The Power of Young People

Power is key to understanding the relationships and structures that have historically shaped who we are and how we live – creating new and exciting opportunities but also potentially negatively exploiting people and planet in the name of global capitalism and progression.

Power is available to young people and within young people. How well they understand it, recognise it, and use it, may just determine the future of all life on this planet!

This video is being launched as part of One World Week which is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education, critical engagement with issues, and action. During One World Week, young people learn about local, national, and global justice issues and take action to bring about change.

Youth 2030 is a global youth work and development education programme funded by Irish Aid, which is working to increase the integration, quality, and spread of global youth work and development education in non-formal youth work education, organisations, and projects. Its aim is to create an empowering and clear policy and practice environment for global youth work at both a national, European, and global level. The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is working in partnership with Concern Worldwide, Maynooth University, and Trócaire to deliver the Youth 2030 Development Education Programme in the Youth Sector. One World Week is a Youth 2030 project.

The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is part of the Global Education Week Network which is coordinated by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. NYCI is the national coordinator for One World Week (Global Education Week) in Ireland.