{"id":58487,"date":"2025-10-15T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/generation-in-motion-erica-moreira-youth-democracy-collective-struggle\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:49:57","slug":"generatie-in-beweging-erica-moreira-over-jongeren-democratie-en-collectieve-strijd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/generatie-in-beweging-erica-moreira-over-jongeren-democratie-en-collectieve-strijd\/","title":{"rendered":"Generatie in beweging: \u00c9rica Moreira over jongeren, democratie en collectieve strijd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5xdQcnmhIXkVmjGoYcG7De?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Generation in motion <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode, activist and Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracyculturefoundation.org\/what-we-do\/our-projects\/kofi-annan-nextgen-democracy-prize\/erica-maria-castro-moreira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c9rica Moreira<\/a> joins us for a powerful conversation on what it means to defend democracy in a time of rising polarization and far-right resurgence. From youth-led protests and digital campaigns to grassroots initiatives across Europe, \u00c9rica reflects on how young people are reshaping what democracy looks like in practice. We talk about her work with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pela Igualdade<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politics4Her<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, her experiences supporting asylum seekers in Portugal, France, and Italy, and the deeper questions of identity, inclusion, and political agency in today\u2019s Europe. This is a timely and moving reflection on action, courage, and the collective struggle for a more just and equal future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosted by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/georgios-karagiorgos-400a74251\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgios Karagiorgos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Cjs8AE7zUhx6Pa7Gz6VIS?si=ffa0490f0a6b4e47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Vox Civica-Where Democracy has a Voice<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a podcast about how democracy is lived, tested, and reinvented in the modern world. It brings listeners inside the conversations and conflicts that define civic life today \u2014 from the streets where protests begin to the institutions where policies take shape. Each episode features voices from across journalism, activism, academia, and digital-rights movements, exploring how people confront power, defend freedoms, and adapt democratic values to an age of surveillance, misinformation, and rapid technological change. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, it\u2019s a space where critical thinking meets civic imagination \u2014 tracing the struggles, ideas, and collaborations that keep democracy alive in the 21st century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the guest:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guided by the motto &#8220;Being the change I want to see in the world&#8221;, \u00c9rica Moreira is an activist engaged in multiple social causes, with a strong focus on human rights, migration, and gender equality. She holds a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in International Relations from the University of Coimbra and a Master\u2019s Degree in Diplomacy and Global Governance from Sciences Po Paris. In response to the rise of anti-gender movements, she founded Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa Pela Igualdade. She also serves as Youth Ambassador for Vila Nova de Gaia and as Co-Director of Politics4Her Europe.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generation in motion In this episode, activist and Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize finalist \u00c9rica Moreira joins us for a powerful conversation on what it means to defend democracy in a time of rising polarization [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":54373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[690,565,628,691,695],"tags":[2033,13273,13274,3681,13275,1961,6954,13276,8189,13277,2573,6134,13278,2829,13279,6959,1739,13280,11554,3003],"post_formats":[732],"coauthors":[4037],"class_list":["post-58487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualiteit","category-algemeen","category-de-puntjes-op-de-i-zetten","category-diversiteit-en-inclusie","category-jeugd","tag-civic-engagement-nl","tag-civic-imagination-nl","tag-collective-action-nl","tag-democracy-nl","tag-digital-campaigns-nl","tag-europe-nl","tag-far-right-nl","tag-feminism-nl","tag-gender-equality-nl","tag-grassroots-movements-nl","tag-human-rights-nl","tag-inclusion-nl","tag-leadership-nl","tag-migration-nl","tag-next-generation-nl","tag-polarization-nl","tag-politics-nl","tag-portugal-nl","tag-social-justice-nl","tag-youth-activism-nl","post_formats-podcast-nl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58487"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58494,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58487\/revisions\/58494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58487"},{"taxonomy":"post_formats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=58487"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=58487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}