in unity is the key to a more promising future.