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	Social Justice: Y-BUILD: Working for Peace in Srinagar, India an article by STEP (Standing Together to Enable Peace) “Peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability of people to deal with it imaginatively.” With the idea of this STEP (Standing Together to Enable Peace) Trust which is working towards building a free, just, non-violent, sustainable, equal and mindful society through education, advocacy and action, stepped into the valley of Srinagar and conducted a five days residential camp with the youth in September 2012, with participation from close to sixty youth from different colleges of Srinagar and Delhi. These young people got the opportunity to interact with each other and understand each other’s problems and circumstances. Workshops were conducted using a mixed media approach involving theatre, film making, photography and critical media literacy. click on photo to enlarge After six months STEP conducted a two days follow up workshop on the 15th and 16th of April 2013 called Y-B.U.I.L.D (Youth Bridging Understanding through the Innovation and Leadership Development). The aim was to provide a concrete platform for youth to use their creativity and innovation in a more meaningful full way and walk the talk. During the workshop through different activities they came to know how to analyse situations and problems. Many of them are trying to apply it in their day to day life. They have started to look into the root cause of the conflict and also started questioning propaganda. Participants from this two day workshop formed three youth clubs, directed by their dreams using appreciative inquiry to seek solutions. These were:- Pulwama Law College, Srinagar: Our Dream is to reach together to strength peace process in Kashmir. NIIT, Our Dream is a Friendly, Prosperous, Expressive and Free Kashmir. K.G.P (Kashmir Government Polytechnic), Our dream is to give interactive education to people, empowering and creativity.		DISCUSSION Question(s) related to this article: Is there a renewed movement of solidarity by the new generation?,
This report was posted on May 9, 2013.