Before taking part in the program, I was fascinated that a globally influential religious leader was so keen to reach out to young peace builders around the world, but after meeting him I realized that he prioritizes interacting with youth and finds the younger generation to be a key element in peace restoration.Īs we started to share our stories, the Dalai Lama listened carefully, sympathized and reflected back on his own traumatic experiences. I was very excited to be given the opportunity to participate in the 2017 USIP Youth Leaders’ Exchange. Most of us openly shared our most painful stories and engaged with the Dalai Lama in a dialogue about loss, resilience and inner peace. For me, it was nothing short of a healing experience. It was a gathering that no words can justly describe. Inside the Dalai Lama's compound in Dharamsala, along with 24 other youth leaders from different countries, religions, ethnicities and cultures, I sat in a circle with the world's most iconic figure of peace. In recent years, USIP and the Dalai Lama have joined to strengthen such young leaders, recognizing the outsized role that youth can play in halting the world’s violent upheaval and warfare, which is concentrated in countries with relatively young populations.ĭarine describes her experience in the essay below: She is one of 25 young civil society leaders from a dozen nations facing violent conflict whom USIP gathered in 2017 for training and mentorship with the Nobel peace laureate and spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Darine Abdulkarim is Generation Change fellow and a medical doctor from Sudan who works on the physical and psychological rehabilitation of internally displaced women and their reintegration into society.
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