Youth for the Future of Ukraine
Dialogue, Research, and Creative Media Work for the Consolidation of Ukrainian Society and Orthodoxy
You build the country.
Or you watch others do it.
A project for young people who want more than just to get through these times—for those who are already thinking about what Ukraine will be like after victory and are ready to take action today.
What is the project about?
Youth for the Future of Ukraine is a seven-month programme for young leaders aged 20–35 from small towns and rural communities across Ukraine.
The project brings together 16 youth teams to explore the values that should guide Ukraine’s reconstruction and the pursuit of the common good through forums, mentoring, dialogue, and the collaborative development of policy and vision documents.
Why does it matter?
Ukraine must rebuild even while the war continues. But reconstruction is about more than infrastructure. It is about the values on which we build the new Ukraine, who has a voice in shaping it, and whether the perspectives of small towns and rural communities are truly heard.
Today, young people outside major cities rarely have opportunities for serious discussions about the country’s future. Even more rarely are they the authors of change rather than the recipients of decisions made by others.
This project seeks to change that.
Announcements
Webinar “How to Create a Successful Media Product: From the ‘Hook’ to Audience Response”
This time, we will discuss something everyone who creates content has to deal with: how do you make a media product that gets noticed, understood, and remembered?
Webinar “The Experience of Creating the Church’s Information Space and Entering the Country’s Information Space”
There was a time when it was enough for Church communication to speak primarily to its own community. Today, that is no longer the case.
Webinar “How Can We Reconcile Freedom of Religion and National Security? Is It Time to Address Religious Security?”
The war has forced Ukraine to take a fresh look at many things that once seemed self-evident. One of them is the issue of religious freedom.
Events
From Church Media to Public Dialogue: How the Church Enters Ukraine’s Information Space
If a few decades ago it was enough for the Church to have its own newspaper, website, or communications department, today this is clearly no longer sufficient. The Church exists within the same information space as politics, business, culture, civil society, and the everyday lives of millions of people.
Don’t Wait for Ukraine to Change: How Young People from Different Regions Searched for Common Ground at the Second Youth Forum (PHOTOS)
What do young people want from Ukraine after the war – and what are they ready to do to make it happen now? Participants of the Second Youth Forum “The Future of Ukraine We Want to Build,” held on 18–20 September in the Kyiv region, spent three days discussing these questions.
Not to Restore the Past, but to Create the Future: What Ukraine’s Reconstruction Should Look Like
We continue our series of stories about young participants in the “Youth for the Future of Ukraine” project who, after completing training at the Summer School of Journalism and Media Work, joined the production of the video series “Ukraine’s Recovery: Directions, Priorities, Challenges.”
Technological Ukraine and Convenient Cities: How Young People Envision the Country of the Future
We continue our series of materials about the young participants of the “Youth for the Future of Ukraine” project who, after completing training at the
Ukraine’s Recovery Begins with Each of Us
Graduates of the Summer School of Journalism and Media Work, held in August as part of the “Youth for the Future of Ukraine” project, have joined the creation of a new video series, “Ukraine’s Recovery: Directions, Priorities, Challenges.”
Freedom of Religion or National Security? Where Is the Boundary?
Can a state protect itself without restricting freedom of conscience? And can the state remain neutral if the religious sphere becomes a space of real security risks?