YCI Forum 2020: A Global Platform for Creative, Just and Sustainable Futures by Salzburg Global Seminar

SALZBURG GLOBAL FORUM FOR YOUNG CULTURAL INNOVATORS

A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURES

SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM:

SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FACILITATORS FOR HELPING TO SHAPE THIS PROGRAM.

A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR CREATIVE, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURES ...Trust your process. “ Thrusting yourself into creativity as if you picked up a pen, Began writing and made the blind see, The deaf hear and the mute speak. When you sleep, travel the cosmos to visit each other. Feel even when it doesn’t feel best. Understand that life is not a test that we must pass but simply for living. Ask yourself and the universe this question, Why...See...I? The answers are amongst us. And Now....you see why.....

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WHY SEE I? By Steven Fox Artist in Residence, YCI Forum 2020

OCTOBER 12 TO 23, 2020 Session 656 RAPPORTEUR Faye Hobson, Program Manager & YCI Forum Lead, Salzburg Global Seminar ILLUSTRATOR CONTRIBUTOR EDITOR

Marcello Peruzzi, Housatonic Josh Wilde, Multimedia Content Creator, Salzburg Global Seminar Louise Hallman, Strategic Communications Manager, Salzburg Global Seminar

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CONTENTS 5 INTRODUCTION 6

MOVING FROM ME TO WE ONLINE

ADAPTING TO VIRTUAL: A PROGRAM OVERVIEW LETTING CREATIVITY FLOURISH: CENTERING ARTISTS

13 DOING THIS TOGETHER ACROSS TIME ZONES AND GEOGRAPHY: A PERSONAL PROCESS ONE NEXT TO EACH OTHER

EXPANDING THE MEANING OF “GLOBAL”: DIVERSITY IN THE 2020 YCI COHORT

16 GOING BEYOND TECHNOLOGY: CREATING CONNECTIONS ONLINE 20 SHIFTING FROM OWNER TO COLLABORATOR: THE POWER OF CO-CREATION 22 BRINGING DOWN THE WALLS: CHANGING FROM CONTAINER TO CONVENER 24 GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE: PLANS FOR THE YCI FORUM

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

27 LEVERAGING CONNECTIONS: A IMMEDIATE EXAMPLE OF IMPACT 29 CONCLUSION 32 PROGRAM BREAKDOWN

MAIN SESSIONS SHARING SESSIONS SPACE SESSIONS POCKET SESSIONS

INTRODUCTION Communities around the world are facing radical social, environmental, political, and economic disruption, while confronting complex challenges that range from the COVID-19 pandemic to structural inequity and racism, outdated systems of education and work, and climate change.

Shaping a creative, just and sustainable world calls for action at all levels and collaboration across many sectors. We need bold ideas and innovation to build a more vibrant and resilient arts sector that can advance inclusive economic development, positive social change, and urban transformation for livable cities. The cultural sector is essential to regenerate and energize societies, but artists and creative innovators have never been in a more precarious situation. This is especially true of members of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators (YCI Forum), many of whom have been severely impacted by lost income as a result of venue closures and cancelled work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this stark background, the YCI Forum sought to connect, empower and support rising talents in the creative sector. Early in the pandemic, recognizing the significant challenges faced by existing members of the YCI network, Salzburg Global transitioned a number of small grants to members of the YCI Forum network from international travel support to emergency relief funds to help artists get through the immediate challenges around meeting their basic needs during the pandemic. The first round of events to connect the YCI Forum came in April and May when, rather than convening in Baltimore and Minneapolis for the annual US Regional Events, the YCIs based in the cities of Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography, met online while most of them were subject to local lockdown regulations. In addition to recognizing the continued value of culture and art and the togetherness those provide during this global period of uncertainty, both of these short online programs highlighted the importance of maintaining connections in periods of isolation and of ensuring we â&#x20AC;&#x153;keep the humanityâ&#x20AC;? when convening in the digital rather than physical space. It was with this thirst for connection, energy and inspiration that the latest YCI cohort came together over the course of the 10-day virtual program in October 2020.

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MOVING FROM ME TO WE ONLINE As the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting restrictions on international travel and social distancing made it impossible to convene in-person, all the events of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators planned in 2020 moved online, starting with short half-day online programs for the US Regional Events in April and May. Recognizing the value and inspiration the YCIs took from still being able to connect regardless of location/platform during those two short events, an ambitious overhaul of the annual week-long residential program typically held at Schloss Leopoldskron in October was undertaken. Moving the program online presented challenges – but it also offered a great many opportunities.

The first challenge to be addressed was the timing. After several months of online programs and virtual convenings, it was clear that a five-day full-time program would induce significant “Zoom fatigue”. Instead, the program was spread out from October 12 to 23 with plenary sessions held for just two and a half hours every other day. A plethora of smaller group sessions were programmed across multiple time zones, enabling YCIs to participate around their other commitments. Weekends were left free of formal programming. The main programmatic challenge was how to ensure “deeply human” and creative connections could be fostered in the online space. The goal of the program was to create connections between participants, to explore the issues and struggles that participants are facing in their work, and to support them to develop collaborative solutions. A robust program that centered interaction, inclusion and the informal and impromptu creative spirit of the YCI Forum was thus developed, adapting many elements of the residential program and making use of a broad array of online tools far beyond just Zoom’s standard video conferencing facilities. The importance of connecting with the body during the online program was also kept foremost in the minds of those participating. Another challenge was technological. While many of the YCIs had already become greatly accustomed to working remotely and convening online, not all had reliable internet. Financial support was thus offered to increase their internet capacity or purchase equipment that they needed to be able to participate in the online program. Nine participants, all of whom are in the Global South, availed of this support. A pre-program webinar helped to further on-board participants, explain the various platforms to be used over the course of the 10 days, set expectations for the program, and offer an opportunity for any remaining questions that participants had to be addressed.

The greatest opportunity offered was to expand the global reach of the YCI Forum. Previously, participation had been determined by scholarships provided by donors and limited to specific cities or countries, leading to a feeling among some of the previous cohorts that the Global North, especially North America, was over-represented, limiting the “global” nature of Forum. However, as numbers of participants were not restricted by physical space or travel funding, not only were more YCIs were able to take part in the program, but more from the Global South were also able to participate. The lack of such restrictions also meant that a significant number of existing YCI Forum network members were able to be involved in the program as facilitators. Being able to include more of the existing network members as facilitators offered two significant opportunities: the deepening of connections between cohorts and the inclusion of these facilitators in the co-creation of the program. As the mantra of YCI is “moving from me to we”, this was an opportunity for Salzburg Global Seminar to practice what we preach, effectively giving up ownership of the program and instead becoming a collaborator in its creation. This collaborative, co-creation approach has democratized the YCI Forum, opening up further opportunities for innovation, inclusion and impact. Online convening had already long provided the opportunity for continued connections between programs and events of the YCI Forum; the great success of this year’s program and the clear enthusiasm of this year’s cohort to strengthen their connections to each other and the wider network of YCIs means that online convening will remain a key component of YCI programming going forward.

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[The YCI Forum] came at a time when I needed it most. “ Being in lockdown and creating a new start-up isn’t easy. Salzburg gave me a rich network of people that saw the world that I did and also provided me different ideas of what possibilities I could create. Participating in the cultural art night also gave me a new platform and challenged me to use my voice to influence the world. While we weren’t able to come to Salzburg, the two weeks felt like we were in Salzburg and every minute mattered to us.

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I needed to remember the beauty of our world this year. “ Meeting daily with other like-minded people around the globe to discuss topics, issues, successes, and opportunities within the cross-cultural sector was a much needed reprieve from daily pandemic life. I am assured that I am stepping away from our experience together with knowledge that I didn’t previous have, well-rounded (global) perspectives, and much support. Since the Forum ended, I have kept in touch with several Fellows, and I am certain we will be friends for life. I look forward to making this earth a much more beautiful, accessible, and just place alongside my new colleagues!

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Throughout the years, many people made fun of the “ values I consider can improve our lives and future and I can’t explain the feeling I had on the first day of the Forum, when I understood those values are the core of YCI Forum... YCI Forum connects beings from all around the world, each one lead by a similar drive, similar values and creative ways to shape it into their work and reality. It opens solidarity, reflexivity, understanding, inspiration, solutions finding, interdisciplinary and international collaborations. This is for sure one of the most needed things nowadays: we need to classify, to simplify, to separate, to study deeply one small piece of a puzzle in order to understand, but, then, in order to go further in this understanding, there is the need of bringing back all the small pieces of the puzzle together, see how they articulate, interact, react, intertwine, gather the discoveries made in each pieces in order to see the bigger picture. This is the strength of YCI Forum. Thank you so much!

