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The Young Islam Conference (JIK) celebrates its tenth anniversary. As a dialogue platform and empowerment space for young people, the JIK has been taking up debates about Islam and Muslims since its founding, addressing issues of a plural society and providing impetus in these discourses. On October 25, former project director Esra Küçük and social scientist Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, among others, will meet with the young network to discuss the future of the post-migrant society.

The Schwarzkopf Foundation is contributing to Conference on the Future of Europe with two projects. They aim to strengthen the participation of young people in the process of shaping the future of Europe. The projects are part of the European Youth Parliament and Educational Network Understanding Europe.

Until November 17, young people between the ages of 16 and 22 can apply for the young jury and thus become part of the Margot Friedländer Award: in this project they'll engage with projects that actively shape remembrance culture and work against antisemitism, racism and exclusion. Find more information here.

At this year's Margot Friedländer Award ceremony, three projects by students from Leipzig, Halle and Warburg were honored. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and contemporary witness Margot Friedländer honored their engagement with the Holocaust, its tradition and current forms of anti-Semitism and racism.

In June 2021, the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in Belarus was dissolved by the Belarusian government – another step tshowing how threathened civil society in the country is. Now the Belarusian secret service has started to interrogate young volunteers of the EYP without justification and legal assistance. More information in our English press release.

The German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has written a letter to the foundation on this occasion,  you can find it here.