I propose a cart ride
I suggest a bike ride.
Bike ride? You can write it down.
An adapted race!
All right!
Write it down.
I'm going to put topics on the table and see what you think.
We don't have to answer everything today.
Studies, work, health...
For a few months now, young people from all over the region are joining a new project.
That's because young people also want to be heard!
-I have good ideas. - Ok!
How do you see if we stick with these?
[THEATRE, KARTING, FILMS, DINNER, MUSIC]
Osona Diverse group was created by the administration of the county of Osona in Catalonia
in order to give youth from diverse minorities the opportunity to influence the local youth policies.
The aim is for the group to become independent of the administration
and be a key player in the policies of youth and diversity in the region,
as well as a playful and participatory meeting space.
This group gives us the opportunity as young people to contribute to society.
To organize things that include all the diversity of Osona
Spending time, laughing, doing different activities...
My name is Gemma Collell, I'm the Osona Youth Worker.
At the end of 2019 we were developing the county plan with the Young Spots of Osona,
and we realized that, without intending it, we are not responding
to the youth diversity that we find in our daily lives.
I'm Ruth Castells and I'm a youth worker in the Diverse Group project.
What we want to do is give voice to those minorities or those who are not usually heard,
or who have more trouble making their voices heard.
This is the soul of the project, to hear all these voices.
And not just those who are always there.
Our idea is to give tools and spaces to empower each member of the group.
The goal is not to accompany them all the time,
but to be a group that can walk on its own
and that promotes many projects.
The idea is that the group will become an independent body
that activates the administration to get on the stick.
Let them constantly challenge us, keep telling us "you're not doing this well" or "here you can improve".
As youth workers, we are here to accompany them and for them to follow on their own.
Here you can point it out, you can say "we'd like that to change"
Young people are often held accountable, they're used as a scapegoat
when it really is a matter of global problems.
[TO DO]
How do you feel when someone makes decisions without consulting you?
Feeling helpless not to have the word is ... frustrating.
For this reason I believe in assemblies.
The best way is to talk before you make a decision.
Talk to everyone who will be affected by this decision.
Doing things without asking people can have serious consequences.
So don’t do it guys!
Why would you tell young people that it is important to participate in such a group?
You are supporting people and giving them a place where they can feel safe,
come in, have fun and learn new things.
At the structural level there are still many issues to work on, changes that need to be made ...
Both in institutions and in society
In that way, we young people have a lot to say and do.
That’s why it’s important to get involved and try to change things.
I think people who break stereotypes are the bravest people.
Even more if they express it.
What goal would you like to achieve?
To make the project bigger, not only at the regional level... of Osona.
The path we are on is very good.
Receiving talks, learning about new topics,
making diversity visible,
spreading the needs of diverse youth...
I would like more young people to join, more voices, more diversity ...
and that they could make a change.
I wish young people would be less afraid to participate.