Building bridges across borders

From 28 to 30 June 50 young people from nineteen countries and five continents came together at the Goetheanum to share their thoughts on youth life in the 21st century.

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We started with our dreams, visions and what wants to come from the future, then we worked with observations of the present time and how we work and live with them, ending with the topic of building bridges between the emerging future and today’s reality.

The open, free space created made it possible to experience the urgency but also the joy and productivity of such gatherings. The tremendous confrontation with the everyday feeling of loneliness in a world of ‹social› networks, fear and strong pressures became apparent, but also the will to start new and potent social initiatives such as the Elderberries Threefold Café and community in Los Angeles, or Free Colombia and their M.C. Richards Program in New York (starting September 2020).

The Youth Section Worldwide seems to experience a strong momentum: many young people take responsibility and express their commitment to connecting both to the Goetheanum impulse and to sharing the endeavor to bring fruitful inspiration into action. There is a shared aim that is characterized by a wide diversity of ways of approaching youth work. The next Youth Section Worldwide Gathering will be held in 2021 (location to be announced).

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