Young Changemakers
The young people we worked with on Changing the Story (CTS) were integral and authentic partners. Find out about the many ways young people shaped and engaged with the project and how they're driving the change they want to see through and beyond CTS!
'Junaid Oliephant from Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba, Graff Reinet, South Africa on his way to a protest
Meet the amazing Youth Research Board and find out about the 'Public Untruth' artwork they co-created for the Changing the Story Inside Out and Outside In Festival (June 2021). Share your anonymous gender story and read the gender stories of other young people from around the world. Watch the incredible films created by young filmmakers on CTS Projects, and hear from the filmmakers themselves about their process, ideas, and hopes for their films! All this and more from the CTS Young Changemakers network!
Resource Archive
Search or browse the resource archive for films, reports, toolkits and other resources produced by the Changing the Story and its commissioned projects. Items relating to the Youth Research Board are listed below:
| Title | Summary | Author | Categories | Tags | doc_categories_hfilter | doc_tags_hfilter |
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| Meet Taahirah | Taahirah is 18 years old and from Cape Town South Africa. In this video Taahirah tells us more about her interests, inspirations and social engagement, | South Africa, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english | south-africa changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-english | |
| Meet Leonard | Meet Leonard, a Changing the Story Youth Research Board member from Rwanda. | Rwanda, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english | rwanda changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-english | |
| Meet Taahirah | Meet Taahirah, a Changing the Story Youth Research Board member from Cape Town, South Africa. | South Africa, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english | south-africa changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-english | |
| Leonard (Youth Research Board) | Hear from Leonard about his group's research project as part of his role on Changing the Story Youth Research Board. | Rwanda, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english | rwanda changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-english | |
| Meet Jesús | Check out the video to hear Jesús from the Changing the Story Youth Research Board talk about what his motivations were for his research and where he is going with … | Jesús Campos | Venezuela, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: spanish | venezuela changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-spanish |
| Changing the Story: Youth Research Board | This video introduces the work of the Youth Research Board and their contribution to the final Changing the Story event | Event, United Kingdom, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english, subject: participatory arts, subject: youth | event united-kingdom youth-research-board location | film language-english subject-participatory-arts youth | |
| Meet Eric! | Eric is from Kigali in Rwanda. Find out from Eric what three words he would use to describe his experience as part of the Changing the Story Youth Research Board … | Eric Ngabonziza | Rwanda, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english, subject: reflections | rwanda youth-research-board location | film language-english subject-reflections |
| YRB Campaign for Change Launch Event | The Changing the Story Youth Research Board officially launched their campaigns for change, informed by their research findings, in an online event on Thursday 9 December 2021. Watch the recording … | Event, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english, language: spanish | event youth-research-board | film language-english language-spanish | |
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| Meet Jesús | Jesús is from San Isidro, Venezuela. Hear from Jesús about his work with children and young people in his community and what quote inspires Jesús most. With English subtitles | Jesús Campos | Venezuela, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: spanish | venezuela changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-spanish |
| Meet Eric | Meet Eric Ngabonziza, a Changing the Story Youth Research Board member from Rwanda. | Eric Ngabonziza | Rwanda, Youth Research Board | format: film | rwanda youth-research-board location | film |
| Interview with a young changemaker (Zimbabwe) | Interview with a young changemaker (Binga, Zimbabwe) | Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board, Zimbabwe | format: film, language: english, subject: street art | changemakers youth-research-board zimbabwe location | film language-english subject-street-art | |
| Meet Antonia | Meet Antonia, a Changing the Story Youth Research Board member from Colombia. | Colombia, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: spanish | colombia changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-spanish | |
| Interview with a young changemaker (Binga, Zimbabwe) | Interview with a young changemaker (Binga, Zimbabwe) | Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board, Zimbabwe | format: film, language: english, subject: street art | changemakers youth-research-board zimbabwe location | film language-english subject-street-art | |
| Does the education system equip us for our future? | Creative Education Corner is a group within the Changing the Story Youth Research Board comprised of Samjhana, Arlinda, and Taahirah who are interested in arts-based methods and specifically the question … | Arlinda, Samjhana Balami, Taahirah Hoosain | Youth Research Board | format: zine, subject: participatory arts, subject: youth | youth-research-board | format-zine subject-participatory-arts youth |
| The planet of no memory | This fanzine is created by the Youth Research Board's Preserving Memory Group composed by: David, Antonia, Trina and Leonard. It comes as a product of art research on projects supported … | Antonia Bello, David Espitia, Leonard Nyiringabo, Trina Hoti | Colombia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Youth Research Board | format: zine, language: english | colombia kosovo rwanda youth-research-board location | format-zine language-english |
| Meet Jayden | Meet Jayden, a Changing the Story Youth Research Board member from Cape Town, South Africa. | South Africa, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: spanish | south-africa changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-spanish | |
| Meet Samjhana | Meet Samjhana, a Changing the Story Youth Research Board member from Kathmandu, Nepal. | Samjhana Balami | Nepal, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: nepali | nepal changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-nepali |
| Creative Education Corner Campaign: Does the Education System Equip us for our Future? | This is a short animation created by Samjhana Balami (a member of the Changing the Story Youth Education Board), introducing Creative Education Corner, a collective of three members of the … | Samjhana Balami | Nepal, Young Changemakers, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: english, SDG 4 Education, SDG 8 Work | nepal changemakers youth-research-board location | film language-english sdg-4-education sdg-8-work |
| Through Art, theatre and Dialogue, young people are able to express their thoughts to the country | Uzabintwari project at Rwamagana Youth center "YEGO CENTER" We are using Art, theatre and Dialogue, for bring back heroism! let the elders guide the young so the raise wisely! and … | Eric Ngabonziza, Leonard | Rwanda, Youth Research Board | format: film, language: kinyarwanda | rwanda youth-research-board location | film language-kinyarwanda |
| Youth Research Board final reflections | The Youth Research Board are fundamental to Changing the Story. Their contribution to the project is remarkable, therefore it is only right that they get to say a few final … | Antonia Bello, Arlinda, David Espitia, Eric Ngabonziza, Jayden, Jesús Campos, Leonard, Rovithono, Samjhana Balami, Taahirah Hoosain, Trina Hoti | Youth Research Board | format: article, language: english, language: spanish, subject: participatory arts, subject: youth | youth-research-board | article language-english language-spanish subject-participatory-arts youth |
In 20/21, Changing the Story worked with a group of students from the University of Leeds’ Liberal Arts school. Led by CTS PhD Candidate Katie Hodgkinson, we challenged them to create two films that highlighted the themes reflected within the work created by the youth in post-conflict societies. This first film is based on their research with participants from the Changing the Story project Building Trust for Truth-Telling Among Former Child Soldiers:
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Watch the graduation film 'El Juego del Encuentro' (Longing to Return) from Angel Hurtado, visual artist on the 'Building Trust for Truth-telling among Former Child Soldiers' project:
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