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The [YCI Forum] came at a perfect time for me. I was feeling “ overwhelmed, overworked and inspiration was slowly draining itself from me. The YCI felt like an injection of energy and a reminder of my purpose. The connections I made from the other fellows were invaluable and I learnt so much through our sharing of ideas, experiences and expertise. The facilitation team was dynamic and everything was very well organized.

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When you remember that you’re not the only one in “ the world with the same motivations, worries, struggles, hopes, feelings, you feel stronger and more optimistic. You remember why you always thought that you could make a change. You remember that there are a lot of people seeking for this change. You become confident. You commit not to ever give up. Now after just a couple of days I got new ideas, new aspirations and a lot of HOPE.

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I believe that this seminar in particular offers the possibility “ of connecting in a humane way with other people. Today, when we are so locked in, it helped me as a window to the world. ” This year has been particularly difficult for me with the “ added layer of COVID. YCI is exactly what I needed. It helped to give me strength and reignite hope. Many thanks for your support. The YCI Forum and the work of Salzburg Global is so important. Together, we can create positive change.

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Beyond the social and economic problems, the pandemic “ brought us together in the same river. Each of us with different boats. Each with different strengths and weaknesses. We were able to share our strengths and reinforce our weaknesses with the help of others. I am immensely grateful to each and every one of the participants and organizers, producers, facilitators, attendees, donors and partners of the YCI for giving me this gift.

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ADAPTING TO VIRTUAL: A PROGRAM OVERVIEW The 2020 program of the YCI Forum, titled A Global Platform for Creative, Just and Sustainable Futures, mixed main sessions for the whole cohort, with small group sharing sessions, capacity building workshops known as pocket sessions, an open space session for impromptu programming, a creative showcase performance, and breakout sessions – additional “rooms” where conversations could continue. The main sessions of the YCI Forum brought together all of the participants for 2.5 hours, and aimed to create connections across the whole cohort, to link to the overarching challenges affecting the cultural sector, and to get YCIs to start thinking of collaborative solutions to these challenges. A summary of each of the different main sessions can be found in the APPENDIX [GO TO >>]

On alternate days, participants joined a group for their sharing sessions along with five to 10 other YCIs. These groups, widely reported by participants to be the most transformative element of the program, focused on personal and professional development though self-reflections, peer coaching and mentoring. Groups were facilitated by members of the YCI Forum network who each designed the facilitation framework and held the space for their group over the course of the four 3.5-hour sharing sessions. Testimonials from the sharing sessions can be found in the APPENDIX [GO TO >>]

Participants were invited to “choose their own adventure” by deciding on two workshops that they would like to participate in. These pocket sessions workshops were designed to give participants some new ideas, skills, tools and approaches to put in their pocket and take with them. The workshops were offered to the 2020 cohort and also opened up to the whole YCI network when they happened for the second time in November. A description of each of the different workshops can be found in the APPENDIX [GO TO >>]

Greta Muscat Azzopardi, a member of the Malta YCI Hub, led a number of mindfulness and breathing exercises that aimed to give participants simple techniques to deal with emotions, to sit with discomfort, and to connect the experiences that they were having online with the physical sensations in their bodies. These connections to the body and grounding of the YCI experience in the real world was further unpacked by Marc Laws, a YCI Forum facilitator and international yoga teacher, who offered two optional space sessions during the weekend between the two weeks of the program. These sessions focused on self-sustainability and dealing with uncertainty.

It is definitely NOT ANOTHER WEBINAR. I personally felt at “home and understood. We have gone beyond technology! ”

balance between main sessions, small group sessions and “The breakout-rooms is great (in the sense of the richness it allows: balancing big concepts, daily examples, experiences, etc.) ”

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LETTING CREATIVITY FLOURISH: CENTERING ARTISTS Authentically centering and celebrating the creativity and brilliance of artists is a vital part of the YCI Forum. All those who are bought into the power of the arts understand that cultural practices – whether that be visual arts, music, dance, spoken word, poetry, storytelling or food – have a deeply humanizing and transformative power. Creating spaces in which creativity is able to flourish was especially important in the context of the online YCI Forum in 2020. Salzburg Global was delighted that due to support from the Kresge Foundation, theatre maker and poet Steven Fox from Memphis, was able to join the YCI Forum as a virtual Artist in Residence. Steven listened in on sessions and used his skills to craft two powerful and moving poems about the YCI Forum. One of the highlights of the YCI Forum is always the creative showcase event during which participants are invited to share their creative selves with the group. This year the format was adapted to take place on Zoom by Rocio Rappoport, a member of the Buenos Aires YCI Hub. The WOW! Art! Showcase showcased the work of 12 YCI artists who performed and shared their creative practices live on Zoom for the rest of the cohort. YCI 2020 “Spreader of Sparkles” Burton Bridges, from the Memphis YCI Hub, took on the role of host for the creative showcase supported by a suitably sparkly jacket and extensive collection of feather boas. YCIs responded with innovative ideas for their performances such as a collaboration between Noémie Anneng, a member of the Salzburg YCI Hub, who provided interpretive dance and movement in response to a poem read by Firdous Hendricks, an arts educator based in Cape Town, South Africa. Performances did not shy away from addressing tough issues, with Lucia Santana from the Buenos Aires YCI Hub, sharing a poem raising awareness about domestic violence, an issue that has become exacerbated for many people around the world during the pandemic. Musicians Tazeen Ayub from Detroit, Dominique Campbell from Detroit, and The New Victorians a musical duo from Malta, all performed for the group. Nancy Muigei from Nairobi, Kenya and Dinah Kerstin Pinto from Manila created a poem about our common connections which they read in their native languages and which exists as an ongoing project with other members of the YCI network invited to add a translation in their own language to the collection of poems.

DOING THIS TOGETHER ACROSS TIME ZONES AND GEOGRAPHY: A PERSONAL PROCESS ONE NEXT TO EACH OTHER As the YCI Forum is focused on building global connections and relationships within the cohort, it was important that all participants take part in the program at the same time. As such, all main sessions took place between 2pm – 5.30pm CET (Salzburg time). Due to the global nature of the group and the various time zones in which participants were based, the timing of the sessions was inconvenient for some participants, particularly those on the west coast of Canada for whom sessions started at 4am or people in Asia for whom sessions ended at 1.30am.

For the smaller sharing and pocket sessions, the program team tried to stick to consistent scheduling of sessions to avoid any confusion. This meant running the 13 pocket sessions workshops concurrently on different Zoom accounts, which was a logistical challenge but worked well in terms of participant experience. Participants were able to select a small group sharing session at a time that worked with their schedule; these were offered at six different times, ranging from 9am CET to 2am (+1 day) CET. This meant that groups were geographically mixed and that people had the flexibility to choose a morning, afternoon or evening session depending what worked with their existing schedule. For this to happen, it was important to have a globally diverse facilitation team who were distributed across different time zones. Not requiring people to travel to Salzburg also had the added benefit that the program could take place around the personal commitments of participants in a more flexible way. Some YCIs participated with their babies on their laps (or their cats on their heads); were able to care for parents who got sick during the program; could still attend hospital appointments; or could take the program with them on their smartphone on their commute to work. The program faced the paradox of virtual convening. On one hand, participants didn’t meet in-person and that can make it challenging to build interpersonal connections. On the other hand, with most people participating from their homes or workplaces, there were humanizing opportunities to have glimpses into the lives of others. There is value in this virtual model. Vulnerability “ was easier for me sitting at home in my pajamas! ”

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EXPANDING THE MEANING OF “GLOBAL”: DIVERSITY IN THE 2020 YCI COHORT The 2020 progam of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators swapped a focus on Salzburg for a deepening of the “global” nature of the program. The number of new participants was increased from 48 YCIs in 2019 to 66 YCIs in 2020. Including facilitators, a total of 98 YCI Forum network members based in 18 YCI Hubs were part of the 2020 Forum. Moving away from a strict scholarship allocation model, where each funder only supports participants from their geography, allowed for the building of a more diverse cohort and for increased participation from underrepresented parts of the YCI Forum network such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Salzburg Global were particularly pleased that 16% of the 2020 YCI cohort came from Africa, an increase of 7% in comparison to the cohort in 2019 where 9% of participants and facilitators came from Africa. The size of the YCI Hubs in Cape Town and Nairobi were increased significantly this year by welcoming five and eight new members respectively. 12% of the 2020 YCI cohort came from South America, an increase of 8% in comparison to the 2019 cohort where only 4% of participants and facilitators came from South America. Feedback from previous YCI cohorts has indicated that North America is viewed as overrepresented in the Forum network. This balance was somewhat better this year with 36% of participants coming from North America, a reduction of 14% in comparison to the 2019 cohort where 50% percent of participants were from North America. This year’s North American cohort was also increasingly diverse as the YCI network of Indigenous and First Nations participants in North America continues slowly to expand with the participation of five new YCIs from the US and Canada who join the Upper Midwest, Detroit and Canada YCI Hubs.

