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Food For Thought with Dr. Deborah Dunsire – Buy your ticket now

October 6th at 17.00 – at Union (Nørre Allé 7, 2200 København N) Named Woman of the Year, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, 2009; recipient Rising Star award, Health Care Business Women’s Association, 2000, Excalibur Award, American Cancer Society, 2001, Corporate Leadership award, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), 2009, Creative Spirit award, Creative Center for Women. Meet Dr. Deborah Dunsire, our next guest speaker to Food for Thought. Dr. Deborah Dunsire is currently the President & CEO of Lundbeck, a global pharmaceutical company specializing in developing innovative treatments for brain diseases. She has more than 30 years of clinical, commercial, and international management experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, primarily in the fields of oncology and CNS. On a personal note, Dr. Dunsire was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, where she graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1985 and received her training as a medical doctor. Apart from working in South Africa, she has also worked in the USA and Switzerland, before coming to Denmark in 2018 to join Lundbeck; given her a strong cross-cultural and a global mindset, and making her a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion. On October 6th, we will have the honor to welcome Dr. Deborah Dunsire to Food for Thought where she will share her life story and the experiences and challenges that formed the person she is today. We look forward to seeing all of you on our first Food For Thought in our new place at Union, Nørre Allé 7. Practical Information:  The event will start at 17.00 and will an hour maximum with Q&A. At 18.00, the dinner will be served by the kitchen “Send Flere Krydderier – SOCIAL ECONOMIC RESTAURANTS AND CATERING WITH GREAT LOVE FOR SPICES AND CUISINES OF THE WORLD“ Tickets sales end date is October 4th – The kitchen needs to know the amount of food they have to cook, and to avoid food waste, your confirmation is very important The event is organized by Crossing Borders and in collaboration with Union huset.  About Food For Thought: Food For Thought provides an exciting space for people from different backgrounds to share their life stories. We want to enable people to learn from and be inspired by each other’s life experiences through storytelling in a safe, stimulating and inclusive social environment, with a delicious dinners. Know more about the Food For Thought concept    Get your ticket now:

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Youth Promoting Peace and Tolerance – a new project with 4-H Zimbabwe

We are very happy to announce the start of the new project, Youth Promoting Peace and Tolerance in Zimbabwe. Together with our partners 4-H Zimbabwe, we will work on engaging and capacitating youth from across the political spectrum in Zimbabwe to strengthen youth’s role in politics and development processes. As elections are on the door in Zimbabwe and based on previous experiences, the youth were used as political tools to fuel conflict during elections. Therefore, this project seeks to intervene before the election process in 2023 starts. In appreciating the role played by youth in developing a nation, the intervention thus sees beyond political and civic differences to create non-partisan dialogues between Zimbabwe’s youths on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and civic and political leadership for inclusive development. In addition, the youth’s marginalized position within the democratic structures in Zimbabwe is big yet the youth constitute the majority. There is limited space for meaningful youth participation in the democratic processes in Zimbabwe across all political parties. Through this project, we will reach out to youth from all layers of Zimbabwean society, ensuring different social backgrounds come together for a better Zimbabwe. The targeted youth will be both presently actively engaged within political parties and those unaffiliated and those who wish to act as peer-to-peer promoters of peaceful and tolerant political discourse. This is with a focus on breaking barriers for active inclusion in shaping peaceful political discourse within Zimbabwe in general and the dominating political parties in specific in the time running up to the national elections (known as Harmonised Elections) that will happen no later than July 2023 in Zimbabwe. All to influence pro-youth policy, facilitate youth inclusion in decision spaces, and promote tolerance and peaceful participation in national politics going forward and in the upcoming electoral cycle and beyond. Stay tuned for more information and updates on this project. Know more about the partners 4-H Zimbabwe Click here Read Also The women that want to touch the sky – The story of Mintu Davi September 8, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Linked In Pinterest edit post Today, Mintu Davi is one of the most influential female leaders in her community and many women in the Muzaffarpur… Read more Søger praktikant: Vil du være med til at give skoleelever redskaber til at begå sig som verdensborgere i en foranderlig verden? August 30, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Linked In Pinterest edit post Ansøgningsfrist: September 15, 2022 Som praktikant vil du være med til at udbrede kendskabet til vores innovative skole workshops, og… Read more Looking for a Danish speaking Intern for the Migrantour project August 29, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Linked In Pinterest edit post Ansøgningsfrist: September 15, 2022 Crossing Borders er ved at opstarte det EU-støttede Migrantour Copenhagen, hvor migranter tager ejerskab over København… Read more

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Crossing Borders // Roskilde Festival 22

