As part of the 2025 YouthxYouth Learning Festival, the Cafés are intergenerational small group conversations for experienced youth activists and adult allies who seek to build relationships and co-create tangible actions in service of complex challenges in education transformation.
Each of this year’s Cafés will be groups of 10-15 people (likely 8-10 youth and 3-5 adult allies) who meet each day of the Learning Festival (January 24th, 25th, and 26th) to connect, co-create, and explore this year’s theme: “Education for the End of the World as We Know It.”
Together with your cafe co-activists, you’ll ask: What does it mean to foster an education that embraces the end of outdated paradigms? Through these conversations, you will explore how to grieve what has been lost, hospice what no longer serves us, and renew a shared hope for a more beautiful, resilient world.
Eligibility
Open to experienced youth activists and adult allies who seek to build relationships and co-create tangible actions in service of complex challenges in education transformation.
Applicants may be from anywhere in the world.
Application Process
Over the three days they will be guided by this key question: ‘What kind of education might enable us to face the end of the world as we know it and, in its place, to build many worlds where all life belongs?’
DAY 1 – WHAT IS: FACING (What do we need to open our eyes to?)
DAY 2 – WHAT IF: GROWING UP (Who do we need to become?)
DAY 3 – WHAT NOW: SHOWING UP (How do we start/continue to show up in these times?)
If this resonates with you, piques your curiosity, feels challenging (or maybe somewhere in between), they warmly welcome you to join them on this three-day learning journey.