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GOING BEYOND TECHNOLOGY: CREATING CONNECTIONS ONLINE The YCI Forum was hosted on the video conferencing platform Zoom. In addition to video calls in both full “meeting” mode and “breakout rooms”, these discussions were augmented with multimedia tools such as Mural (a visual platform that was used to capture feedback and enable collaborative discussions), Mentimeter (a data collection, survey and visual presentation platform that enabled the creation of infographics in real-time), QiQo Chat (a chatroom add-on for Zoom), and Otter.ai (a live transcription tool). Marcello Peruzzi, a graphic facilitator from Housatonic based in Bologna, Italy, also captured and visualized the program live. I LOVE the graphic facilitation. “ It helps me to concentrate when there is a lot of content and it is very dynamic (and beautiful). ”

Further means of communication were offered through a dedicated WhatsApp group for this year’s cohort and the general YCI Forum Facebook group that connects all years’ cohorts. But how to actually foster connection between these globally dispersed and, in many cases, socially isolated YCIs? The program aimed to create multiple opportunities for participants to speak with each other and to build camaraderie. On the first day of the program, YCIs were paired with a buddy, someone who would accompany them on their program journey and hopefully beyond. Breakout room discussions and collaborative projects mixed participants in various constellations and offered opportunities for getting to know each other. Strong bonds were created between the participants in their smaller sharing sessions groups, with whom they spent a lot of time. This multilayered network of connections was further enhanced when participants were placed into Hub Huddles to connect with other YCIs in their local area and encouraged to maintain that contact after the Forum. Faye Kabali-Kagwa, a member of the Cape Town YCI Hub, was appointed the official “Vibes Manager” of the YCI Forum. In her role she led a daily check-in ritual at the beginning of each main session and a series of activities and games including a YCI Forum 2020 quiz that were interspersed throughout the program to keep the energy in the sessions. A daily rainbow color-coded dress code, a suggestion to have something that is alive in your space, and an invitation to rename yourself with your preferred name and pronouns, were further ways that the facilitation team tried to create a personal and inclusive atmosphere during the YCI Forum. THE ZOOM ROOMS ARE ALIVE: BREAKOUT SESSIONS In order to facilitate the conversations that were still lingering in the minds of participants before the end of the program, a portion of the final session opened up in a series of breakout rooms where participants were invited to choose which room they would like to visit • THE BREAKDOWN ROOM for mental hygiene and wellbeing / take a breather/ reflect on your feelings • THE BON(D)FIRE for bonding and storytelling; • THE LIBRARY to talk about potential collaborations/co-creations; • FAYE KK’s KITCHEN where we’re always whipping up something delicious. This is

the space for exchanging recipes, eating together, or exchanging stories; • ROOM FOR REVOLUTION a space to dream big; • THE BIERSTUBE to have a drink or a coffee, listen to some music, and unwind; • THE BATHROOM to gossip; • RO’s THEATER for impromptu performances.

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YCIs were also encouraged to add songs to the collaborative “Sound of YCI” Spotify playlist, which was played during the breaks in the program. A takeover of the Salzburg Global Instagram account by Chino Aricaya, “Social Media Ninja” and member of the Manila YCI Hub, helped YCIs to get to know each other by sharing their introduction Instagram Stories and making these available for others to watch at any time. YCIs were encouraged to share their experiences during the program on social media, particularly image-sharing platform Instagram, using the hashtags #SGSYCI and #YCI2020. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PROGRAM CAN BE VIEWED ON INSTAGRAM: YCI 2020: www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17859082772169085 YCI 2020 2.0: www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17946172972376165 YCI Visuals: www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18120212068179838 YCI 2020 Intros: www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17959912600356370 See NEXT PAGE for the full Instagram feed image (presented as two columns), which was created over the full 10 days of the program, one image tile at a time [GO TO >>]

The final day break out rooms about everything “ from Food to Bond Fire Convos etc. was really special. It felt informal, and relaxed and I had both hilarious and extremely challenging conversations that didn’t feel too scripted/forced. Really enjoyed them! In 10 days, we were able to create a community that “ has never even met in person, but are connected through passion and purpose and most of all, the willingness to struggle together for something bigger than ourselves. The Salzburg Global YCI Forum has opened doors to a “ new realm for artists from all around the world. The Forum allowed us to see directly into other people’s lives and get a perspective of how challenging it can be to be living in today’s world, around the world. It was such an impactful event, yet it brought all of us so close together – we became a family and united our vision of peace and resilience together.

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SHIFTING FROM OWNER TO COLLABORATOR: THE POWER OF CO-CREATION How do we create a truly global program and active network that is owned by and representative of its members? That question has increasingly been on the minds of program staff working on the YCI Forum over recent years. The answer: we have to look to the network for ideas and to make space for YCIs to create the answers.

In recent years, the YCI Forum team has been focused on shifting the power paradigm by utilizing a co-creation approach to program design and facilitation. Giving up ownership and democratizing the Forum is a key part of this process and opens up exciting opportunities for innovation through collaboration while also helping to contribute to a more inclusive experience for participants. As so much of the benefit of the YCI Forum is derived from the connections created between participants, it is fundamental that the facilitation team create an atmosphere that is conducive openness, inclusion and trust. Having a facilitation team who are relatable and approachable to participants helps to do this. In 2019, the YCI Forum first pioneered the co-creation approach to program facilitation with 10 members of the global YCI Forum network being invited to return to Salzburg to participate in the program as workshop facilitators and speakers. This was the first foray into involving YCIs in a substantive way in the delivery of a YCI Forum program. Building on this approach, the two virtual regional meetings of the YCI Forum that took place in the spring were co-created by YCI Forum staff and members of the local YCI Hubs. The 2020 YCI Forum program was supported by 30 facilitators from 15 YCI Hubs around the world. Many of these YCIs had participated in the program in different years, as far back as the 2013 Young Cultural Leaders program which seeded the YCI Forum. The facilitation team worked with Salzburg Global staff on various aspects of the program including planning and facilitating the main sessions; planning and holding space for the small groups in the sharing sessions; facilitating pocket sessions (skills and capacity building workshops); and managing technical platforms and social media for the program. All facilitators were appointed through an open call process and were paid for their contributions to the program. Salzburg Global further supported the professional development of YCI facilitators by offering capacity-building training on how to facilitate in a virtual environment and how to use online engagement platforms such as Zoom, Mentimeter, Mural and others. Sharing sessions facilitators received mentoring and

support from Marcos Amadeo, an experienced YCI Forum faculty member who has been involved with the Forum since 2014. Co-creation has allowed the program to mature in unique and exciting ways. Salzburg Global recognizes that convening a global program requires a global team who bring their different experiences, perspectives and knowledge to the design and facilitation of the network. We believe that co-creation is the way to do this and will continue to involve YCIs in as many aspects of the program as possible going-forward. More information about the facilitation team is available ONLINE [GO TO >>]

Salzburg Global and the facilitation team broke the “boundaries of an online webinar and made the whole experience interactive and creative. They made us feel relaxed, understood and amused, while learning from each other in a friendly environment.

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though we were not able to meet in person, the YCI “Even team created an online forum that was unlike anything I could have expected. There was never a dull moment and everyone became very connected very quickly. It is a testament to the abilities of a solid team to create such a meaningful experience for so many different individuals. MAIN SESSIONS FACILIATION TEAM

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BRINGING DOWN THE WALLS: CHANGING FROM CONTAINER TO CONVENER Over the course of its six-year history, the YCI Forum has been a major catalyst for innovation and radical change within Salzburg Global Seminar and its home of Schloss Leopoldskron. Most notable was the Venetian Room protest, which took place at the end of the 2018 program and was the impetus for Salzburg Global to take a critical look at how issues of systemic injustice, power and privilege are manifest within the premises and by extension, the institution. Input from the YCI network has helped Salzburg Global to start shifting institutional thinking on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion within its programs, people and place.

