Local Action for Global Change

• Date: 07 June 10:30 - 13:30
• Location: The Hague Humanity Hub 

The Hague, the International City of Peace and Justice, is not only a major hub of embassies, international organizations, and NGOs, but also a hive of grassroots activism on global issues. Bottom-up social movements engage global questions around culture, environment, food security, human rights, refugees, and more.

This special event brings together conveners of local movements for global change to exchange experiences of mobilizing citizens around global challenges.

What works (and what doesn’t)?

Join us at the Hague Humanity Hub on Friday, 7 June 2024 @ 10:30 - 13:30 for a plenary round table, small group discussions, and a networking lunch to learn about possibilities and challenges in local action for global change.

Speakers:

Mekka Agdelgabar,

• Associate of The Hague Peace Projects
• Chair of Sudan Democratic Transition Network (SDTN)
• Founder of the Darfur Women's Organisation in the Netherlands (VOND)

Mert Kumru

• Campaigner for World's Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ)
  
• WYCJ seeks an Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change and human rights

Marley Semende

• LGBTQ+ activist and founder of The Rainbow Advocacy Project
• Former participant of the Shelter City programme

Ilse Valkering

• Community organiser for Conscious Kitchen, a volunteer initiative to reduce food waste in The Hague

Moderators:

Valerie de Koeijer, Leiden University and Yussuf Abdi Hijaz Community 

This roundtable is part of and organised in collaboration with the Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) conference of Leiden University.

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