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New albums added August 1
Click Video - Student and Professional Documentary short BFTF films
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — The 2nd Youth Understanding Politics (YUP) was hosted by 2008 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Summer Institute (BFTF) alumni in Belgium August 2-12, 2010. The alumni are hosting 36 youngsters from six European countries to inspire these participants through intercultural dialogue, debate, and conflict-resolution to initiate positive change in their communities.YUP is a summer exchange program initiated by BFTF alumni to facilitate mutual understanding in Europe and to ensure a concrete continuation of the ideals of the BFTF program. YUP unites 36 participants from six different countries, including Germany, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Belgium and Slovenia. Designed after the BFTF program, YUP is geared towards 15 to 18 year old European students who are interested in debating and politics. This year, there was a BFTF alumni mentor from each participating country involved, as well as one from Macedonia. Read More
As the BFTF 2010 Fellows return home and meet with the people at the U.S. Embassy, articles are being written about their trip. This is the first one from Estonia. We ask all BFTF 2010 Fellows to please send us any links to any articles about their experiences while in the U.S. Once we receive the link we will publish them.
Daniel (Moldova) and Hillary (Malta) released a surprise post-BFTF video, full of the spirit of the summer institute. Impressive work guys, thinking ahead and making it happen. Congratulations.
The official website of the documentary, Bound By Haiti, is now available online here.
Bound By Haiti is a production of BFTF instructor Jon Bougher and highlights the problems facing Haiti before, during and after the earthquake.For more information on Bound By Haiti make sure to visit the previous post on BFTF.org, located here.
The civic engagement environment and sustainability group’s videos are featured on Moldova environmental web site, Green Media Moldova. the biggest Moldavian portal the covers ecological issues. Way to go Daniel Vod?.
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For those considering to submit proposals for Follow-on Grants to develop new projects or bring to life some of the incredible programs developed by the Civic Engagements groups at Wake. You will find information on making application by following this Link.
The group pictured is the 2010 YUP Group meeting now in Belgium. The YUP program is a great illustration of how Follow-on project can grow to make a real difference.
The 2nd Youth Understanding Politics (YUP) is being hosted in by 2008 BFTF alumni in Belgium August 2-12. They are hosting 36 youngsters from 6 different countries (Belgium, Germany, Moldova, Slovenia, Romania and Ukraine) are meeting in to inspire these participants through intercultural dialogue, debate, and conflict-resolution to initiate positive change in their communities. Check out their dynamic web site. Read More