For many years, Salzburg Global has prided itself on providing a “retreat-like” setting for participants in programs. Undoubtedly many people from all corners of the world have enjoyed the rich atmosphere of Schloss Leopoldskron, the copious amounts of local food, the “oh so Austrian” classical piano concerts at the end of a program, and the opportunity to take a walk around the scenic lake. For many this has offered the opportunity an escape from the pressures of their own contexts, where they can find rejuvenation and renewal. There is no doubt that the residential aspect of programs at Schloss Leopoldskron has enhanced the programmatic experiences of many Fellows over the years. For many YCI Forum participants, their travel to Salzburg required them to get a passport for the first time, for others this was their first journey on an airplane, or their first trip outside of their country. Depending on the individual, the opportunity to travel to Salzburg may have represented an amazing opportunity for new international experiences – for others an anxiety-inducing set of challenges. For some potential Salzburg Global Fellows, the travel element of programs in Salzburg has meant them turning down the invitation. Reasons cited over the years for not being able to participate are commitments at home or work, physical or mental health, or as in the case of many would-be YCI Forum participants from Africa, being unable to get a visa to allow them to travel to Europe. These challenges associated with travel to Salzburg are perhaps more acutely felt by the participants of the YCI Forum than by Fellows of other Salzburg Global programs, partly as a result of their age and life/profession stage, but also because for many YCIs, they are part of the program precisely because they are members of marginalized communities who are fighting against systemic injustice, and therefore do not ordinarily inhabit buildings like Schloss Leopoldskron.

Virtual convening removes the inherent power dynamics of a physical place and offers opportunities to de-center the role of Salzburg Global in the YCI Forum from container to convener. In the role of convener – whether online or in-person in Salzburg or another part of the world – Salzburg Global has increasingly become aware of the need to take a participant-centered approach to designing programmatic activities and to the benefits of co-creating the YCI Forum with members of the network. Awareness of the limitations of place-based convening, which have been further compounded in 2020 by the pandemic and considerations around international travel, offers challenges but also incredible opportunities for Salzburg Global to innovatively reimagine how the YCI Forum – in whole or part – is convened in the future.

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GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE: PLANS FOR THE YCI FORUM The annual program of the YCI Forum is just the start of the engagement with participants, keeping the energy in the network, deepening connections between participants in the 2020 cohort, and linking them with their local hubs will be the focus of the Forum activities in late-2020 and through 2021. YCI HUB COMMITMENTS: WHAT ARE OUR SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR GOING BACK TO REALITY? During the final session of the 2020 Forum program, participants were asked to discuss one thing that they will do together as a hub after the program. This is what they said: Abu Dhabi Hub: We are already working together as a team, supporting emerging artists develop their creative practice by leveraging the power of philanthropy. Baltimore Hub: start a WhatsApp group and meet in person (when we can!) Buenos Aires Hub: We’ll set up another meeting in order to start working together Cape Town Hub: We will meet up once a month to connect, know what people doing, and develop ideas. Step 1: Cape Town ice cream date! Canada Hub: Our first concrete action will be to meet again online! Maybe not at 5:00am for the Vancouver crew… Japan Hub: We will organize Zoom→Youtube stream program to PR YCI. We think more people want to join! Malta Hub: Meet up Meet up Meet up!! Upper Midwest Hub: 1.) Set up an e-mail group! 2.) Zoom check-in in two weeks! Memphis/Detroit/New Orleans Hubs: ROAD TRIP VISIT Nairobi Hub: We will be hosting a Poetry Slam Even that seeks to intersect Political Change and Art…We have also created a WhatsApp group…as we believe this is the beginning of the conversation. Salzburg Hub: A meeting and sharing about each other’s projects in one month, seeing where it leads

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES NOVEMBER WORKSHOPS WEEK

YCIs participated in a second series of pocket session workshops during the week of November 23, 2020. In an effort to deepen connections across cohorts, YCIs from other years of the program also had the option to participate in these workshops.

YCI HUB HUDDLES

The 2020 YCIs have been introduced to their local YCI Hub by email. A series of Hub Huddles organized by Salzburg Global, the first round of which will take place in December 2020, will help to start them to build relationships in their local Hubs. JANUARY YCI 2020 REUNION WEBINAR

In early January, YCIs will take part in the first post-program webinar. This will focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and build on the Chaordia City activity during the October program. YCI IN THE WORLD: EITHER VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON

Since it is likely that convening a globally representative group of participants in Salzburg in 2021 will present a challenge due to continued restrictions on travel as a result of the pandemic despite a possible vaccine, the 2021 YCI Forum is planned to again take place virtually. This approach will be complimented by an increased number of online engagement activities throughout the year, to connect the network and to deepen connections between YCIs. As it is likely that local and regional in-person meetings will be able to take place soonest, the Forum will focus on supporting YCIs to connect within their hubs and on supporting the organization of regional meetings either online, or inperson where it is safe to do so. CONNECTING THE YCI FORUM TO THE CULTURE, ARTS AND SOCIETY SERIES

Over the past decade, Salzburg Global Seminarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Culture, Arts, and Society series has focused on the transformative power of the arts to shape a better world. Through futurefocused programs and projects, it has sought to raise the profile of culture and the arts in policy agendas, catalyze exchange and collaboration across disciplines and sectors, and sustain a unique creative community across continents. In the next phase of the program between 2021-2025, all Fellows of the Culture, Arts, and Society series and the Young Cultural Innovators Forum will be invited to participate in a new Forum, which will focus on actively inserting artists and creatives into efforts to reimagine, build, and ensure futures that are more humane for people and planet. The following critical themes will form the basis of the new Forumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities:

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• Advancing Cultural Justice, Decolonization, Inclusion, and Diversity • Engaging the Arts as a Catalyst for Well-Being, Healing and Creating Healthier Communities • Creatively Reimagining Education and Learning • Designing a More Livable and Sustainable Planet TOPICAL AFFINITY CLUSTERS

The topics above have surfaced in various formats within the YCI Forum over the years and will form the basis of cross-Hub, cross-cohort Affinity Clusters within the YCI network. The goal of these clusters is to share best practices, stimulate new ideas and ultimately to advance progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. All members of the YCI Forum network and the new culture-focused Forum, will be invited to become members of these new cross-program Affinity Clusters. Select thought leaders from other areas of Salzburg Global programming may also be invited to participate in the clusters either as members or as guest speakers. The interdisciplinary and intersectional nature of these clusters will allow YCIs to build cross-sectoral connections with Fellows from other areas of Salzburg Global programming such as education and work, finance and governance, justice and security, planet and health, media and voice.

LEVERAGING CONNECTIONS: A IMMEDIATE EXAMPLE OF IMPACT Launched in April 2020, Usanii – the Swahili word for artistry – is a free magazine that features emerging musicians, photographers, poets and more to raise awareness of their work and enable collaboration with more established artists. This Ugandan magazine is now finding global support thanks to connections made at the YCI Forum.

