Samvada

On the 20th of February, 2015, the amphitheatre of Freedom Park came alive with the songs and dances of more than 300 youth, who were celebrating their youthhood. 
The energy was palpable and contagious.

The festival was a merging of 3 events – the culmination of a year-long campaign by the youth and for the youth against discrimination and harassment in colleges.
More than 100 colleges were covered by the 3 Yuva Samvada Kendras (YSKs) -
Signa-Tumkur, Sakhi-Hospete, Arivu-Bantwala and the Youth Resource Center (YRC)-Bangalore, reaching out to 25,000  students.

We also had the convocation for the  students of our Baduku Community College where the keynote was delivered by Shri Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swamiji of Nidumanudi Mahasansthana Matha and the chief guest was
Green Path Jayaram who shared his experiences.
We thank all the students and staff of the colleges for their support!

 

On 21st February, 2015, at Yavanika (Bangalore), during the public hearing for Youth Rights, we got to hear the testimonies of youth from various places- the pain, the struggle , the hope and the determination.  Our jury consisting of  Ms. C.G. Manjula – Asst. Editor, Prajavani; Dr.Banjagere Jayaprakash - Chairperson, Karnataka Pustaka Pradhikara; Ms.Soumyalakshmi Bhat — Advocate and Mr. Surya Mukundraj - Advocate, Youth leader, were moved hearing all the testimonies. They spoke to the youth, expressing solidarity and encouraging them.

The festival and the campaign exceeded our expectations. The food for two days was sponsored by Morphosis Inc. There was a lot of press coverage in the regional newspapers. We were happy with the responses we received. 

 

It is with wishes and support of people like you that we continue to do our work. We invite to come to our office and meet our students or us to see the work we are doing.

 

We are grateful to all our supporters (including those who backed us on Ketto ).