YoMem - Young Messengers of European Memory

Erasmus plus Project KA2 -Youth

“The project intends to affirm the role of young people in enhancing the European memory, to rediscover the values of democracy, coexistence, social justice,

as founding values of the European Union.”

The project
The project “Young Messengers of European Memory – YoMEM”, wants to affirm a vision of memory not as a mere nostalgic memory of a past, but as a tool aimed to enhance awareness of who we are, as individuals and as a community, in order to recover the sense of a better and possible future; YoMEM project wants, as well, support the important role that young people can play in this profound cultural action.

Our purpose is to create educational paths and tools for young Europeans, based on autobiografical methodologies and digitial storytelling, aimed to:
– increase awareness among young people of the values of democracy, coexistence, social justice, as founding values of the European Union;
– develop the sense of European citizenship;
– actively involve young people in the defense and promotion of European values through digital storytelling methodologies, and the creation of actions to disseminate stories that testify to these values, as “messengers of European memory”.

The project narrations themes will concern:
MY EUROPE
– Stories of belonging to Europe, personal experiences that have brought people closer to the idea and values of a united Europe.
– European macro and micro stories, personal experiences of historical facts relevant to European history.
– Learning from diversity, learning from the encounter with traditions and cultures that represent European multiplicity.
SOCIAL CHANGE STORIES IN EUROPE
– Stories that tell of the conquest and defense of rights and democracy in Europe of yesterday and today.

Other project activities
Other project activities are:
– YoMem Award – YoMEM Award consists of a “call for narration” in which we will invite young people up to 30 years old, from all over Europe, to send their stories on the narration themes described in IO1.

– YoMEM Network– The network will include young people who have participated in the various activities of the project, and that will create a group of Young Messengers of European Memory.

Organizations
• Associazione Storie Di Mondi Possibili (Coordinator) – Italy
• Asociatia Pro-Xpert – Romania
• M3 Mcube Association – France
• Real Time Video Ltd – United Kingdom
• Stowarzyszenie Trenerow Organizacji Pozarzadowych – Poland
• Mobilizing Expertise Ab – Sweden
• Federazione Italiana CEMEA – Italy

Storie che fanno parte di questo progetto

A journey to find myself

I like the feeling of being lost in a place that I don’t know much of, with a hope that someday, I would finally be found

MobilizingExpertise
Maggio 12, 2023

My Swedish Identity

My name is Yumna Khattab, I am 20 years old, and I come from Syria. I fled from Syria when I was around 10 years old. The goal was to find another place with better living conditions without war.

MobilizingExpertise
Maggio 12, 2023

Europa Fantasy

What if European Union was set in medieval fantasy?

SurimiWitch
Maggio 5, 2023

La storia di Hatem

La storia di Hatem, raccolta dai/dalle partecipanti al workshop "Stories for change - Narrazione video" dell'associazione Storie di Mondi Possibili, all'interno dei progetti "Yomem - Young Messengers of European Memory" e "MAE - Memories Across Europe".

Storie Di Mondi Possibili
Aprile 13, 2023

Ma vision de l’Europe

Dans cette vidéo, 6 jeunes répondent à des questions sur leur vision personnelle de l'Europe.

Romane
Aprile 3, 2023

An Europe of Mutual Help

This video is produced as a part of local activities developed in the project Young Messengers of European Memory - a local remote workshop about digital storytelling that took part between 9th September and 20th October 2022. Participants learned about the project, debated about European Values and then we