The magazine founder, Lai from the Nairobi Hub, joined the YCI Forum in October and wasted no time in joining forces with fellow YCIs Xochitl Calix and Moira Villiard (from the Detroit and Upper Midwest USA Hubs respectively) to crowdfund $10,000 to support his publication that showcases emerging artists from underprivileged backgrounds. Embodying this sentiment and Salzburg Global’s mission to bridge divides, expand collaboration, and transform systems, Lai is now calling on more YCI Fellows to support his magazine’s fundraising campaign. “The whole idea of fundraising was really pushed by two YCI members, Xochitl and Moira,” he says. “They have been very instrumental in helping initiate what to look at and how to package the magazine. I have been reaching out to different YCIs from Europe, Australia, the US, Asia, and telling them about the magazine.” Lai’s own story is inspirational. Growing up in the Kawangware slums of Nairobi, Kenya, his idea for the magazine started two years ago with just a pen and paper. Saving up money to cover the cost of accessing a computer at an internet café, Lai produces the Usanii magazine and accompanying Conversations YouTube series, from interviews and design to editing and running their social media accounts. “I cannot overstate how crucial [the crowdfunding] would be,” he explains. “I work as a music teacher. I earn around $6 per lesson. Out of that $6, I’ll probably use $5 at the internet café. 60%-70% of my monthly income goes to the magazine. The fundraiser would allow me to buy a laptop most importantly, and a printer so I’m able to print the magazine myself at a lower cost.” Still operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lai does not charge for the magazine, hoping its free accessibility will help the artists’ stories reach more people. Money raised will be used to buy essential equipment, hire staff and grow the magazine. A percentage

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of funds will also be donated to selected organizations that promote this fundraiser. Lai’s vision is to support under-represented global artists’ voices and provide opportunity for anyone who needs it. To support Lai and his magazine, Moira is also working with a Ugandan artist, Steve Boyyyi, to create paintings of African life which will be sent to those who give $150 or more. Lai says these donations will be split between the artist whose foundation supports Ugandan street children and Usanii magazine. As well as funds, Lai is also leveraging his connections made through the YCI Forum to start monthly training and seminars from February 2021, where artists in Kenya will get a chance to interact and learn from different YCIs. “We already have Fellows who have expressed interest in offering training in different fields throughout 2021,” he beams. You can find out more information and donate to Usanii magazine through their GoFundMe fundraising page [GO TO >>].

CONCLUSION The 2020 programs and activities of the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators – from the emergency grants and half-day regional programs in the spring through to the 10-day program and the follow-on Workshop Week and Hub Huddles in the fall – have all sought to connect, support, empower and inspire this growing global network of emerging creative leaders.

Moving from in-person to online convening presented challenges but in responding to those challenges creatively and innovatively, a great many opportunities were harnessed and successes achieved. The YCI Forum is thus stronger going forward despite the ongoing global uncertainty in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope that the YCIs themselves can draw on the strength of this network as they too navigate the continuing challenges on their “infinite journeys.” More information about the all of the 2020 YCI cohort is available ONLINE [GO TO >>] You can also see all the full YCI network, broken down by Hub and region ONLINE [GO TO >>]

If I asked you to list the things you believe in, how long would you take to mention yourself? - Mawande

Be courageous enough to follow your dreams. JA

Im amazed by how much I have learned from the session and all that has come out from connections and relationships -Brenda Onono

- Rain'''

Love to listen to others Kaoru Excited to co-create, sharing stories of how colonialism has aﬀected your community and your family.

YCI showed me Art is improving and will improve society! -Youngji

Be the change you want to see in the world. Marika (someone said that in my group and it's sticking with me:)

Act local, think global

Growth future collaboration

- Marika

Found Family (Caring Group)

wow is us

The belief that arts and culture can change people and the world

We are art Marika

We need art if we want to start seeing changes and make the most impact -Ashley

This YCI journey has renewed my belief in my work and energized me. Thank you all <3 Faye H

Go where you want to go, Be who you want to be, Dream Big, never stop. Just don't forget to LOVE along the way <3

What does tomorrow hold? What do you and I each want it to hold? Let's share and ﬁnd our commonalities, and then we'll build it together. Su Ying

There is value in this virtual model. Vulnerability was easier for me sitting at home in my pyjamas :) - Dicky

What seems impossible alone, is possible together

Collective consciousness to dismantle white supremacy and colonialism.

Collective power for a new revolution - one that is equitable, just, beautiful, and rooted in love. -Dominique

We are the YCI2020 (Digital) Cohort/ Batch for a reason. We are meant to be here. All the love to everyone. (Mahal ko kayo!) - Kers, Manila, PH

Collaboration is key

Belle

Listen to others and OURSELVES -Youngji

Breathe! All our struggles, ideas and hopes are interlinked - Dicky

Connection. Collaboration. The power of these things were the strongest themes for me these past two weeks. -Omari

" Our art/work is Love having a dialogue with the world.Love creatively guys. I will be missing this" - Norvin, MNL

We don't connect over fake perfection but over our shared struggles. <3 Bettina

You are needed. You are valuable. -Andrea

I AM ENOUGH, BUT *WE* ARE BETTER ~ shiba

The future is exciting. It won't resemble the past in the exact same way, but this is an opportunity for sustainable Structural Change. LEZ GO GET IT!

I'm going to Salzburg! Take us there! :)

I'm excited for future collaborations and curious to see how they will pan out

I am going to continue working with kids as they are THE possibility of WORLD GLOBAL change. (Tatiana)

Go and be Who You Are!

One voice, one sound, one movement. -Dominique

WE ARE. Education for diﬀerent values is the answer. In this seminar we are educating ourselves, we need to continue educating ourselves and educating others on these same values. (Tatiana)

Bring people together! JFB

<-- Yes! bring us together next year!!!

<--Please!

Knowing ourselves is the very ﬁrst thing we need to do before we change the world! - Youngji

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PROGRAM BREAKDOWN MAIN SESSIONS

WHY SEE I: ESSENTIALITY, SUBJECTIVE CAPACITIES, AND IDENTITIES

The opening session of the program began with a keynote presentation about the values of the YCI Forum. delivered by. YCIs were asked to reflect on their intention for being part of the program. Participants were paired with their buddy and invited to check in with that person throughout their YCI Forum experience. The session ended with participants writing a “Love Letter to themselves”, an activity that aimed to reflect on why they are important and why they want to embark on the YCI Forum journey.

WHYS YOUR PROBLEM?! CONNECTIONS, OBJECTIVE CONDITION AND INTERSECTIONS Led by: Ralph Eya – Manila, Katharina Kapsamer – Salzburg

Day 3 of the program focused on an exploration of identities and building connections between YCIs. The facilitators invited participants to think of this thus:

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We are all in the same boat – NO. We are on the same waters, some of us are more in the rapid areas of the stream, others in the calm, and we have different boats. But all our boats are essential to keep us alive or rather to keep each other alive. Now, that we are on this journey together, what do we do with our boats? What do we do with our capacities? How do we cultivate our identities and our capacities? How does this cultivation transform our connections? How do we forge relationships in these connections?

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Activities were designed to highlight the importance of active listening, the importance of feeling heard and acknowledged, and the qualities needed to overcome adversity. The group were invited to contribute a sentence that they think could be part of the new story for

humanity going forward. These sentences were crafted into a shared poem written by Steven Fox, YCI Artist in Residence. These reflections were shared by Ralph at the end of the session:

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Our differences are struggles itself, and we can find intersections in those struggles. Maybe, we just believe in relationships. YCI is a space where we cultivate relationships. Our values allow us to do so… empathy, humility. For those who are waiting for the revolution, maybe it’s good to see that these relationships we continue to foster and nurture are the small forms of revolutions we can achieve. Do we hold onto each other as much as we can? If so, how do we hold onto each other? How do we transcend relationships? What are the possibilities beyond these relationships? How does our relationships affect systems we are trying to ‘change’? How do these relationships turn into collaborations? Or possibly co-creations?

THE HOWS OF US: EMERGENCE AND SYSTEMS CHANGE

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Led by: Luciana Chait – Buenos Aires, Litha Sokutu – Cape Town Presenter: Moira Rubio Brennan – Buenos Aires At the end of the first week of the YCI Forum, the main session shifted to focus on the potential for collaboration within the YCI network to create systems change. The session started by mapping the shared struggles and global challenges faced by YCIs in their work and their communities Luciana asked participants “Who is guilty for the mess that the world is in?” generating some interesting responses. This was followed by a panel presentation and discussion focusing on The Power of YCIs to create community-based solutions to global challenges.

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Moira presented her work with FundaciĂłn ph15, a nonprofit NGO formed by a group of people who believe that art is a valuable resource, allowing humankind to deploy its essence and develop its creative abilities, especially in a hostile and adverse reality. Ph15 proposes to utilize visual art resources â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially photography â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to foment new creative abilities, communicative and technical, in children and adolescents through the creation of workshops and activities designed to promote social integration and the socialization of artistic experience. Luciana presented her educational project in a slum in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The project uses arts-based pedagogical approaches which include drama and visual arts. The aim of the project is not only to increase education, it is also to build citizenship skills and to empower women and girls. Litha presented his work with the Social Literacy Conservancy, a consultancy that works with the public and private sector to build awareness of issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Litha also presented about HP

stories, a media production company that tells the stories of marginalized communities in South Africa.

