Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Croatian National Television (HRT) Features ROM Gathering 2013



On July 20 and 21, 2013 HRT – Croatian Television featured ROM Gathering 2013. Watch the video. Produced by Duhovni Horizonti – Spiritual Challenges. Producer and Presenter: Petra Pajdakovic Sebek. Used with permission.

SC:  “Who or what influences your mind?“ is a guiding question of the 15th international ROM Gathering, which started one week ago in Fužine. Young people from all over the world will spend two weeks reflecting on their roll in a divided society. ROM project, which stands for Renewing Our Minds, started in 1999, with the idea of reconciliation of the youth in the region and development of the future leaders.

Tihomir Kukolja: The goal of ROM is to bring together young people already recognized as potential leaders in the society; young leaders in the political arena of tomorrow, or the leaders involved in social and humanitarian services, working with minorities or tackling the issues of division in society; for instance, class differences between the rich and the poor.

SC: Bonding, building friendships and reconciliation are the foundations of the project. Recently more current topics were added, like human trafficking and attitudes towards ethnic minorities. This is the reason why two years ago a partnership was formed with Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation from the USA.

Martha S. Weiss (USA): In some ways there is less peace and reconciliation today in the world than during the war years in the region. This is why it is important that we continue focusing on reconciliation.

SC: Some come to Fužine several times, first as participants, and then as assistants in the project realization. One of them is Mihaela from Romania, a Roma who was encouraged to help her own people through her experience of ROM:

Mihaela Kovacs (Romania): I had a problem accepting my Roma heritage. I did not communicate with my people due to the discrimination and negative image of Roma. ROM helped me to reconcile with my identity. Today I am working with Roma people, and am building relationships between Roma and Romanian people.

Margareta Mihalic (Croatia): I applied as a member of the ROM team because I really believe in the vision of ROM, which is reconciliation between the Balkan nations. We work with the young people who are recognized as prospective and emerging leaders, because they are the agents of change in their countries.

SC: Today, many of the former ROM participants are active in political parties, NGO`s, and church communities. Friendship with people from different cultures helped them to change themselves and their worldview. That is also a hope of Thomas and Iryna, who are here for the first time.

Iryna Rak (Ukraine): I would like to change a difficult political situation in Ukraine. I work as an assistant of the member of the Ukrainian Parliament and I would like to contribute to our society. I would like to experience a change myself while here and bring that change into my own county.

Thomas Kibble (Australia): I`m expecting to learn a lot about Balkans and the history of the region, but also how to lead and inspire people and how to connect with people of different cultures and beliefs.  In Australia, we don’t have that opportunity because we are all simply Australians.

SC: ROM was created as an original Croatian project. Over the years it gained international significance. Today the speakers at ROM are university professors, economic experts, theologians and peace activists from all over the world. Even though the idea of ROM is rooted in Christianity, people of different religious backgrounds, as well as atheists and agnostics, are invited.

Tihomir Kukolja: Our platform is defined very clearly by the person of Jesus Christ. We are not a church organization. However, we believe that there is a certain power and inspiration in the fact that our spiritual and philosophical foundation is the person of Jesus Christ.

SC: For another whole week Fužine will be the center of intensive conversations, laughter and friendship between the young people gathered here. The organizers are hoping that at the end they will return to their countries energized, and with the hope in changing the world.

Broadcast by HRT (Croatian Radio Television). Produced and presented by Petra Pajdakovic Sebek. 
Translation: Margareta Mihalic. 

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