CROSSING BORDERS // GREEN DESIGN MARKET STAGE Will you be at Roskilde Festival this year? Stop by Green Design Market and share the days with us! Crossing Borders will be hosting the Green Design Market Stage, with the goal of continuing spreading awareness and engagement towards green sustainability. We provide a series of guest speakers and interactive workshops on upcycling and food waste. Check out the program for the 3 days and make sure to visit us if you are there! You also can find us in the Roskilde Festival App (under events). TALKS AND WORKSHOPS June 30 Thursday June 30 at 11.45How can I live sustainably? Talk with Karen Blincoe How youth can imbed sustainability both locally, nationally, and internationally – Inspirational talk with Karen Blincoe, an educator, and designer in sustainability issues. Thursday June 30 at 14.00″something old, something borrowed, something new”- Upcycling workshop Workshop with Céline Faty How we can make slow fashion using fast fashion? The goal of this workshop is to continue enjoying what we are wearing by giving them a second life through customization. Learn practically with Celine Faty July 1st Friday July 1st at 11.45Sustainability and Biodiversity Talk with with Henrik Helweg-Larsen How to balance a sustainable lifestyle with a biodiversity-friendly future? with Henrik Helweg-Larsen – Henrik is an organic farmer and an urban biodiversity project leader who is going to talk about our expectations regarding sustainability and how we can get some serious changes. Friday July 1st at 14.00″something old, something borrowed, something new”- Upcycling workshop Workshop with Céline Faty How we can make slow fashion using fast fashion? The goal of this workshop is to continue enjoying what we are wearing by giving them a second life through customization. Learn practically with Celine Faty July 2nd Saturday July 2nd at 11.45Growing Green Communities Talk with Bent Egberg Mikkelsen What tools do we need to create an urban garden in our communities? Bent Egberg Mikkelsen, a professor at Copenhagen University explains that. Saturday July 2nd at 14.00You won’t throw coffee anymore! Workshop with Giselle Medeiros Mesiara “Coffee, climate change, our pocket, and sustainability” Denmark ranks among the top ten coffee-drinking nations and each year the amount of coffee leftovers that end up in the bin is huge. Let’s learn about how the coffee ground can be used sustainably and how climate change impacts coffee cultivation. An interactive workshop with Giselle Medeiros Mesiara, Global Health, and Sustainability consultant.

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Apply Now – 7 days training course in Romania

The training will take place from 29 June – 7th of July 2022 , in Oradea, Romania Peace with Me is a 7-day training course which aims to support a network of youth workers that promote a preventive approach on conflicts and violence among their beneficiaries. We see this project as a follow-up initiative which creates added value for the participants in terms of a deeper understanding of violence and a strengthened international cooperation in this field. The methodology prepared involves three dimensions of the learning process: acquiring knowledge, practical experience and reflective evaluation. Encouraging systemic thinking, the process will propose three perspectives of understanding violence: visualizing its complexity, verbalizing and expressing its complexity, and exploring the reality of the topic in many aspects. Expect to have an intense working week with a wide range of methods, from research-based tasks to fully artistic sessions, guided in a safe learning space What you need to know? The training will be from November 29th of June until the 7th of July in Oradea, Romania.  Travelling costs are covered due to the Erasmus+ KA1 rules: 275 EUR for each non-RO participant. You have to buy your own tickets and we will reimburse you after the training is being completed. Before booking your transportation, please ask for our confirmation. We may not be charged with any travel costs that are not confirmed by us. Given the volatility of the international regulations, please consider flexible or refundable transportation options. Romania is considered a yellow country in terms of COVID-19 protocols, therefore we can accept exclusively participants with valid green certificate. The project will cover 100% of accommodation and material costs during the training course. To apply you will need to become a member of Crossing Borders, pay membership and pay 500 DKK for administrative fees. To apply, you have to be living in Denmark Location: we will stay in a rural area named Bicăcel (Lăzăreni), în Bihor County , 30 km away from Oradea, the main city nearby. We will be hosted in wooden houses + another building, with 2-3-4 beds in one room (single person beds). Each house is equipped with one bathroom and all needed facilities. Application Deadline: June 20, 2022 at 23.00 Objective of this training: • Equipping 24 youth workers with relevant competences for understanding and preventing the occurrence of interpersonal conflicts generated by abusive and violent behavioral patterns • Incorporating in the participants’ work a preventive approach against violence manifestations by creating a personalized plan to fit each organization  • A better understanding for the participants of the principles and benefits of using holistic facilitation as a working principle; • Strengthen the cooperation between the partner organizations by creating an international network of youth workers motivated to initiate new actions connected with this topic. Are you interested? Apply Now How the training will look like? Who is the project for? The project is designed for youth workers, volunteers and other people who work with people with fewer opportunities on a daily basis. We designed a methodology which is helpful for workers who are active in the field of youth, education, social services, public services, religious based organizations or any other entity that is engaged with youngsters. We expect to have a group of participants who are eager to transfer the methodology in a practical way in their groups of youngsters and also to promote the concept of preventive education in their daily work. We will work on the transferability of the results during the whole week. Each participant will prepare a homework before attending the event. We strongly encourage the sharing dimension of the learning process, so be ready to bring with you real examples from your work. The minimum age limit is 18, without any other limitation. A good command of English is desirable, but not compulsory. We aim to have an overall number of 26 participants from Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Turkey, Macedonia and the UK. Are you interested? Apply Now You have a question? write to us Write to the project coordinator Catherine Namuswe on catherine@crossingborders.dkfor any questions you have. 

