Join the Young World Federalists & World BEYOND War Youth Network for a free webinar on "Abolishing War through a World Federation" on Friday, May 13 at 12:00pm Pacific Daylight Time / 3:00pm Eastern Daylight Time / 7:00pm GMT.

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Wars have existed during the last millennia in one scale or another, but does that mean that they will always exist? "Perpetual peace", Kant's essay, is an example of an exercise of imagination of the prerequisites needed in order to achieve a world without wars, but it has not been the first nor the last one, and such efforts have not been restrained to the theory. Indeed, a whole movement has been developed around world federalism, as it offers relevant and coherent proposals to achieve a state of perpetual peace. Young World Federalists is one of the organizations within the umbrella of the World Federalist Movement, and some of their members will be offering us their perspective on how to effectively abolish war through a World Federation. In dialogue with the Young World Federalists, members of World BEYOND War's Youth Network will also weigh in on the role of youth in the war abolition movement.

Speakers include:

Luca Alfieri is currently a PhD student in economics and a junior research fellow in economic modelling at the University of Tartu, Estonia as well as a visiting researcher at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Austria. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Development Economics in 2007 at the University of Parma, a master’s degree in Local Development at the University of Parma, Italy in 2009 and a second master’s degree in Macroeconomics and European policies at Strasbourg University, France in 2012. In 2016 he was accepted at the Advanced Studies Program of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany and he obtained the Certificate of International Economic Policy Research of the Kiel Institute in May 2017. He was a visiting researcher at the Bank of Estonia from October 2020 to February 2021. Luca Alfieri is involved in different national and European projects. His PhD topic concerns macroeconomic applications using Big Data and machine learning methods. Moreover, he is interested in international trade, monetary economics and Asian economics. He is a member of the Union of European Federalists since 2009 and an advisor at Young World Federalists since 2020.

Anniela Carracedo is a Member of the Board of Directors of World BEYOND War, a member of the World BEYOND War Youth Network and its External Relations Chair, and liaison between the Board and the Youth Network. Anni was born in Venezuela in 2001, at the beginning of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere. Despite this difficult situation, Anni was fortunate to grow up surrounded by inspiring people and organizations aimed at solving complex problems, helping their communities get stronger, and building a culture of peace. Her family is actively involved in the Centro Comunitario de Caracas (Caracas Community Center), a safe place for community groups to join forces and promote the spread of initiatives that empower and bring citizens together. Throughout her 5 years of high school, Anni participated in the “Model of United Nations“, attending more than 20 conferences, the majority of which aimed at stimulating the functioning of the UN committees for Peace, Human Rights, and related humanitarian issues. Thanks to the experience gained and her hard-working spirit, in 2019 Anniela was elected as General Secretary of the ninth edition of the Model of United Nations in her high school (SRMUN 2019). In 2018, Anni joined Interact Club Valencia, a Rotary International youth program, where she served as club secretary until she became a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in 2019-2020, representing Venezuela in Mississippi, USA. Anni served as District Interact Representative in 2020-21, and became a Rotarian in the same year. She got nominated honorary member of the Rotary Club of Bay St Louis, which also chose her as Rotarian of the Year. Looking forward, in 2021-22, Anni will be serving as Executive Chair of Rotary Interactive Quarantine, Alumni member of Rotary International’s inaugural Interact Advisory Council 2021-22, as well as Chair of the District 6840 Interact Committee.

Jorge Romanillos is a 21-year-old born in Guadalajara, a little city from Spain. He studies a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics held in four universities between Barcelona and Madrid, and he is currently on an Erasmus in Paris. The reason why he decided to pursue such studies is that he wanted to be able to give global answers to solve our common global problems and achieve great shared opportunities. With this idea in mind, he has been part of many associations, such as the Scouts and Extinction Rebellion, and he is active in political organizations such as Young European Federalists, where he is the president of a regional section in Spain, and Young World Federalists, where he is part of the Board of Directors since November 2021 and where he serves as Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee. Next year he will be an intern with an MEP at the European Parliament.

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