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The Youth Council of the U.S. Embassy’s core goal is to stand on behalf of the young people in our country, represent, and offer solutions for their challenges. Due to this pandemic many young artists have been left without adequate platforms for their development, especially young musicians. That is why we hosted an online campaign bearing the name #VoiceOfYouth in …

The youth in our country gave the first strike to democratization of the society, and our youth can do that once again if it renders it necessary.

Everything is possible if you have a purpose and when you work for that purpose, regardless of the circumstances, obstacles should not have an effect on it.

Every time I fail, I try to learn a new lesson but it is excruciatingly slow, frustrating and in my low moments I even start thinking if it is worth trying to push against my comfort zone.

Despite what people would tell me, I kept stepping closer and closer towards my dream

The one thing I really want is to be understood by my peers. They just need to listen to everything they have claimed as meaningless. Don't struggle with words, judgments and everything that is holding you back. You have something to say, that is a fact and nothing can stop you.

A crack that just might spark a new idea somewhere, produce a smile from a grin, increase faith in the public services you get, provide better living conditions for someone, make you learn something new...

It is important to realize that all young people within our society share the same struggle. This is inevitably illuminated if we perceive the real interconnectedness that all subcultures in our society contain as a result of the occurrence of a strong homogeneous social atmosphere on the basis of recurrent shared problems.

What matters to youth? Our stories matter. Our solidarity matters. Words matter. Music matters. Diversity matters.The air we breathe, our education, our leaders. Art and style matter. Free expression. Our ideas, our confidence, our crafts. We may acknowledge that all of the above matters, but we also need to celebrate it. We need others to hear our stories, we need …

“Преку кул ми е” was a debate organized by КРИК / KRIK and Youth Council of the US Embassy in the Republic of Macedonia. Krik is a TV Show for young people. As part of the preparations for the TV Show, we organised a debate in order to discuss the conditions of the media in Macedonia. We invited everyone concerned …