Reflections on Youth4Switzerland: What drives young changemakers of today?

In this call, we are going to delve into the heart of the Youth4Switzerland project, a one-year-long initiative by collaboratio helvetica, dedicated to nurturing youth involvement for a sustainable future and empowering young changemakers in different ways. Our guest Loukina Tille, Catalyst, former team member and co-lead of Youth4Switzerland, will discuss how the initiative came about, and share the hurdles she encountered as well as the successes she achieved. Last but not least, we will have the opportunity to talk about Loukina’s journey as a young changemaker in Switzerland, and how she navigates the complexities of today’s challenges.

Facilitators:
The call will be hosted by Diana Oser, collaboratio helvetica’s community fairy, Katalin Hausel from collaboratio helvetica, who mentored and co-facilitated the project, and our guest Loukina Tille, Catalyst, former team member and co-lead of the Youth4Switzerland project from 2022 until 2023.
Loukina Tille is a political science student at the University of Zurich. She has been active in the Climate Strike movement where she was involved in the organisation of SMILE in August 2019, which brought together 400 young climate activists from 38 countries, and other events. She wants to deepen her understanding of system change and practice it. For that reason, she is involved in different projects; the Fossil Fuel Treaty, in the student association of political scientists and as a firekeeper at the World Ethic Forum. 

Who can join the call?
Everyone interested in learning more about the topic and getting to know collaboratio helvetica is warmly welcome to join the call, so don’t hesitate to invite your friends and whomever you feel would benefit from this call.

When: April, 15, 18:00–19:30 CEST 

Fee: Free of charge

Language: English

Where: The call will take place online on Zoom. Please register in advance to receive the link, as it will be sent to you by e-mail one day before the call.