HOW TO BUILD A YOUTH WING

THE ISSUE
One of the most important factors when you start up a youth
wing is to have a strategy in place that is well communicated
in the organization outlining: How do we take care of new
members? How do we introduce them, and how do we keep
them?
This is indeed the point where a lot of political parties have
failed. It is the difference between being successful or not.
Are you prepared for a lot of new members, and does everybody
involved know the messages to communicate and the
strategy to keep our members?
The communication and the relationship with members
will be crucial for the sustainability of any political party. The
members will constitute your pillar. The stronger they are,
the stronger will the youth wing be in its ability to communicate,
set an agenda and achieve the desired political change.
In democratic societies, youth wings play an extremely important
role in providing civic education to their members.
Youth wings are unique places for members to come and get
political training, to analyze and discuss political issues with
like-minded people who are also deeply interested in the development
of their society and the world.
many young people involved in politics will state that the
culture within their party is unique and not found anywhere
else in society. Within youth wings who succeed in stimulating
debate and involve everybody on different levels, members
will get new knowledge, get challenged – and challenge
others.
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