Youth Fusion wins the Gorbachev/Shultz Legacy Youth Award
Posted: 7th August 2022
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Youth Fusion wins the
Gorbachev/Shultz Legacy Youth Award
August 6, 2022UNFOLD ZERO congratulates Youth Fusion for winning the Gorbachev/Shultz Legacy Youth Award, announced today by Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.
The award continues the nuclear disarmament legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Laureate and former U.S.S.R. President; and George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State and co-founder of Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.
Youth Fusion has been given the 2022 award for their leadership in advancing inter-generational cooperation on peace and disarmament, human rights aspects of the nuclear arms race, innovative and interactive methods to engage youth in nuclear disarmament issues, and for building connections and cooperation between peace, nuclear disarmament, climate action and public health.
Youth Fusion amplifies the voices of youth
“As the world faces the horrors of climate change, poverty, inequality, degradation and violence around the world, Youth Fusion is organising and amplifying the voices of youth, that need to be heard and heeded if the world is to survive.”
Ela Gandhi, Co-President of Religions for Peace and grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi
“As the world faces the horrors of climate change, poverty, inequality, degradation and violence around the world, Youth Fusion is organising and amplifying the voices of youth, that need to be heard and heeded if the world is to survive.”
Ela Gandhi, Co-President of Religions for Peace and grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi
Two of the Youth Fusion leaders Nico Edwards (Sweden/UK) and Marzhan Nurzhan(Kazakhstan/Switzerland). Marzhan is pictured with the #3dNukeMissile outside Buchel airforce base in Germany where US nuclear weapons are deployed.
Youth Fusion programs
Youth Fusion has established a number of programs/initiatives such Youth Fusion Elders, Youth Fusion Experts Podcast series and Nuclear Collateral Damage: Conversations with Survivors and Experts.
And they take leadership in joint initiatives with others including #StepUp4Disarmament Youth Campaign, Move the Nuclear Weapons Money, Nuclear Games, the 3D Nuclear Missile interactive art initiative, NoFirstUse Global, Don’t even THINK about starting a nuclear war, Inter-generational forums on peace, nuclear disarmament and climate action, nuclear weapons & human rights, the Climate/Nuclear Disarmament Nexus, intergenerational events for the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament (see 2022 event) and much more.
Youth Fusion connects the nuclear threat
with other challenges facing humanity
“The contribution of Youth Fusion to the nuclear-disarmament movement in invaluable. Through fruitful dialogue with people from across a spectrum of ages, disciplines, cultures and geopolitical contexts, Youth Fusion leaders have brought to the fore the interconnectedness of the nuclear threat with other major challenges facing humanity.”
Prof. Ana María Cetto. Research professor of the Institute of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico’s Woman of the Year, 2003.
with other challenges facing humanity
“The contribution of Youth Fusion to the nuclear-disarmament movement in invaluable. Through fruitful dialogue with people from across a spectrum of ages, disciplines, cultures and geopolitical contexts, Youth Fusion leaders have brought to the fore the interconnectedness of the nuclear threat with other major challenges facing humanity.”
Prof. Ana María Cetto. Research professor of the Institute of Physics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico’s Woman of the Year, 2003.
Three of the Youth Fusion leaders: Aigerim Seitenova (Kazakhstan), Michaela Sørensen(Denmark) and Vanda Proskova (Czech Republic).
Youth Fusion Leaders
Youth Fusion is led by Marzhan Nurzhan (Kazakhstan/Switzerland), Vanda Proskova (Czech Republic), Michaela Sørensen (Mozambique/Denmark) and Nico Edwards (Sweden/UK), who are all former interns of Parliamentarians for Nuclear non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and graduates of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) – United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Scholarship Program for Peace and Security. (See Looking back at the OSCE-UNODA Scholarship for Peace and Security 2022).
Youth Fusion members are from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa the Middle East and the Pacific – including some from countries impacted by the catastrophic human and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons.
In addition, Youth Fusion has built strong partnerships with key constituencies including the United Nations, parliamentarians & mayors, scientists/academics, religious leaders and civil society organizations/networks such as UNFOLD ZERO.
Youth Fusion produces practical proposals
“Youth Fusion’s passion for a sustainable future is expressed in a level of professionalism and moral clarity lacking in the conduct of the world’s most powerful nations. They persist in producing more weaponry and failing to fulfill their disarmament commitments. Youth Fusion supports and produces practical proposals that increase global security and inspire.”
Jonathan Granoff, President of Global Security Institute
“Youth Fusion’s passion for a sustainable future is expressed in a level of professionalism and moral clarity lacking in the conduct of the world’s most powerful nations. They persist in producing more weaponry and failing to fulfill their disarmament commitments. Youth Fusion supports and produces practical proposals that increase global security and inspire.”
Jonathan Granoff, President of Global Security Institute
About Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, which is giving the award to Youth Fusion, is part of United Religions Initiative (URI) the largest grassroots interfaith network in the world: building bridges through working together on practical projects that enhance civil communities and understanding between people of different religious and cultural traditions.
Click here for the full award announcement by Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.
The announcement is made today (August 6) in commemoration of the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Collateral Damage, one of the podcast series’ produced by Youth Fusion
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