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PROGRESSIVE YOUTH UNION

 

"OUR CHOICE IS FREE AND DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA"

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 WHAT WE DO: OUR PROFILE

 

 PROGRESS REPORT 2003-2006

During 2003-2006 we organised many events such as rallies, public actions, forums, meetings. Among them are the following: the rally against compulsory military duty and the piquet of Samara Regional Military Duty Office; the rally “Samara-Baghdad”, which was the collection of 1000 books for Iraqi Philology students and sending them off to Baghdad (supported by the regional government, US Embassy, Russian MFA, Samara Airlines); organisation of the First Regional Youth Open Forum “We are Young Citizens!” (supported by Radio Samara Maximum); organisation of charitable billiards tournament for senior citizens (supported by Billiards Club “Zvezda”); the campaign (numerous dance parties and performances) in support of young talented musicians and DJs of Samara Region to promote healthy lifestyles in youth culture that is free from drugs or any abuse; the campaign (the rally, the dance party and the radio debates) “Youth and Elections: Hire Your Government!” promoting active participation of young people in elections; the round table “Youth, Politics and Civil Society” promoting involvement of young people into social and political life and encouragement to be socially active and think about future (this event held by the Union united many young leaders of the region, religious leaders, mass media, DJs and local celebrities); composition and initiation of the regional bill on youth social policies at Samara Regional Parlieament as a legislative initiative that was taken for study and consideration by the parliament; the campaign for support of young people in rural and remote areas (collection of modern and classic fiction and sending them to local libraries); establishment of the first regional youth Christian Orthodox  radio project that promotes moral values (supported by Samara Eparchy of Russian Orthodox Church and Radio Samara Maximum); the rally “We are Against Fascism, Racism and Xenophobia” (the RNB party that united Asian, African and Russian young people and students in the best city nightclub “Zvezda”) to promote tolerance towards minorities; the civic campaign for protection of constitutional rights, against the curfew introduction for teenagers, which finally ended in the cancellation of the law by the Supreme Court of Russia; creation of Youth Discussion Club at Department of Sociology and Political Science of Samara State University (with our partner NGO "Delo Molodoe"); local organisation of the UN World Food Programme rally "Fight Hunger: Walk the World" in Samara; the campaign for HIV/AIDS prevention (radio debates, participation in "Cafe Scientific: HIV in Context", promotion of Dance4Life international project in Samara Region), participation in the work of Youth Parliament of Samara Region; participation in the work of G8 Civil International NGO Forum in 2006 in Moscow as the only NGO of Samara Region; the leading role in building of the regional democratic coalition and the work of regional CSO Association; and others. All events were organised by our initiative, on a volunteer basis, with no grant support, with support of our partners based on our activity.

 FILES

 

THE UNION PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON THE ELECTION OF SAMARA MAYOR (ENGLISH, abstract)

 

"FIGHT HUnGER: WALK THE WORld" in samara  (ENGLISH) - PRESS RELEASE; UN WFP SPOTLIGHT ON SAMARA WITH PICTURES)

 

UNION AND YOUTH GOVERNMENT: BUILDING DEMOCRATIC COALITION TOGETHER

 

UNION CAMPAIGN IN DEFENSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: WE ARE AGAINST THE CURFEW IN SAMARA REGION (ENGLISH)

 

EUROPE AND EURASIA YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS SEMINAR (OHRID, MACEDONIA) ENGLISH

 

HIV ISSUE: RADIO DEBATES "HIV PREVENTION IN YOUTH COMMUNITY", CAFE SCIENTIFIC "HIV IN CONTEXT" (ENGLISH)

 

UNION CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACISM: THE RALLY IN SAMARA, R'N'B PARTIES IN "ZVEZDA" NIGHT CLUB

 

BILL "ABOUT YOUTH" COMPOSED BY THE UNION (AUTHOR ALEXANDER ANDREEV), 2005

 

THE YOUNG HELPING THE YOUNG: RALLY IN CULTURAL SUPPORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS (PRESS RELEASE; NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF SAMARA REGION)

 

THE UNION LEADER SPEECH AT THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SAMARA REGION

 

RUSSIAN CIVIL CONGRESS "RUSSIA FOR DEMOCRACY, AGAINST DICTATORSHIP"

 

VISIT OF THE UNION LEADER TO THE UNITES STATES OF AMERICA

 

election campaign TO SAMARA CITY COUNCIL

 

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY Of samara regional democratic movement

 

open public forum "we are young citizens!" (ENGLISH)

 

"sAMARA - BAGHDAD" RALLY IN SUPPORT OF IRAQI STUDENTS (PRESS RELEASE; NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF SAMARA REGION)

 

UNION CAMPAIGN "YOUTH AND ELECTIONS"

 

RESULTS OF THE ELECTION 2003 TO THE RUSSIAN STATE DUMA - FEDERAL PARLIAMENT, THE UNION LEADER IS ON THE AIR ON TV CHANNEL "TERRA-NTV"

 

PARTNERSHIP WITH the United nations' ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIA in samara region

 

partnership with samara eparchy of Russian orthodox church

 

"YOUTH, Politics and civil society" in the journalists' press center

 

UNION Campaign in support of young electronic music bands and Dee-jays

 

rally for liberation from the overall military draft and reform to the professional army

 

CHARITABLE rally "the past, the present and the future"

 

Union leader speech at the regional students' forum 2003

 

youth politics: Russian know-how

© Samara Regional Public Youth Movement (NGO) "Progressive Youth Union". Samara, Russia, 2003-2007.