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CHAORDIA CITY – SDGS BREAKOUT ACTIVITY

Topics that emerged were:

Salzburg Global introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework that YCIs could use as a means of helping them to structure their work and thinking on how to make sense of the mess that the world is in. Rather than take a theoretical look at each of the goals, the YCIs were asked to take part in a practical activity designed to get them thinking about the goals at a community level:

• How do we continue to work within the music industry in order to see returns later, if not now?

• What is the most urgent thing to do in order to evolve towards a sustainable and just future?

Led by: Salzburg Global Seminar

You are the leaders, the decision makers, the civil society actors in “Chaordia”, a city in need of change. Along with a group of two or three other YCIs, you are part of a taskforce that has been set up to create solutions to the biggest issue in your city. This issue is related to a specific Sustainable Development Goal. Your task is to come up with three to five community and arts-based solutions to this SDG. You will have 30 minutes to work together with your team in a breakout room to come up with a list of solutions to this challenge. In closing the final session of week 1, Ralph left the group with the following closing thoughts:

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Our journey so far… Capacities create conditions, conditions create connections, connections create relationships, relationships create communities, communities create collectives, collectives create movements, movements create culture, cultures create change.

WWWCOM: WORLDWIDE WISDOM COLLECTIVIZING MOVEMENT

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Led by: Ralph Eya – Manila, Katharina Kapsamer – Salzburg

This session sought to open up the worldwide and collective wisdom of the group through use of the open space technology approach. Facilitators asked the group to consider what has been brewing and what now needs space? What are the conversations we would like to have now?

• Arts, Education and Social Change: What are some models and ideas of how arts organizations can use education programs to create social change in the children and youth in their community? • Changing Institutions: What are some ways we can work towards equity within institutions, and how can we change how we serve artists, communities, and the public? • How can we develop radical art that catalyzes mass action and drives us towards a more just and sustainable future? • What makes your heart skip a beat? How does this play a role in your passion for your craft? Why do you do what you do? • What does community look like in 2020? How do we center community care in digital space? It is likely that a number of these topics will form part of the thematic focus for future YCI Forum activities.

SOLUTIONS People from different areas and regions be able to communicate effectively and thus share ideas in a more open and transparent way.

Create spaces where artists are focal point Artists/creativity mindset to add value to new development/ infrastructure Incubator/Accelerator Program/Think center to foster innovation for creative entrepreneurs and historically marginalized people

Create energy generated from physical exercises in gyms Bigger use of solar panels and windmills in open places Create gaz energy out of compost (animal + human) Alternative implement of lighting Appeal to without the use of energy people’s emotions

The platform will enable musicians control their message and connect with the community. These will ensure open communication among people and also allow for the musicians to really tell the stories that affect their respective communities and find solution to tackle them through workshops and town halls

Moderation Awareness

Invest in research and identify areas iof maximum impact where government policy intervention can make a difference Public programming activating public spaces - to take up space and to bring attention and awareness (ex. In gentrified places) Raising awareness through mainstream media Using social media Developing ways to platforms (make measure the well-being of caring for people cool; Having the services of the artists in the communities. influencers) Giving people the skills community available to be able to make on a public record for Artists as the money from the art or others to purchase/ forerunners of societies. labour that they enjoy rent (painting murals, Organic development. making clothing, designing packages, etc) Pledges, donations, voluntary opportunities Tech platform, free for for employees to be all to match with each involved in other according to their needs and skills Mural in a public place to reflect social distancing/ masks (For Awareness)

Develop a food access fund to add food to food banks throughout the city, embedded in neighborhoods Pays for installing reFREEgerators in (free food access spots) wrapped in art.

Artistic weathervanes Online Collage attached to manufacturing facilities that spin faster the more emissions are produced Idea inspiration: rootoftwo Learning and Development Program - for people in the lower class - for Jobs

Young people become stewards of their local community green spaces and are inspired to engage directly with government to influence policy that supports the protection of environment..

Curriculum addition using disposable materials to create visual art with children and youth. These materials can be collected from coastal areas. Art will be displayed

Commission local artist to create reusable cloth bags. The commission can offset some of the costs of the higher quality bags. Sell bags at Pop up vegetable local markets and sushi restaurants grocery stores to support local with music from local artists. The artists. pop up nature of the restaurant will create excitement around the topic and encourage the consumption of a festival which currates more sustainable Host and creates art around ocean life options. and sustainability. Artist will be local and international so as to understand different worldviews about the same challenge. Different mediums can be used: music, sculpture, photography, spoken word, etc.

Creation of neighbourhoodlevel network of doctors/ nurses/community health Community/Social capital: workers assigned to certain Murals areas/neighbourhoods ... Community garden Offering womxn-specific Allowing home gardens, Policies and institutions services and contexts rooftops, other underutilized spaces Healthcare workers as Markets and farmers Descentralized first responders markets can offer sources of food “coupons” consumption grown Exercise pods outdoor Community orgs who locally at no cost serve certain groups Parks should have can help organize The 5Rs being as activities for old and culturally-appropriate universally recognized and young food programs ingrained in everyday life Using community centres Community garden and practices for broad range of Allowing home gardens, activities to target all rooftops, other age groups underutilized spaces Programs that teach Markets and farmers Creates safe about exercise, nutrition markets can offer spaces for children Installation of exercise “coupons” to express equipment at parks Murals around healthy Community orgs who themselve, address practices (varying levels serve certain groups can collective well-being help organize culturally- of accessibility) appropriate food Community-centered/ City-wide effort for programs led code of ethics creative use of communal that flows into spaces policies, laws, etc. Having a clear viewpoint on the issue and also Make a play getting feedback to let people through the program. Scholarship for people in understand the problem Create a chalkboard need so youth can earn mural where students income and continue to can write their hopes study Poetry and storytelling Alternative educational workshops led by artists for their education processes. Art events to create Benefit concert an inclusive atmosphere Tuition scholarship The need for More artwork to share about this more spaces to problem e.g. documentaries, films reflect on this. Antipanic bottons Improve protection measures (protection force budget dedicated to gender based violence) - Policy change Improve protection measures (protection force budget dedicated to gender based violence) Support system in the workplace - e.g. counsellors, lawyers Policy changes related to equality and diversity Community coming to in the workplace gether to start their own Positive discrimination but to have some community market or stand vacancies for women in different positions Radical food education, community, and community classes on ways to prepare it, prepare healthy meals, meet up Localised food drops by folks who have cars, food car pools, pickCreate community up and drop of systems gardens, community shared land to mobilize within communities? and grow their own food, urban gardens This improves education, awareness-raising and Citizen human and institutional Awareness of capacity on climate change human rights. mitigation, adaptation, Repurposing of impact reduction and early bore holes warning Incentive: Ratification of UN Cultural treaty for Human When it comes to water, Rights. In US. Culture shift. on a house to house basis, And the enforcement these a house that uses less rights. water - let us say that there is a the target to Every developer must not use no more than 20 litres infringe upon clean water a week, the houses that sources meet the targets pays less rates that the houses that Every water company is use more water. Same goes taxed to create a fund for electricity. for sustainable and clean water. Phasing out of plastics to use more sustainable materials.

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WTF: WHAT’S THE FUTURE? #NOWORBETTER

conversation with their Sharing Session group, their accountability buddy, to huddle with their hub, and then to engage in some self-directed conversations for the final part of the session.

In the final session of the YCI Forum, participants were invited to reflect on their journey and to consider the question “what’s the future?”

Facilitators reminded participants:

Led by: Ralph Eya – Manila, Katharina Kapsamer – Salzburg

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We are not going back to reality. Because here we are making reality. What we have right here and what we are right now, it is the reality. Maybe reality does not actually change who we are, maybe it reveals who we truly are.

Participants were mixed in various breakout rooms to allow them to have a closing

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SHARING SESSIONS

WHAT GIVES YOU POWER NOW?

In an exciting development for the Sharing Sessions, this year’s facilitators were chosen from within the YCI network. Many expressed their desire to be part of these sessions because they found them so transformational during their own YCI Forum experience. The YCIs who took on the task of designing a framework of activities for their groups were supported through mentoring and support from Marcos Amadeo, a member of the Buenos Aires YCI Hub and an experienced YCI Forum Faculty member who has been involved since 2014. Facilitators: • Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan – Manila • Marco Pronovost – Canada

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The energy, the listening and openness to everyone’s stories and questions, the vulnerability, the humanity. It felt like a new little family and I cannot wait to see them again.

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Every single person in the group… was intelligent, open, candid, thoughtful and interesting. We all gave each other space to be ourselves and that really made it feel like we were among close friends. 10/10 would recommend.

