About F.A.C.K. e.V.
FACK is a grassroots NGO, emerging from the rural part of eastern Germany. This youth-run organization aims for the activation of young people to become self-determined young creators of civil society and their environment. During their rise the activists at FACK learned that people trying to change their environment are the core-source and the power-house of democratic society’s. So, the self-proclaimed FACKers are out to activate young people and creating self-sustainable environments of individual progress.
Instructor:
Valentin Rühlmann is a psychology student from the Thuringian Altenburg with a special interest in social and organizational psychology. In the recent years he worked with many young people in youth forums and networks like “JugendMacht!” or projects of city-development like “Stadtmensch”. In early 2021 he was one of the many founders of FACK and has been working as an Admin since. Here, his personal focus lies on the individual empowerment of young people and the changing of contextual settings for activation.
Bridges! Not Walls - Migration in Dialogue is an 18-month cooperation between Eurobug Youth Work (IE) (Coordinator), Europimpulse Network (ES), Eurobug Lithuania (LT), and CGE Erfurt e.V. (DE) seeking to identify and challenge barriers of access between migrant and civil society, and to network several migrant communities into a transnational network for migrant civic engagement.
Last month we held a focus group with 21 young migrants from 14 different nationalities to support the needs assessment phase of the project!
In 2023, Eurobug International led the impactful "Bridges Not Walls" project during a four-year Erasmus plus Youth exchange in Germany. The documentary and dance performances, showcasing personal reflections on race and origin and the idea belonging and home, resonated across Erfurt, Weimar, and Berlin. With the collaboration of five nations and six organizations, including Eurobug Lithuania, Associação "Fortes Sempre," Creative Youth Platform, and KAMM Artistic Europe, the project created a global melting pot of diverse voices. Beyond a mere initiative, "Bridges Not Walls" transformed into a community and familia, epitomizing unity, dialogue, and a shared human experience—a testament to Eurobug's dedication to fostering connections and celebrating diversity.
This is a performance in Druskininkai-Lithuania from the project Bridges, not Walls! #Solidarity which was situated in Merkine, a tiny town in Lithuania that borders Poland and Belarus.
This is a performance that took place in Merkinė-Lithuania from the project Bridges, not Walls! #Solidarity which was situated in Merkine, a tiny town in Lithuania that borders Poland and Belarus.
International Youth Exchange project financed by the Irish National Agency Leargas under the EU program Erasmus+ took place in Lithuania on the 12th- 21st of July.
This is a performance that took place in Merkinė-Lithuania from the project Bridges, not Walls! #Solidarity which was situated in Merkine, a tiny town in Lithuania that borders Poland and Belarus.
This is a documentary of Bridges, not Walls! #Solidarity which was situated in Merkine, a tiny town in Lithuania that borders Poland and Belarus.