CCS
conducted its second Communicating Freedom Workshop in New Delhi from July
26-30, 2006. The workshop aimed to equip CCS graduates from earlier seminars to
take liberal ideas to more people. 23 participants from 11 cities in India are
now partners in working towards the goal of a prosperous India. The workshop’s
primary focus was skills: right from communication, to designing and running
campaigns, to fund raising, team building, planning, monitoring and evaluation,
organization and media advocacy. Some sessions also focused on enhancing the
understanding of public policy. The biggest take away was arriving at the vision
and missions of CCS graduate activities:
Vision
To create a liberal, aware, educated, economically
free, environmentally and politically sound and empowered beings.
Mission
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To build an open society (breaking stereotypes,
creating acceptance, tolerance), polity (strengthening grass-root democratic
institutions) and economy on the principles of choice, liberty, competition and
entrepreneurship for every citizen of India.
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To be a change agent and identify current and potential
change makers
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To create access and choice in education
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To engage youth in economic, political or social
change (the ability to make that change rests with you and you
need to have the ability to bring about that change).
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To
create an all-India network of youth (individual network and organisations)