State Youth Association Hamburg

State Youth Association Hamburg e. V.

Association data
Founding year:	1976
Chair:	Fatih Ayanoğlu, Sören Behn, Michael Gischkat, Natalie Hischke, Eric Alexander Paasburg, Pascal Peisker
Structure:	19 full members entitled to vote 3 associated members not entitled to vote
Internet
Website:	www.ljr-hh.de

In the Landesjugendring Hamburg e. V. (LJR) are active youth associations and working groups at state level to promote self-determined, creative and joint action by children and young people in Hamburg. The LJR supports the diverse voluntary engagement of young people in order to secure the future of a social and democratic society.

The LJR emerged in 1976 from the former Hamburger Jugendring (HJR), which was dissolved in 1971.

aims

The State Youth Council represents the interests of young people, 19 member associations, four associated organizations and over 200,000 young people active in associations in public - in particular towards the Senate, the citizenship, the political parties, the district parliaments and authorities. The LJR is an organ and expression of the democratic self-determination of children and young people in Hamburg. The highest decision-making body is the general assembly, which takes place at least twice a year. The board represents the diversity of the associations.

The state youth council influences the development of youth policy and youth work as well as the financial and legal framework by taking a stand on youth, educational and socio-political issues and developing activities.

Actions

Alternative city tours: Hamburg under National Socialism

The regular activities of the State Youth Association include the alternative city tours to the sites of persecution and resistance under National Socialism , which have been successful since 1978 (with approx. 80 tours on 18 focus trips per year) as well as the courses for youth leaders (approx. 2,400 Hamburg residents have currently a Juleica ).

Publications

The Landesjugendring is publicly active with the magazine punktum . Punktum reports critically from the world of young people in Hamburg and the activities of the youth associations. The magazine appears quarterly with a circulation of 2,500 copies and reaches multipliers and young people in the associations and all relevant organizations in Hamburg.