On 06-13.06.2022 "Call it freedom... The freedom from and the freedom to... in European and Arab societies" international youth exchange took place in Krzyżowa.
Young people from partner organizations:
Gustav Stresemann Institute, Bad Bevensen - Germany,
St. Mena Forum for Peace & Development - Egypt,
Debate Foundation - Jordan,
The Club Culturel Ali Belhouane - Tunisia
met in Krzyżowa to reflect and learn from each other about democracy and the concept of freedom in different societies fractured by polarization, instability and other challenges specific to the participating countries.
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On 14-15.06.2022, a meeting of the partners of the EduSkills+ Reflect2 project took place, which is a continuation of the project “Reflections: educating for critical thinking, inclusive societies and dynamic engagement” in which the manager of the IYMC, Anna Kudarewska, took part. This was the first live meeting after the pandemic, this time in Graz, where we were hosted by the Austrian Center for Philosophy for Children and Youth (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinderphilosophie).
Read more: Meeting of the partners of the EduSkills+ Reflect2 project, 14-15.06.2022
Under the title "Reconciliation in Crisis?" The Saxon Protestant Academy and the Silesian Museum in Görlitz are organizing a discussion event that will look at the signs of crisis in contemporary European relations and with Russia. Ways of overcoming divisions, images of the enemy and war will be discussed. The discussion will be inspired by the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the analysis of this legacy by the Polish sociologist Anna Morawska. Her work "The Christian in Resistance" has been an important contribution to reconciliation between Poles and Germans since the 1970s.
Two representatives of the Krzyżowa Foundation will take part in the panel debate with the Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer: Dr. Robert Żurek, Managing Director of the Krzyżowa Foundation and Dr. Annemarie Franke, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Krzyżowa Foundation and a representative of the Federal Institute for German Culture and History in Eastern Europe.
Dr. Marek Prawda, diplomat and former ambassador of Poland to Germany, will give an introductory lecture.
The event will take place on 25 June 2022 from 14:00 to 16:00 as part of the Lausitz Church Day under the title "Von Wegen" in the Silesian Museum in Görlitz.
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On June 1 in Berlin, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of the "Kreisau Circle", a conference was held, whose main theme was the ability to conduct dialogue in times of threat to democracy - also in relation to the war in Ukraine.
The keynote speeches were given by Helmuth Caspar von Moltke and Minister of State Claudia Roth, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Digital). The introductory lecture was presented by Dr. Peter Frey, editor-in-chief of the ZDF.
This was followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Fr Klaus Mertes SJ, which included:
▪️ Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, Member of the European Parliament,
▪️ Esther Dischereit, poet, essayist, author of plays and radio,
▪️ Dr. Peter Frey, editor-in-chief of ZDF,
▪️ Dr. Robert Żurek, Managing Director of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe.
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