Young Shots
Young Shots invites young adults over eight European countries to explore democracy not as an abstract system, but as something personal.
Through stories of people who lived through the transition from a non-democratic to a democratic society, young people will unpack what democracy has meant across generations, create connections across borders and boundaries, and then turn their reflections into public-facing actions.
The project builds on Changing Democracies (2023-2025), which gathered testimonies from 31 witnesses in 10 countries who experienced systemic transitions to democracy, either through active regime change or migration. Where Changing Democracies focused on producing and sharing these stories, Young Shots takes the transitional perspective a step further, putting young people at the centre of a process that moves from personal testimony to civic engagement.
Working with young adults.
Students and youth groups across eight countries will take part in intergenerational dialogue workshops built around the testimonies, before designing and delivering their own public events, to engage in dialogue about democracy with a wider audience.
A living social archive.
The existing Changing Democracies platform is being expanded and reimagined as an active, social archive. New testimonies will be added, including – for the first time – stories from Moldova. Young journalists and content creators will also come together in a dedicated Storytelling Lab to translate the testimonies into formats that reach young audiences.
A DIY community toolkit.
Building on the success of the Is My Democracy Your Democracy? Travelling Workshop, a self-printable and freely available community toolkit will let schools, youth centers, libraries and community groups anywhere run their own version of the exhibition’s core content and questions, locally and independently.
Across all of these areas, the project foregrounds storytelling, intergenerational dialogue and an open, learner-led methodology to help young people navigate history and contemporary events, moving from remembrance to participation. The project aims to reach over 75,000 people indirectly and at least 10,000 people directly over its two-year run.
To make this happen, the Evens Foundation has partnered with the Association for History Education Greece (EL), Autres Directions(NL), Borderland Foundation (PL), EuroClio (NL), Mediawise Society (RO), Moldova.org(MD), Open Lithuania Foundation (LT), Pé de Cabra (PT), SWPS University (PL), and the University of Amsterdam (NL). Drawing together complementary skills in history education, media literacy, storytelling and community organising, the consortium will take the project out to young people and communities in the project’s eight target countries.
This project is co-funded by the European Union.
Young Shots invites young adults over eight European countries to explore democracy not as an abstract system, but as something personal.
Through stories of people who lived through the transition from a non-democratic to a democratic society, young people will unpack what democracy has meant across generations, create connections across borders and boundaries, and then turn their reflections into public-facing actions.
The project builds on Changing Democracies (2023-2025), which gathered testimonies from 31 witnesses in 10 countries who experienced systemic transitions to democracy, either through active regime change or migration. Where Changing Democracies focused on producing and sharing these stories, Young Shots takes the transitional perspective a step further, putting young people at the centre of a process that moves from personal testimony to civic engagement.
Working with young adults.
Students and youth groups across eight countries will take part in intergenerational dialogue workshops built around the testimonies, before designing and delivering their own public events, to engage in dialogue about democracy with a wider audience.
A living social archive.
The existing Changing Democracies platform is being expanded and reimagined as an active, social archive. New testimonies will be added, including – for the first time – stories from Moldova. Young journalists and content creators will also come together in a dedicated Storytelling Lab to translate the testimonies into formats that reach young audiences.
A DIY community toolkit.
Building on the success of the Is My Democracy Your Democracy? Travelling Workshop, a self-printable and freely available community toolkit will let schools, youth centers, libraries and community groups anywhere run their own version of the exhibition’s core content and questions, locally and independently.
Across all of these areas, the project foregrounds storytelling, intergenerational dialogue and an open, learner-led methodology to help young people navigate history and contemporary events, moving from remembrance to participation. The project aims to reach over 75,000 people indirectly and at least 10,000 people directly over its two-year run.
To make this happen, the Evens Foundation has partnered with the Association for History Education Greece (EL), Autres Directions(NL), Borderland Foundation (PL), EuroClio (NL), Mediawise Society (RO), Moldova.org(MD), Open Lithuania Foundation (LT), Pé de Cabra (PT), SWPS University (PL), and the University of Amsterdam (NL). Drawing together complementary skills in history education, media literacy, storytelling and community organising, the consortium will take the project out to young people and communities in the project’s eight target countries.
This project is co-funded by the European Union.