MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS

UPCYCLING CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVISM

This program is supported by ACT Church of Sweden to create a safe space for  youth activists to plan, design, and implement community initiatives  around key issues of concern to them, including environmentalism, promotion of art and literacy, gender equity, community understanding of mental health, and more. The project works with a team of volunteers and activists who work to create opportunities for young people to participate in social change. Volunteers come from displaced and host communities and from a wide array of backgrounds and work to share their experiences and identify community-level problems to engage with and find peaceful and creative solutions for. Phase 3 of this project, beginning in 2023, is focused on broadening meaningful engagement with diverse communities, as well as encouraging self-organizing skills and supporting capacity building of volunteers for more impactful community initiatives.