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German-US-American Youth Exchanges
What does German-US cooperation in the field of youth look like? What makes it work? Why is it important? The authors and interview partners in the IJAB USA Special show that a transatlantic exchange is worthwhile for everyone involved, especially for young people. Be inspired for your own projects by the great diversity that makes up the German-American youth exchange.
Content
Foreword
1. German-US-American Youth Exchanges
- German-US-American Youth Exchanges, U.S. Embassy in Berlin
2. Civic Education
- Civic Education as a Centerpiece of Transatlantic Exchange, Association of German Educational Organizations (AdB)
- Ambassadors in Sneakers – A Young Leaders’ Transatlantic Summer Academy on Human Rights, Anna Steinbrich and Felix Weinmann, German American Institute Tuebingen (d. a. i.)
- Strengthening youth civic engagement in the USA and Germany, Interview with Robert Fenstermacher, American Council on Germany
- With YouthBridge from Munich to New York, Eva Haller and Daniela Greiber, European Janusz Korczak Academy
3.Youth in the US
- Growing up in New York and Berlin: transatlantic street work with the BronxBerlinConnection, Interview with Olad Aden of Gangway Berlin
- Youth work and human rights projects in the Pine Ridge Reservation, Michael Koch, former employee of the Offenbach Youth Culture Office
- “We have eight years left, so let’s go!”, Interview with activist Katharina Maier about Fridays for Future in the US
4. Town twinnings
- Tri-city youth worker exchange: Chicago-Hamburg- Birmingham, Gabriele Scholz, State Youth Welfare Office in the Office for Families, Hamburg Social Security Authorities
- Forty years of youth exchanges with the US, Axel Wiese, DAG Wilhelmshaven-Friesland
5. Workcamps
- Kolping Jugendgemeinschaftsdienste - Workcamps in the US, Annette Fuchs with Andy Gracklauer and Friederike Knörzer, Kolping JGD
6. School exchange
- “School exchanges with the US have a long tradition”, Anna Wasielewski, AJA – Arbeitskreis gemeinnütziger Jugendaustausch
- Intercultural exchange and new perspectives for young people and host families, Conversation with Bettina Wiedmann, Experiment e. V., and Rüdiger Muermann, Partnership International
Versions
The articles of the USA-Special can also be found online on our website: German-US-American Youth Exchange