Rev Jesse Jackson whose oratory and occasionally his politics, I have been accustomed to enjoy got into a soup yesterday for his comments on Obama. For those who are not familiar with the name, Jackson was Martin Luther King’s left hand during the civil right movement days and was the first African American to make any progress at a Presidential […]

We were most Impressed with the set of  (draft) guidelines put together by the Civil Liberties and Public Policy program on the “Principles of Meaningful Youth Participation”. In our work in the sphere of youth-led development both in Sri Lanka and internationally, we have encountered two basic views among young people in their understanding of […]

I cringe every time I hear that self-patronizing statement. Ever so often, well-meaning people get up on stage and utter these revered words , ” Friends, young people are the future, they are the future leaders of this nation”. Now many variations of this same speech exists, but for each one of them, my response […]

From the Lakbimanews Magazine “Unreeling views and Ideas of Youth”:
The expression of every member of the audience changed as the presenter went on to state that global warming had not made it to the top of the priority list of the most serious problems that the world is currently facing.
As the clip came to an […]

Young people in South Asia and in particular Sri Lanka are disillusioned with both mainstream and alternative spaces for political action says K.Guruparan speaking at the International Conference on Youth and Democracy in South Asia in Pune, India.
Guru was presenting a paper on youth participation in decision making and policy making processes using Sri […]