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• International Youth Day Symposium: Winners

  International Youth Day 2018 Creative Symposium:Winners

   

  Written Category Winner

  Name: Cláudia Cassoma, Angola

  Title: “Chave Mestra”

  

  Democracy is a system for the people by the people. Today, in my encounters, one thing I hear a lot are complaints by youth about the million things that are wrong with the world while they themselves are doing nothing. Usually, that's the case because they feel they can't do anything. The piece I wrote title "Chave Mestra" [Master Key] tells them just the opposite. It's a message for youth to reimagine democracy by seeing themselves as the master key, the key to solve any if not all issues we face. By considering the fact that if we aren't the solution we're the problem we reimagine democracy by offering ourselves as solutions to the many problems.

  Visual Arts Category Winner

  Name: Vandita Sariya, India

  Title: “One”

  

  "Democracy is a way of life.
  Where differences complement,
  similarities align,
  and together, for better, they strive. "

  Multimedia Category Winner

  Name: Henry Amazin Toe, Liberia

  Title: “Know Who to Vote for”

  

  "I feel democracy should be everybody business. The song, ""Know Who To Vote For"" is a sensitive song for citizens to vote right, not to vote based on Ethnicity or Religion. In this song, we mobilize our citizens to vote right."