Youth for Peace in Wroclaw

wroclaw 232 young Christians, Jews, Muslims and Sikhs, from different European countries, took part in a week long intercultural interfaith seminar "Bridging our differences. Learning skills of intercultural dialogue together!" 31 March – 6 April 2014 in Wroclaw, Poland. The seminar was organized by World Students Christian Federation – Europe (WSCF-E) and Religions for Peace, European Interfaith Youth Network (RfP, EYN).

The aim of the seminar was to help young faith leaders to develop skills in communication across cultural divides and being able to engage in dialogue with people of different cultural or religious backgrounds. Seminar opened with interfaith prayers led by Daniela Malec – RfP EIYN Consultant, with fours participants representing different religion, presenting their welcome prayers of welcoming the other in accordance with their respective faith. First full day of the seminar was dedicated to group building sessions led by Thomas Gilet – Co-Coordinator of International Youth Committee of RfP.