Launch of the Youth Fusion Elders initiative

Event Date: 1st March 2021
Location: Internet 17:00 GMT

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We cordially invite you to join the Launch of the Youth Fusion Elders initiative which takes place on World Future Day/Nuclear Remembrance Day, Monday March 1, 2021. 6pm – 7:30 CET (12noon-1:30pm Eastern Time USA)

This launch event will feature an inter-generational dialogue between youth and elders within the peace and nuclear disarmament fields. We will learn from the highly valuable experiences and knowledge of ‘Elders’ in a conversation facilitated by youth leaders.

Click here to register. Event facebook page.

Elders speaking at the event:

Uta Zapf (Germany)
Former Chair of the Bundestag Subcommittee on Disarmament and Arms Control.
Inaugural Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Introduced by Christoph Jaschek
Research Assistant, World Future Council

Bruce Kent (United Kingdom)
Honorary Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (former Chair).

Former President of the International Peace Bureau. Catholic Chaplain and member of Pax Christi.

Introduced by Nico Edwards
PNND Research and Policy Assistant

Mogens Lykketoft (Denmark)
Foreign Minister of Denmark (2000-2001). President of the Danish Parliament (2011-2015).

President of the 70th UN General Assembly.

Introduced by Arthur Duforest
PNND Research and Policy Assistant

Prof Ana Maria Cetto (Mexico)
Member, World Future Council. Executive Committee Member, Pugwash Conferences (Nobel Peace Prize 1995).
Professor, Institute of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico’s Woman of the Year 2003.

Introduced by Michaela Sorensen
UN Youth Association, Denmark.

Youth Fusion Elders:

‘Elder –a person having authority because of age and experience’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Youth Fusion highlights the importance of inter-generational dialogue, and of youth learning from the experience of those who have been long-time and effective leaders in the peace and disarmament fields. In this regard, we recognise and affirm Youth Fusion Elders, those we hold in high esteem, and whose leadership, accomplishments, ideas and wisdom we highlight online and through our activities.

March 1: World Future Day/Nuclear Remembrance Day

The Youth Fusion Elders launch event is held in conjunction with a 24 hour round-the-world conversation for World Future Day which starts in Aotearoa-New Zealand at 12noon and moves westward each hour to the next time-zone.

March 1 is also Nuclear Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the most destructive nuclear weapons test ever conducted in the Pacific. The impact of the radiation dispersed from this test will last for generations.

About Youth Fusion

Youth Fusion, the youth network of Abolition 2000, is a world-wide platform for young individuals and organizations in the field of nuclear disarmament, risk-reduction and non-proliferation.

Youth Fusion focuses on youth action and intergenerational dialogue, building on the links between disarmament, peace, climate action, sustainable development and building back better from the pandemicYours sincerely
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