OL!
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| OL! Azerbaijan Youth Movement | |
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| Abbreviation | OL! |
| Formation | February 11, 2006 |
| Type | Youth group |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Membership | over 300 |
| Website | ol-az.org |
OL! Azerbaijan Youth Movement (Azerbaijani: OL! Azərbaycan Gənclər Hərəkatı) is a liberal Azeri youth movement based in Baku, Azerbaijan[1]. OL! is Azerbaijani for BE!
The leading principles of the movement are modernity, non-violence and tolerance.[2]
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[edit] Mission and activities
The movement is particularly popular amongst Azerbaijani students from various universities. OL! accounted more than 300 members in 2008.[3]
Recently OL! has been implementing various flashmobs in order to commemorate the founder of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Mammed Amin Rasulzade and his ideas.[4][5]
The movement is engaged in several social and political missions such as:[6]
- Establish independently thinking youth
- Encourage the active participation of youth in social processes and to increase their affect on social life
- Help youth to understand and protect their rights
- Develop a more independent and responsible youth
- Adapt youth to the modern standards of globalizing world
- Help youth in meeting their cultural, scientific and other non-material demands
The main social activities include:[7]
- Organization of debates on different topics
- Organization of sport contests
- Carrying out ecological events (cleaning the streets, preserving the nature)
- Conducting seminars, roundtable discussions and trainings
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Intreview with Vugar Salamli in Echo newspaper
- ^ Article about OL! in Alma Newspaper
- ^ “OL!” AZƏRBAYCAN GƏNCLƏR HƏRƏKATININ MANİFESTİ
- ^ Global Voices post about OL!
- ^ AZERBAIJAN: YOUTH GROUPS LOOK TO PRE-SOVIET PAST TO BUILD DEMOCRATIC-SECULAR FUTURE
- ^ Azərbaycan Gənclər Hərəkatı
- ^ Events of OL! Movement
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