Game Changers sLOVEnia

  "Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us - except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on a unprecedented scale." (Khaled Hosseini) "Refugees are not terrorist. They are often the first victims of terrorism." (Antonio Guterres) "No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land." (Warsan Shire)

 

Also this year, we will join Amnesty International’s “Write for Rights” campaign for human rights. When we all act together, we have the power to change lives. Write for Rights is the world’s biggest human rights event, where millions of people around the world come together to protect the rights of others.

In Slovenia a network of civil society and non-governmental organisations that is forming the Voice of the People initiative ahead of the general election has addressed a number of requests related to the rule of law, climate change, housing policy, the elderly, and welfare state, calling on political parties to take their position. ✊

COP26 meeting: Sir David Attenborough said people were "the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on Earth" and called on leaders to think of the younger generation as they work to address climate change.

Some of our thoughts: “The main problem of young people in Europe is fake news, misinformation and deception on social networks. What worries me the most is the political abuse of social networks. I am concerned about the media owned by politicians and reporting falsely. I believe that politicians should not be the owners of the media.” “I also think disinformation is a major problem. I am concerned about threats and blackmail on social media and I am concerned about the attacks on journalists, who are therefore unable to report credibly.” “The main problem of young people in Europe is unemployment, but what worries me the most is global warming.” “I think the biggest problem for young people in Europe is precarious forms of employment, because people in precarious work have no rights to holiday pay, paid sick leave or redundancy payments. Currently, I am most concerned about coronavirus disease.” "In my opinion, the biggest problem for young people in Europe is poor housing condi...

We will elect a new National Assembly. Elected a new president of the republic. At the same time, we will appoint new local authorities. The year 2022 will, whether you like it or not, mark Slovenia politically and also outline its medium-term development. Young active citizens will follow with interest what will happen in the super-election year, as most of us will already have the right to vote in the next elections (in 5 or 6 years).

Members elected a new president and gave initiatives for changes in the school. The mentor of the new school parliament is Mrs. Nina Gorkič. The gathered members of the school parliament were also addressed by Mrs. Zdenka Varl, headmistress, and Mr. Boštjan Kališnik, school coordinator of the Erasmus+ project GC.

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Ivana presented the reasons and consequences of migration across the Mediterranean to Europe. https://what-europe-does-for-me.eu/en/portal/3/focus04

 Game Changers Newsletter #2

Gaja Ribarić and Rok Pfajfar took part in a fruitful discussion with Mrs. Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, about open schooling in secondary schools and how it could contribute to engaging youth in politics, democracy, and EU values.

Zala Peternelj and Gaja Ribarić talked to Mrs. Mireia Masgrau from the WWE association about our activities within the project.

During distance learning, we viewed an online comic book exhibition "What are NGOs?" WEB LINK TO COMIC

There is a quarry near our school, so there is a lot of increased freight traffic past the school. In March, we counted the traffic and according to the findings, we will address an initiative to the mayor to arrange more safe routes to the school.

Discussion on the current political abuse of the media in Slovenia

Presidents Tija and Oskar answered questions from the meeting host Stella. 😃 Oskar says: "Our political party is committed to sustainable development and the preservation of biodeversity." Tija: "We all have the right to be treated equally, regardless of our race, nationality, religion, gender sexual orientation, age, health or other status. Our party is commited to this."

Role play - we set up political party, a political campaign, an electoral confrontation, elections ...

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Virtual visit of the Presidential Palace during distance learning