PYI arranged the fifth meeting: Political Awareness.

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PYI arranged the fifth meeting: Political Awareness

On Sep. 3rd, The Palestinian Youth Incubator affiliated to House of Wisdom Institute held an awareness training session entitled: “Tools for Developing Political Awareness”, as part of empowering community leadership Program.
Dr. Akram Radwan, an academic at the University College of Applied Sciences, said that the tools for developing political awareness included various sources and objectives, and the most common way for gaining good was through reading books. Accordingly, he presented the names of the most prominent books that young people could read in order to develop their awareness.
Abdul illah Shteiwi, a trainee who had a Master of Public Law, said: “The lecture enlightened our minds, expanded our perceptions, and made us want to go home to start reading the suggested book. It’s an opportunity for us to expand our knowledge in many political topics.”
Huda Abu Hjyer, a trainee, explained that the trainer offered them a set of influential awareness books since knowledge is cumulative. She added that political awareness would build a well-educated society.
Dr. Radwan mentioned other tools that could contribute to the development of political awareness among participants, such as various media and their role in guiding human perception. Moreover, he called for non-fanaticism in partisan or one-way media.
In addition, he shed light on the importance of social media influence, assuring that dealing with their news and rumors had to be taken as complementary rather than primary means.
Furthermore, he stressed the role of youth in participating in various political activities that have an active role in the field, where they can sharpen and improve their skills.
Dr. Radwan advised the trainees to engage with institutions either through participating in initiatives or activities or through obtaining memberships that enable them to expand their horizons.
In addition, he explained the importance of comprehending political terms since understanding is a key to development, as well as the acquisition of skills that qualified the individual to be a model for others in politics.
Miss. Kholood Siam, a trainee, said that our political awareness depended on linking and analyzing events, and that the intellectual person gained knowledge to distinguish between truth and false. As a young woman, he role’s to spread awareness among the society members. She also thanked HOW for this meeting, which helped in developing youth politically..
Mr. Dalloul, Incubator supervisor, pointed out that this lecture enhanced the awareness of young people in many political issues, especially that it presented the most popular-historical political books and the most important new political books at the present time.
Finally, Mr. Dalloul considered that the interaction of the trainees with the proposed training topics revealed a great political awareness among these trainees.

 

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