On February 18, 21-year-old Núria Garcia Prieto represented the City Council of Granollers in the international webinar for young people “Education for Peace,” organised by Mayors for Peace.

This webinar brought together eight young people from six different countries to talk about the peace activities they carry out in their municipalities and the role that young people play in this process. The aim was to offer young people involved in peace a platform to share their experiences and ideas.

The webinar began with a welcome from the Mayor of Hiroshima, Kazumi Matsui, and a few words from the co-president of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organisation that won the last Nobel Peace Prize, Mr. Toshiyuki Mimaki. Keiko Nakamura, a professor at Nagasaki University, moderated the webinar.

From the Granollers City Council, Núria spoke about the city’s involvement in peace activities as a municipality and as a vice-president city of Mayors for Peace and highlighted several activities organised by the Network, such as the webinar “Nuclear deterrence: threat or guarantee of our security,” the conference “Local policies of peace and coexistence. What are we talking about?” and the European mobility project in which eight young people from Granollers and the region are participating.

The seminar also addressed the role of young people in the abolition of nuclear weapons, the challenges they face in their peace activities, and the proposal for concrete actions that can be carried out to address these challenges.

To close the seminar, the moderator recalled that young people are the hope and future leaders of this culture of peace movement. These spaces not only serve to share experiences but also to inspire young people to continue fighting for a more peaceful world free of nuclear weapons.

Link to the recording!