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This was a really deep and meaningful space for learning, sharing connecting. If felt safe and natural. Well done to [our facilitator] for creating such an open and honest space.

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• Belisa Rodrigues – Cape Town

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I found family in my peers, those sessions grew us together and made us better artists and visionaries.

• Lauren Rossi – Detroit • Micah Sofia Pinto – Manila • Litha Sokutu – Cape Town

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This. Was. Incredible. The questions, the answers, the connectedness of the group. [Our facilitator] was so welcoming and encouraging – and our group immediately hit it off.

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The sessions really proved useful to know the other YCIs on a more personal level.

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This platform offered a space for honesty, vulnerability and we shared personal stories with each other that made us connect in a very deep level, we are family.

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Dreams Vulnerability as a power in our relationships

Diversity

Wh cult at wa s ivat e our d in sha r ing ses sion s?

Language used to navigate diversity and inclusion

How to stay hopeful in times of chaos

Group D

Talked about standing up for what we believe in

We spoke about recovery

Talked about hope and how we keep it

Therapy

Racism

Inspiration

Interrelationship (the space between)

Excitement of brand new

Caring Group ❤

Power to learn

Opportunity to cocreate

Diversity of creativity and stories

Power!

Hope that we are not alone

Found!

Hope that our actions can save/change the world

Self Conﬁdence

Mutual trust

Found a family: a group of like minded people

LOVE

FAMILY CHAORDIC

GIVEANDGIVE

BEING OURSELVES IS ENOUGH

COLLABORATION

LIKEMINDED, PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS

Diﬀerent persepctives

Found cultivation and motivation to carry on

INTERCONNECTEDNESS

ABILITY TO TRY

Imagination

Group A

Found future collaborators

Found inspiration. Ideas.

Knowing we are not alone

Found a niche for collaboration- intentionally being connected.

SAFE SPACE

Our group was the best <3

Favorite food from our culture/where we are living

Mentorship and what that means

Encouragement- Seeing the inspiring work each other are doing

FAMILY

Using art in some shape or form to change the world

What our super powers were

Deep self reﬂection

ABILITY TO SHARE THOUGHTS

Safe space to share vulnerability (among many other things)

Empathy

Hope

SHARING OF RESOURCES

PASSION TOWARDS FINDING SOLUTIONS

Awareness

Respect

PERSONAL NARRATIVES

COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE CAN BE SHARED

COMMUNITY CARE AND CONCERN

IMPACTFUL WORK/ ACTION

Litha is the GOAT.

Open possibilities

Great relationships

Motivation

DIVERSITY

RECONSIDERING OF FOUNDATIONS AND REVISITING CORE & PURPOSE

SIMILAR STRUGGLES

HOPE

F Symbol understinding culture and diﬃrence

F Power interrelationship

F Power to learn diﬀerence and everything

F Diversity of collective creativity

FAMILY CHAORDIC

UBUNTU i am because you are, i am because we are

F Listening to others empowers

F Opportunity

F Energy of something new relationship

F Diversity of collective creativity

Talking about symbols and their power

The beauty of diversity and opportunity to co-create

LOVE F (Fantastic)

Sharing about ourselves, and motivating each other through similar feelings self doubt

Time to reﬂect on our own processes and how those resonate/are shared with others experiences

Being able to see interesting connections between diversity of ﬁelds

GROUP E

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SPACE SESSIONS The framework and Harvest Tree for the Open Space Session was designed by Marcello Peruzzi, a graphic facilitator from Housatonic based in Bologna, Italy, who captured and

visualized the program live. He also helped to design learning materials for various elements of the program including an exercise on the Sustainable Development Goals.

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POCKET SESSIONS

PARTNERSHIP BUILDING IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR

Aneesha Marwah – Upper Midwest USA, and Rebecca Chan – Baltimore Sharing resources makes everyone stronger in crisis; cultural interventions/lens through which to view crisis and response. Given both of our experiences brokering partnerships, we have seen new partnerships form during COVID-19, some out of necessity others out of new ways of approaching safety and space. Using the partnership worksheets as a framework and tool, we will walk through a number of different case studies from the field of partnerships. Rebecca is currently working on a partnership about giving the elderly an hour specific park time in a park in Philadelphia. Together with Aneesha’s experience in consulting – where she witnessed a number of new partners emerging from a fashion show in a downtown urban outdoor setting in Arkansas; a closed theater in Minneapolis getting a grant to turn their windows into a gallery display; and individual artists using vacant outdoor spaces for movie/community film showings, as well as dance performances that are COVID-safe (and many more) – we welcome you to join our workshop on partnership building. #CommunityBuilding #Partnerships #Entrepreneurs

STEPS TO SUCCESSION FOR FOUNDERS & LONG TIME CULTURAL LEADERS Mike “Piecez” Prosserman – Canada

This one-of-a kind workshop experience is designed to empower long-time leaders to feel a sense of control in planning a successful future for themselves and their organizations. This session creates space for arts and culture leaders to reflect on their potential future succession and explore what a dream transition might look like using practical frameworks and real examples to anchor

each participant’s experience. We sometimes struggle with career transitions in the arts and culture sector as we are often personally and emotionally connected to the work. This workshop gives founders and long-time cultural leaders space to think deeply about their future career transitions. Even if you’re not planning to leave your organization now, this session is made for all long-time leaders and founders who have ever thought about their future beyond their current role. The session pulls from real stories of long-standing founder succession, and frameworks from Mike’s new bestselling book Building Unity: Leading a NonProfit From Spark to Succession. Participants will receive a copy of Mike’s book Building Unity as a follow up resource and a case study that is filled with stories and reflection exercises on succession to follow up on. #succession #transitions #founders

PLAY A WILD CARD: COLLABORATION FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Moira Rubio Brenan, Mariano Pozzi, Rocío Rapoport, Luciana Chait, Lala Pasquinelli – Buenos Aires

The world today is going through critical times: gentrification, xenophobia, gender oppression, racism, climate change, environmental hazards, lack of natural resources. The pandemic came to speed things up. Many of us, through our artistic and social practices, try to contribute to make the world a better place in this wilderness. The YCI Forum brought us together, and we believe there’s a reason: making the ME to WE a vivid statement. Some of us decided to play a wild card. We got together, in our differences, and planned a project to bring our capabilities and contributions into a single movement that empowers what we can do alone. In this workshop we will share our collaboration experiences, and support you in the journey of making your own collaborative projects come to life. #collaboration #transformation #activism

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CULTURAL INNOVATION IN A PANDEMIC Abhinit Khanna – India

The Fort Arts Center, Mumbai which was slated to open in December 2020 got postponed due to the pandemic and with the current crisis, it became even more important to continue our conversations and gathering of global creative communities vis-à-vis digital platforms. In this workshop, you will get a chance to e-meet innovative arts organizers from South Asia who are involved in organizing and mobilizing artists, thinkers, musicians, writers, activists and marginalized voices. We will explore different kinds of tools that are being used to gather these creative communities. How are they collaborating with the global arts community? What are the ways they are making an impact within their community? We will also discuss the politics of organizing online and the digital divide that exists in our creative communities. #culturalinnovation #leadership #networks

FREEDOM AND CULTURAL EQUITY Fari Nzinga – Upper Midwest USA

I wouldn’t call myself my ancestor’s wildest dreams, but I am their prayers for survival. For me the question is: How free are we really and how free do we want to be? This workshop will explore models of cultural equity and offer visions of freedom with the aims of 1) getting participants to open up their imaginations about what is politically possible and 2) identifying how their work might align with and/or begin to catalyze those possibilities. #culturalequity #culturalactivism

BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET Maria Galea – Malta

Have you ever distanced yourself from the word entrepreneur? Entrepreneurship is often associated with business and money. However, an entrepreneur has a wider goal, an internal drive to create something, solve problems

and impact communities. Without knowing many of us are entrepreneurs, just like a great entrepreneur, cultural innovators are known for their urge to create, passion-driven by the need to reach the community through creative work and resilient when navigating uncertainty. In this workshop, we will learn how to take charge of an entrepreneurial mindset, by first questioning and understanding where we want to go? who we want to reach? how can we be of value to others? Building a community is crucial for any leader and innovator. When we adopt a collective mindset rather than an individual one amazing things start happening. This workshop is for the curious, the ambitious and the ones ready to reach others. #entrepreneurinyou #reachothers #buildcommunity

