The Next Generation

“The most important part of political organizations…is to start working whatever on your street, within your house, within your building, with the small problems that you have around yourself, and maybe you will fall in love with that part of politics, that part of civic engagement, and maybe that is the way to keep on going….” Malik Salvić, President, The European Democracy Youth Network. Key Links https://www.cepps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Boy-Scouts-in-Libya.mp4 (Boy Scouts & Girl Guides in Libya) (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=TLGGMMUf6ihV3XMyNDAzMjAyMQ&v=AcMWpmc2UM0&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=IFESUkraine (IFES Engages Youth on Democracy and Human Rights Throughout Ukraine) (Video) https://www.ifes.org/publications/strengthening-engagement-through-education-democracy (Strengthening Engagement Through Education for Democracy) http://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDemocracyYouthNetwork/ (The European Democracy Youth Network) ---- Across the planet, people under the age of 30 make up the largest youth count in history. Yet, despite the tough reality that many face significant threats to their happiness and livelihood, the next generation shimmers with some of the brightest stars on our horizon.      In this episode of Democracy! The Podcast, discover why Libya’s most trusted institutions, the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, are also the country’s top go-to groups for getting the most important messages right.    Then we head to the classroom in Ukraine to be schooled on a wildly popular civics class that’s changing more than just students’ schedules.  And, finally, he was born in wartime, but today Bosnia and Herzegovina's Malik Salvić is one of democracy’s biggest champions as president of the European Democracy Youth Network.  Find out what he says drove him to get involved in public life, and his best advice for those looking to make a change, when he sits down to chat with Adrienne.