Crosspoint Volunteer Forum

Good day! It has been a while since the last post and a lot of things have happened in the world, which concern(ed) our work and intentions here at the Crosspoint Volunteer Forum. Especially now, it is time to discuss, talk, exchange, network and get ENGAGED!!!

Reminder:
As the Crosspoint Volunteer Forum is a platform focusing on volunteering and NGOs, and how they can contribute to international understanding and sustainable peace-building, it is our intention to promote humanitarian values and social inclusion & inspire people to take action: “Lack of knowledge is not as much of a problem in our society as passivity”.

"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression!" – This quote has a great meaning/background regarding various political and social -events, -movements and environments on a global and local scale, the so called Refugee Crisis, as one current example.

One can observe the rise of opinions and public demands, which fall under the category of nationalist, racist, xenophobic bodies of thoughts, as an reaction on certain politics, migration, security-issues, conflicts and many more factors (as we see many movements, such as PEGIDA in Germany).

In a forum, as the Crosspoint Volunteer Forum, we promote to approach such problems and conflicts from a certain distance, by understanding the global/international relation and circumstances to receive a bigger image of the causes, which facilitates the counteractions of the root problems – causal research – cause study!
As the name of this Forum contains “Crosspoint”, it is to emphasize the focus on a multilayered or global understanding, which crosses and includes every possible factor causing certain conflicts.
There are plenty of NGO’s, other organizations or projects, which are directly concerned with such efforts to gain publicity and attention to focus on sustainability, inclusion, innovation and creativity in regard to counteract the root-problems of conflicts and promote peace-building:

RISE - Research for Inclusive and Sustainable Education

TFF-Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research

To be continued…

Coming up: More Examples, Details / Elaborations and Experiences, concerning Crosspoint’s purpose + other organizations /projects

Stay active and take care,
Lucas from the Crosspoint team

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