IGNITE YOUR LEADERSHIP Niyati Mehta – India

Ready? Time to lead. Now more than ever, there is a need for you to be at the helm as our organizations, communities and sectors face turbulent times. Through this workshop, we explore ways to ignite the power of leadership – How do you use your voice? What is the change in your workspace? When do you experience loss? Why do you need to trust yourself? Where can you disrupt to create positive change? We will together, as a group of influential cultural leaders, find new perspectives to create new pathways. To lead and make the difference. #leadership #leadershipmatters #cultural

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND RESILIENCE: AN EXPERIENCE AND SHOWCASE FROM PHARE CAMBODIAN CIRCUS Dara Huot – Mekong Delta

They say actions speak louder than words and leadership shines in time of crisis. This workshop aims to ignite the entrepreneurship in you and to celebrate the joy and the ability to solve problems and creative solutions. In the first part, you will learn the journey

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to sustainability at Phare, the 25-year-old NGO school and Phare, the eight-year-old social enterprise. You will also be inspired by experiences at Phare Circus (Phare Performing Social Enterprise, Cambodia) and how the team and artists at Phare have been navigating the impact of the pandemic and the sudden disappearance of the tourists that Phare Circus’ 90% revenue have been relied on. In the second part, the workshop will dig into a few concepts and experiences of financial and programming sustainability at Phare and the re-bounce, recovery and resilience of the organization, artists and the whole team. The participants will also learn from each other on their experiences, picking out similarities and differences in context, economic and political climate of each participant’s ecosystem. The workshop will conclude commonalities and best practices of all the experiences shared. #CreativeIndustry #CambodianExperiences #Resilience

PLACEMAKING IT_AS WE JOURNAL FROM THE FUTURE Kristina Borg – Malta

Placemaking is crucial for society, especially now with the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we realized through our lockdown periods, when spaces were emptied, placemaking is more than a physical space – it’s also social, cultural, spiritual and virtual. Who and what makes placemaking? The workshop aims to raise a critical discussion about reinventing and reimagining our spaces/places while analyzing the role of creative-space-makers, changemakers, knowledge workers, cultural institutions and community workers in contexts of intense urban transformation. How can the arts act as a facilitator ensuring a sense of belonging and the rights to access, rather than being an object in space/place, intensifying gentrification processes? As a participantmaker you are invited to share your experience and success stories – perhaps less successful ones too – of working in such scenarios. You are encouraged to look ahead and collectively

write/create a journal entry from the future. #placemaking #urbanspace #journalfromthefuture

MEET THE MOMENT: A HEART-LED APPROACH TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Litha Sokutu – Cape Town

The world is currently in a moment of collective reflection and requires YCIs who can meet the moment. Over the past six months we have seen that issues relating to class, cultural inequity, race, and gender do not take a backseat during a global crisis but can instead be amplified during pandemics. What role can the cultural workers, poets, urban designers and visual artists who come to the YCI Forum play in the quest for social equality within their spheres of influence? Using practical case studies along with the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a guiding framework, this workshop will push participants to think creatively about they can integrate Diversity & Inclusion into their work in ways that can outlive them. This workshop is particularly relevant for those YCIs who may feel stuck and need to be equipped with the intellectual and emotional tools to infuse inclusion into their work. #Diversity&Inclusion #InterculturalAwareness #SustainableAction

RE/DISCOVERING ESSENTIALITY OF CREATIVE PRACTICE Micah Sofia Pinto – Manila

Have you been asking a lot of “whys” and “hows” lately? There is no better time for our generation of young cultural innovators to revisit and to contemplate on our core and foundation. Through this participatory session, we will explore how the self engages in a continuous interplay with the communities we belong in and take part of. We will delve into exercises to look into the Me – We dynamics: how personal, shared, and collective histories, narratives, dreams and experiences shape our understanding of the essence of our creative practice. No pressure in answering our infinite,

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existential questions! As we are forced to change and build on a new sense of normality, let’s take this workshop as a space to reflect and ask questions together, to think together, and to learn from each other. #CreativePractice #Motivation #CollectiveIntrospection

KNOWING YOUR VALUES & SHARING YOUR WORK

Carl Atiya Swanson – Upper Midwest USA In your creative career, you may have been asked to share how you work and what you do. You may want to create resources that invite others into your practice, to help teach your work to others, or to be engaged in consulting or collaboration. Or maybe you are at the end point of a project, and trying to create some documentation to leave behind. All of these possibilities have at their heart an important question – what is it that is central to your work? This workshop will open up space for reflection on core values that you want to put down about your practice, and explore various ways of documenting and sharing your work – toolkits, zines, exercises, photos and video – that you might use as you plan your next steps, as well as share practical steps for getting started. #Toolkits #Sharing #Values

NESTED COMPLEXITY: A BROAD PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN MASS CO-OPERATION Sergej Pumper – Salzburg

We assume we know why we do what we do and expect our work as artists, activists, cultural and community workers will lead to the world being a better place. But then how do you explain when things don’t progress as we assume. Or even things getting worse. We see a rise of extremism in politics and religion leading to a more and more divided society in a world that is changing faster than we can bear and the feeling that this process will further accelerate is reassured on a daily

basis. In this workshop I’ll share my journey of being a chemist, microbiologist and artist integrating the concepts of complexity and emergence to give participants a (very) broad overview of an scientific field to understand existence differently, seeing reality based on nested “mass cooperation systems” from molecules up to the human race. I’ll give an introduction to the basic concepts this idea is based on followed by a discussion on possible strategies on how to use the concept of “nested complexity” to refine how we perceive and create within the human condition. #cooperation #complexity #emergence

CULTURAL INTERSECTIONS IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC

Gabrielle Garcia Steib – New Orleans Luis Safa – Mexico Now more than ever before the world expects us to be divided. We hope this workshop can build our skills of Intercultural communication and collaboration, as well as mobilizing resources to create long-lasting alliances across our varying countries. Our goals as artists are to preserve narratives but open up the possibilities of new ones through intellectual exchanges, visualizing language, and transcultural experiences that surpass notions that intend to divide the world. The workshop is the first step towards building an audio archive. Each person can record themselves (in English or their native language) as note to the self, or the future selves. The recordings will function as a reflection of this time, and how we hope the future can connect us. Our hope is that we can reflect on the time we have spent divided, and discuss in future moments how we have tried to preserve collectiveness. The outcome from the workshop will be a visual collage of memories, hopes and our current situation. #intercultural #AudioArchive #Connections

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Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators 2020

SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR Salzburg Global Seminar is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1947 to challenge current and future leaders to shape a better world. Our multi-year program series aim to bridge divides, expand collaboration and transform systems. Salzburg Global convenes outstanding talent across generations, cultures and sectors to inspire new thinking and action, and to connect local innovators with global resources. We foster lasting networks and partnerships for creative, just and sustainable change. Over 38,000 Fellows from more than 170 countries have come together through our work, with many rising to senior leadership positions. Our historic home at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria – now also an award-winning hotel – allows us to welcome all participants in conditions of trust and openness.

SALZBURG GLOBAL FORUM FOR YOUNG CULTURAL INNOVATORS The Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators empowers rising talents in the creative sector to drive social, economic and urban change. Launched in 2014, the YCI Forum is building a global network of 500 competitively-selected changemakers in “hub” communities in more than 20 cities and regions around the world. For more info. please visit: www.SalzburgGlobal.org

YCI Forum 2020: A Global Platform for Creative, Just and Sustainable Futures

Articles inside

LEVERAGING CONNECTIONS: A IMMEDIATE EXAMPLE OF IMPACT

BRINGING DOWN THE WALLS: CHANGING FROM CONTAINER TO CONVENER

GOING BEYOND TECHNOLOGY: CREATING CONNECTIONS ONLINE

SHIFTING FROM OWNER TO COLLABORATOR: THE POWER OF CO-CREATION

GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE: PLANS FOR THE YCI FORUM PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

MOVING FROM ME TO WE ONLINE ADAPTING TO VIRTUAL: A PROGRAM OVERVIEW LETTING CREATIVITY FLOURISH: CENTERING ARTISTS

DOING THIS TOGETHER ACROSS TIME ZONES AND GEOGRAPHY: A PERSONAL PROCESS ONE NEXT TO EACH OTHER EXPANDING THE MEANING OF “GLOBAL”: DIVERSITY IN THE 2020 YCI COHORT

INTRODUCTION