By Soraya Boumediene, Intern at Crossing Borders So, I tell my story to exist. I do this through my reflections on my first Food for Thought experience at Crossing Borders. Taking place on 6 October 2022 in Copenhagen and facilitated by Vice Chair of our board TV journalist Nyeleti Sue Angel Nkuna of South Africa, …
Food for Thought ‘I tell my story, therefore I am’. Read More »
Following the successful conclusion of the above project, we are pleased to share below the process and outcome of the events from Narva, Through Copenhagen, Gothenburg to Latvia. Please, see the milestones of the project: Launch of the project on Kick-off meeting and high-level conference in Narva. On the 26th of August 2021 partners from …
By Maryam Alaouie, Journalist and Project Coordinator for Migrantour at Crossing Borders. Are you a tourist that hates walking on mainstream streets and loves discovering cities through the eyes of locals or immigrants? Or are you new to the city and longing to see its hidden gems? Or simply a native, that loves Copenhagen’s cultural …
Empowered Girls Dialogue – Giving girls a voice for change through community dialogue – is one year project implemented by organization Project Soar and funded by Civil Society in Development (CISU). Crossing Borders’ global program coordinator Tatjana Stefanovic and project coordinator Pareeksha Pandeshwar Raghavendra had chance to visit HQ of Project Soar in Douar Laadam, …
By Grace Hou, intern at Crossing Borders Food is undeniably a huge part of my identity, and is a past-time I am engrossed in and fully absorbed by. My earliest memories of my life in Melbourne, Australia, involve food. Being born into a Chinese family, food has always been an important part of life and …
By Ouafa Zaidi, cultural reporter intern at Crossing Borders Have we become too mean? What is the point of all this hate, intolerance, and distress? What does it really say about us? Where is our good faith, our desire to meet new people, persons of different backgrounds, colors, smells, and looks? That instead of misjudging …
When laws fail to stop hate speech – What can we do? well here is the answer! Read More »
By Ouafa Zaidi, cultural reporter intern at Crossing Borders On March 17, 2022, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, in the welcoming offices of Crossing Borders, an interesting free event about entrepreneurship took place. Celine Faty and Flavia Kwebiiha gladly opened up about their experiences as entrepreneurs, sharing their journey in creating their business and the …
By Ouafa Zaidi, cultural reporter intern at Crossing Borders Tuesday, March 8, 2022, like everywhere else, is International Women’s Day in Copenhagen. And Crossing Borders is proud and happy to celebrate this event with a program full of interest and charm. In partnership with the Anna Lindh Foundation, the event took place at Studenterhuset, which …
This is how we celebrated the International Women’s Day 2022 Read More »
By Ouafa Zaidi, cultural reporter intern at Crossing Borders March 03, 2022, at 17.00 – Ubuntu Huset At Crossing Borders headquarters, on March 03, 2022, for the third Food For Thought event, we had the pleasure of welcoming Natasha Al-Hariri, director of DFUNK – Danish Refugee Council Youth -, lawyer, organizer, and debater of Palestinian …
The story of Natasha Al-Hariri – How did she end up doing what she is doing! Read More »
By Ouafa Zaidi, cultural reporter intern at Crossing Borders 100 years later, PEN is a global organization defending writers and anyone who works with the written word around the world. An anniversary that coincides with the coming of Mille Rode to Crossing Borders, on February 17, 2022, for the second Food For Thought event. A …
Why we should protect Writers Freedom! with Mille Rode from DanskPEN Read More »
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We work for a fairer and more sustainable world. We do that by empowering young people around the world to take leadership for a positive change socially, economically, and politically.
