Common Futures Conversations @CommonFuturesCH

A @ChathamHouse community of young people from across Africa and Europe, in dialogue with policymakers. Register for our upcoming webinar below #CHCommonFutures careers.chathamhouse.org/jobs/5437714-c… London, England Joined March 2020

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Common Futures Conversations @CommonFuturesCH

a month ago

We are looking forward to our event this Thursday on citizen diplomacy to wrap up this month's challenge! This month's event is entitled "Who gets to be a diplomat? Sports, film and music as citizen diplomacy". CFC members can register with the links in their emails.

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2 months ago

#FeatureFriday Meet Zac, a CFC member from 🇬🇧! Zac recently completed an MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History at Cambridge. His favourite part of CFC is being able to work with the diverse community of members and engage with a vast multitude of perspectives.

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2 months ago

Sports diplomacy is a kind of citizen diplomacy practised everyday all over the world. You have probably participated in sports diplomacy, too! Read one of this month's reflections about growing up in a diverse neighbourhood and using football as a way to find common ground⚽

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2 months ago

"Yet for generations, Kanuri traders, fishers, farmers and elders have woven bonds across borders through culture, faith and mutual aid." Read Kaumi's story about citizen diplomacy around the Lake Chad region👇

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2 months ago

July's challenge is on citizen diplomacy and how individuals - not governments and multilateral institutions, where the traditional echelons of diplomatic power lie - can build bridges and connections across cultural and national divides. What does citizen diplomacy mean to you?

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2 months ago

Check out what is going on at @chathamhouse_org this week👇

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2 months ago

#FeatureFriday Meet Mohamed, a CFC member from Somalia! Mohamed currently works at Elman Peace, where he contributes to several community-centred projects. His favourite part of CFC is the sense of global community and shared commitment to creating change.🌍

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2 months ago

Our July challenge will explore citizen diplomacy - from athletes fostering cross-cultural exchange to youth activists collaborating across borders - and what this means for the future of international relations. What does citizen diplomacy mean to you? Tell us in the comments👇

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2 months ago

Check out what's going on at @ChathamHouse this week👇

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2 months ago

#FeatureFriday Meet Sajini, a CFC member from Sri Lanka! Sajini currently works as a Legal Research Analyst at a think tank called Verite Research. She is a licensed lawyer and has been working in the advocacy space for almost eight years!

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2 months ago

Last week, CFC members joined us for the @chathamhouse_org London Conference, where we saw the ideas from our challenge on democratic resilience informing the design of conference programming. Thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge - it made last week a success!🌍

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3 months ago

Check out what's going on at @ChathamHouse this week👇

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3 months ago

An increasingly-connected world can be incredibly helpful - but also potentially harmful - for boosting democratic resilience. How do you think technology-related disinformation is impacting democracy, and how can the global community arm itself against it? Tell us below!👇

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3 months ago

Our challenge in partnership with @SNFAgora has brought several key questions to light, including those about the nature and location of democratic resilience. ➡ Who should be involved? ➡ How should they be involved? ➡ Where and how does change most effectively happen?

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3 months ago

What tools can we use to boost democratic resilience? Last night's webinar prompted a lot of discussion about technology - and its potential to both help and harm democratic resilience. How do you think technology impacts democratic resilience today?

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3 months ago

Join us TONIGHT for an event in partnership with @SNFAgora. This event is based on our recent CFC challenge and will feed into a Spotlight Session at the @ChathamHouse London Conference. Event details: 📅 11 June ⌚ 17:00-18:30 BST 📍 Zoom (registration link on CFC platform)

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3 months ago

"[#EndSARS] challenged the narrative of apathy and reminded Nigeria - and the world - that young people are not just the future; they are the present defenders of democracy." Our conversation on democratic resilience continues tonight with an event with @SNFAgora at 17.00 BST.

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3 months ago

What does it mean to support democratic resilience? These are some of the conversations that the CFC community is having during the challenge with @SNFAgora on democratic resilience for the @ChathamHouse London Conference. Our conversation continues tomorrow with a webinar!

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3 months ago

Supporting democratic resilience across borders and movements can mean taking inspiration from examples like Ukraine's resistance to Russia's full-scale invasion. 🇺🇦 Our conversation continues this week with a webinar on Wednesday, 11 June. CFC members: register on the platform.

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3 months ago

How can we support democratic resilience across movements and borders?🤝 This is the key question that the CFC community has been addressing through a challenge in partnership with @SNFAgora - and voices of hope and resilience have chimed in from across the world.🌍