Friday 20 August Festival of Politics Young People’s Day
In association with the UK and Dunfermline Carnegie Trusts.
An invited audience will participate in the Young People’s Day. There will be a limited number of tickets for the Hear Me! event available to the public.
The Environment: Politics or Peace?
10.00 (12.00) Queen Anne High School,
Dunfermline FREE
This event offers an invited audience of young people in Fife
the opportunity to explore some of the dilemmas we all face when
economic and technological progress creates threats to the environment,
to communities and to natural habitats. How and why do people decide
to move from passive opposition to environmental campaigning
and even civil disobedience? Specialists in the field will present
local and international case studies and young people will challenge them in debate, present their own issues and vote, using an electronic
voting system. Chaired By Ken MacDonald.
Where Do Young People
Get Their Political News?
11.15 (12.15) Committee Room 1 FREE
With newspaper sales declining and readership growing ever older,
where do young people obtain information about, and discuss
politics? Have blogs and social networks become the political
forums of choice for the under 25s? This lively and interactive
event will pit ‘old’ against ‘new’ media in deciding which is most
relevant in forming young people’s political perspectives. Join
Michael Rafferty, Director, Citizenship and Education Programme,
Hansard Society and other panelists.
Young People and Conflict
11.15 (12.15) Committee Room 3 FREE
With many thousands of young people living through armed
conflicts, and with the consequences of it, what are the
impacts of such exposure to violence, and what can be done
to help address its consequences? Join
Nick Hutching, Policy Assistant - War Child, and John Watson, Amnesty International as they
discuss how conflict impacts young people and the current
situation in conflict-affected fragile states: the approach War
Child takes, and what young people in the UK can do.
Hear Me! 
13.30 (15.00) Main Chamber FREE*
(limited availability)
What are the burning issues amongst young people in
Scotland today? This event – Chaired by Scotland’s
Commissioner for Children and Young People,
Tam Baillie – provides young people from across
Scotland with an opportunity to get on a soapbox,
and propose a ‘2 minute manifesto’ identifying what
would most change their lives for the better. Issues
identified by young people as being most important
will be fed into the Commissioner’s “A Right Blether”
consultation.
In association with Scotland’s Commissioner for Children
and Young People, Rotary Club of Dunfermline Carnegie
and the Scottish Youth Parliament.
Book online
*Tickets available in advance (subject to a booking fee) or on the day
