3c - connect, challenge, change
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Global Youth Action's team of young people compiled this newsletter to highlight the global issues that matter to them. Edited by Reshma Biring.TRANSCRIPT
Connect - to others who share your interests
- the personal, local and the global
- to the issues that matter to you
Challenge - yourself and others
- the way you see the world
- inequality and injustice
Change - your life and lifestyle
- what people in power think
- your community… and the world
Ashley gives us the lowdown
on what the Global Collective
is all about
In this ISSUE
Mark and Anthony give us
a preview of their rap about
child soldiers
Poet and spoken word maestro Sukbir shares
one of her poems on slavery and injustice
And check out the Global Youth Action video - a
chance for you to hear directly from some of the Global
Collective members
Young documentary makers Sarah and
Londiee tell us about their “Undersize
Me” poverty film project
They’ve also thrown in some info, facts
and thoughts about things they reckon we
should all be thinking about.
So... jump in, get inspired
and get active.
ISSUE ONEWelcome to 3C - the very
first and very exciting Global
Youth Action newsletter!
3C is put together by the Global
Collective, a group of young
people from around the country
involved in the Global Youth
Action project. They want to
share with you some of the great
action they’ve been taking to
change their world and the world
around them.
News & views fromGlobal Youth Action
Young people taking action for a just
and sustainable world...
The Global Collective helps
to promote active youths of
today and take part in youth
action in local groups. We
cover many issues facing the
world today – fair trade, human rights, gun
crime plus many more. We look at the aspects
of what may be the cause and paths that can
be taken to create solutions.
We develop and deliver Global Youth Action projects
– some of which we hope you’ll enjoy reading about
in 3C! Our aim is to put our views and ideas into
action, so we can make a positive contribution and
help change the way people think. Taking part also
makes us more aware of the world we live in.
And why do we do it? The real question is why
wouldn’t we? There is so much going on out there
and so many people who sit back and think “well,
it has nothing to do with me,” when in fact global
issues affect everyone and everything around us.
We’re part of this project because we care about
these affects and believe we can make a difference.
It’s important to us to try and make a better world
to live in, for us and future generations.
Ashley Whitham, 15, Preston
We’re the Global Collective united together,
We travel we meet no matter the weather,
The people that think it’s wrong should join together,
Come join in be as light as a feather,
Child soldiers at 8yrs old,
They’re not that strong but they try to be bold,
They’re taken away from their mum they’re told,
But they’re too young to know what’s to unfold,
They shoot people down,
They take over the town,
Their leader sits there wearing a crown,
Cos now he feels the king of the town,
Global Collective we wanna cut it out,
But politicians don’t listen no doubt,
We wanna spread this message far about,
We should go in yeah scream and shout,
We should let all this anger out,
I think it’s wrong that they hold a gun,
They get too involved to know what they’ve done,
They think its right,
They think its fun,
But once they die they forgot what begun.
CHILD SOLDIERS RAPBy Anthony Gladman, 17, Wakefield & Mark, 16, Leeds
“I feel passionate about Child Soldiers
because I think they deserve a chance in life,
just like I have. I feel really concerned about
how they are treated. This rap can make a
difference by helping people understand the
main reasons why this is happening and
the problems causing young and vulnerable
children to go into horrendous situations. It’s also one of
a kind coz me and Anthony made it!”
Did you know?.. Child Soldiers
– There are hundreds of thousands
of child soldiers fighting around
the world, some as young as nine,
and girls as well as boys
– Some children join up as a means
of survival after seeing family
members tortured or killed.
Others join up because of poverty
and lack of work or educational
opportunities. (Coalition to Stop
the Use of Child Soldiers)
www.child-soldiers.org
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Photography Credits: Pierre Holtz | UNICEF CAR | hdptcar.net
You could...
– Find out where child soldiers are fighting around the world –
www.hrw.org/children/child_soldiers_map.html
– Join the ‘Million Faces’, a visual petition to show your concern about
the spread of arms around the world - www.controlarms.org/en
INTRODUCTION to the Global Collective
‘UNDERSIZE ME’ Film Project
Did you know?.. Slavery
– There are approximately 27 million
slaves in the world today
– Most people when they think of slavery think of the transatlantic
slave trade which was abolished in the early 1800s, however, the
reality is that slavery exists today. Modern slavery includes forced
labour, forced marriage, trafficking and child labour.
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On route to destruct
On route to deduct
On route to depress
Ma life is a mess
Why ya judging?