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7 Days in Estonia – Apply now for this training opportunity, all expenses are covered

Call for Participants for a training course in Estonia about “Prevention Step by Step“ Dates: From 9 to 17 of April 2022 Place: Harjumaa, Estonia Summary    The topic of youth violence is of the big concerns among the youth workers, teachers and support workers on the global level. Children before their teens are frequent victims of domestic violence. The exact statistics are often hard to find, as around 60% of the presidents are left unreported or ‘swept under the carpet’. Partner countries represented on this project have cultural elements that are fueling the expression of violent behaviours: ●  Romania and Turkey are facing high level of domestic violence; ●  Latvia and Estonia are having a background of ethnicity related conflicts; ●  Italy, UK and Denmark have a long-lasting inner debate concerning the question of having a wide number of immigrants in the country, which is especially relevant throughout the Brexit campaign. Due to the relevance of the subject to the everyday work of the partners of this project – working with groups of young people, who are exposed or witness violence and abuse the idea was born to create a project to create/adapt/update methodology on prevention of abusive and violent behaviour among young people that would be effectively transferable to youth workers’ current work. More detailed information in the PDF below: To apply, please send an email to linda@crossingborders.dk regarding this and we will take it from there. For more information or any questions , get in touch with Linda at linda@crossingborders.dk

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March 08 – Celebrating the International Women’s Day

March 08 – from 14.00 – 17.00 Studenterhuset: Købmagergade 52 – 1150 København K March 8th marks the International Women’s Day. Like every year, this year we are honoured to celebrate this day.Together with the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Network in Denmark, Crossing Borders wants to highlight the Women on the move across the Euromed Cultures and Identities, Challenges and OpportunitiesFor the occasion, we have invited 8 prominent women’s rights campaigners from across the region to share their lived experiences and perspectives through spoken words, poetry, songs, drums, and art performance.We will share the detailed program and introduce the speakers shortly – Stay tuned! This event is organized by the Danish Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) Network whose mission is to promote intercultural contact, dialogue and collaboration across the Euro-Mediterranean. The network is therefore for all persons, organizations and schools with an interest in the regions. Crossing Borders’ role is the Head of the ALF Network in Denmark and is responsible for promoting the interests of the network and working towards creating synergies for our members with interests in the Euro-Med Please take a moment and register if you are attending. This will help us have an overview. Other events Up-Coming Events March 03: Food For Thought with Natasha Al-Hariri February 24, 2022 Don’t miss CB news Partners meeting in Accra, Ghana – Localising the SDGs February 25, 2022 Crossing Borders Blog Human Rights, Climate Refugees and Third-Culture Child! Key words from the FFT with Yasmin Abdel-Hak February 18, 2022 Project Result Infographics – 4 project results that will help migrant’s startups February 7, 2022 CB news Building more Democracy Hubs in Ukraine February 3, 2022

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March 03: Food For Thought with Natasha Al-Hariri

March 03, 2022 at 17.00 Ubuntu Huset – Købmagergade 43, 1150 København K Book your seat   Next on Food For Thought! Natasha Al-Hariri, Director of DFUNK – Danish Refugee Council Youth. Natasha Al-Hariri has become one of the faces of minority women’s struggle for justice. In the public debate, she discusses topics such as integration, Islam, and gender equality – not because she necessarily wants to, but because she believes it is important. Even though it has led to hatred and threats against her and her family. Natasha has appeared, been portrayed, and featured in several newspapers, radio, and TV broadcasts in many contexts, which, however, are usually always connected to the debate on the integration of immigrants. She is declared a feminist and has marked herself as a clear voice in the Muslim gender struggle. Al-Hariri wanted to use her personal experience to change the immigration system and integration policy. She therefore also ended up specializing in immigration law and human rights. On March 3rd, Natasha will be here with us on Food for Thought to tell us about her story and how she ended up doing what she is doing. Natasha will also talk about the current situation when it comes to integration in Denmark, and what has gone wrong?   Book your seat   Did you know if you are a member of Crossing Borders you come for free? It is not too late, Become a member now What is the Food For Thought? Food For Thought provides an exciting space for people from different backgrounds to share their life stories. We want to enable people to learn from and be inspired by each other’s life experiences through storytelling in a safe, stimulating, and inclusive social environment, with delicious dinners. Know more here Don’t miss: Project Result Infographics – 4 project results that will help migrant’s startups February 7, 2022 CB news Building more Democracy Hubs in Ukraine February 3, 2022 Up-Coming Events Food For Thought with Mille Rode February 1, 2022 Project Result Infographics – Equal Rights for Women and Girls in Zambia – Project results January 17, 2022 Contact us if you have any questions Name * Email * Phone Message * Submit

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Infographics – Equal Rights for Women and Girls in Zambia – Project results

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