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Voice of Change:Public Speaking and Storytelling for Youth Advocacy

2025-3-NO02-KA152-YOU-0003792772025Mobility of young peopleongoing
Countries: NO|EE|DE|ES|PL|IT · Grant: €38,223
Key competences developmentCreativity, arts and cultureDemocracy and inclusive democratic participation

Objectives

Our aim is to give young people—especially those who don’t usually feel heard—a safe place to speak, be listened to, and turn real life experiences into short, honest messages they can share back home. We’re moving from theatre (our first exchange) to voice and storytelling because it’s low-tech, low-pressure, and easy to reuse in schools, youth clubs, and community spaces. Our objectives are to: Make safe spaces, led by us. We set clear ground rules, use consent-first sharing, and keep opt-out options so first-timers can join without pressure. The point is simple: name your experience safely, then choose one small next step. Get better at speaking and listening. Through workshops and practice we work on voice and presence (breath, pace, clarity), basic structure (what’s my message, who’s it for), and respectful dialogue across differences. We note real progress each day only through regularity. Link our stories to real life. We pick our own topics—like discrimination, access to services, health, environment—and learn to speak in a way that invites listening, not fights. The goal is a short piece that works with the auditorium. Grow teamwork and leadership. We co-produce moments: a running order, a mic check, welcoming guests. We rotate roles (speaker, moderator, timekeeper, tech) so everyone contributes in a way that feels right. Share something small and real at home. Each group prepares one doable output—a mini-talk, a story-slam round, a short audio “postcard,” or a brief school/club presentation—using basic templates for consent and captions. Be a bit more active in everyday democracy. We set tiny actions we can actually do: speak up once in class, help host a listening circle, or post one consent-checked audio clip. After the exchange there’s light mentoring (one online drop-in and a couple of check-ins), not heavy homework. All of this builds on what worked in our first, theatre-based exchange and shifts to voice-led, low-tech formats we can carry into real life—keeping it realistic while growing confidence, intercultural understanding, and a down-to-earth sense of being part of Europe.

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