Why do ya look?
Think you’re tough and high,
Showing off with your diamonds,
Die man
You don’t understand the process that export to you a jewel
of mercy,
Slave labour that made them cry man no other choice but for
them to die man,
Slave ship silence……..
Battle commence
Bravery unnoticed
Troop underestimate
Misjudge, mistake
Now I aren’t fake
Solid wood barracks of the ship now where we prayed is
forgotten, sealed,
Out to sail & I aren’t no pirate
Think you’re boss
Think your rich think your buff
But then again there’s better looking
And you never got a look into reality to life
Through a porthole controlled by religion
Let’s face it
It’s not fair treated differently
Colour of ma skin the state of ma hair
I’m a 1 of a kind individual
I aren’t like Tony Blair
Resign coz the country is getting out of control
Forgotten Britain on the doll
Plastic police men on the patrol
They can’t see a world out of their neighbourhood
To be continued...
Inspired by the film ‘Super Size Me’
Sarah and Londiee vow to live on the
Global Poverty Line of less than $2 a
day for a whole week!
“The global issue Londiee and I are
highlighting for our project is Poverty.
By doing this project we hope to raise
awareness and make people realise that the world has the
resources to resolve it and that little changes can help put
a stop to it altogether.
What makes it stand out is that it’s a video diary made by
young people. Rather than telling people what poverty is
like we’re showing our audience first-hand. This helps you
feel more involved and that has more of an effect.”
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHfIeTWrUA
You could...
– Get exploring -
www.understandingslavery.com/citizen/explore/
– Take a look at how your area was affected by slavery and
was connected to the abolition of the transatlantic
slave trade - www.bbc.co.uk/local/abolition
– Join the fight for freedom -
www.antislavery.org/lists/?p=subscribe&id=2
You could...
– Get the facts at - www.globalissues.org/article/26/
poverty-facts-and-stats
– Check out the MakePovertyHistory and the
End Poverty Campaign for info and ideas -
www.makepovertyhistory.org/
www.endpoverty2015.org
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not
natural. It is made and can be overcome
and eradicated by the actions of human
beings.” - Nelson Mandela
Did you know?.. Poverty
- The poorest 40 % of the world’s population earn 5 %
of global income. The richest 20 % earn 75% of world
income. (United Nations Development Programme)
- According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die
each day due to poverty.
- 1 in 5 people in the UK live in poverty. Find out about
child poverty in the UK -
www.barnardos.org.uk/childpoverty?gclid=COin1a
zqtZYCFQ2Y1QodwH_zLg
“
Sarah Morgan, 14 & Londiee Ncube, 15, Cambridge
SLAVERY & INJUSTICEPART 1 By Sukbir Kaur
GLOBAL YOUTH ACTION VIDEO
WORDS OF WISDOMIntro by Roshni Mistry,
15, Loughborough
The Global Youth Action video is all
about us as young people putting our
views across about global issues and
how we think we can help make a posi-
tive contribution to society. It shows that
we are passionate about the world and want to make a change
to help for a better future. This video is
a good example of how young people
can join together to make a stand for
what is right.
We hope to inspire other young people
to connect to global issues, challenge
things and make changes for a just
and sustainable world.
Click on the link to check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEh7zxnBUyc
This picture was taken at a Global Youth
Action residential in the Lake District.
The game was a role-play in which different
teams of campaigners had to convince
the government to spend their budget on
water, instead of weapons. I took charge of
the posters aspect; this is one of the posters
that I made. It was a quick drawing, but it
gets the point across.
We didn’t win the game in the end,
but we had a lot of fun doing it!”
If you want to get in touch then it would be great to
hear from you. You can mail the Global Collective at
CAN Mezzanine, 32-36 Loman Street, London, SE1 0EH
20 7922 7938 - www.dea.org.uk - www.globalyouthaction.org.uk
EXPLORING THE ARMS TRADE
GET IN TOUCH
Sophie Greenidge, 17, Somerset
Life is what you
make it, so make it good.
It takes one person
to change a life and
everyone to change the world.
This edition’s Words of Wisdom come from
Claire Nunn, 19 from Leeds
What you can’t
change forget, but what
you can change - make
a difference.
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Connect - to others who share your interests
- the personal, local and the global
- to the issues that matter to you
Challenge - yourself and others
- the way you see the world
- inequality and injustice
Change - your life and lifestyle
- what people in power think
- your community… and the world
News & views fromGlobal Youth Action