Bottomup Information

Bottomup is a youth organisation promoting socially-engaged youth leadership. We believe that youth participation in society is necessary for building a healthy democracy and that if we are to build a more egalitarian and sustainable society, then children and youth must play an active role as co-constructors in re-making the world. Our role as an organisation is to support young leaders and to learn together with them. Our work involves exploring how political, cultural and economic systems shape society, developing a historical awareness of present social, economic and environmental problems, and strengthening skills for organising, mobilising and movement building. We approach our work from an intersectional perspective, recognising that contemporary issues are interconnected and intricately woven into the social fabric of society, which presently allows wealth to accumulate in the hands of few people, while poverty and preventable suffering and illness concentrate among communities that are othered on the basis of race, class, gender and nationality. Consequently, we believe that socially just leadership requires an understanding of the interplay between various forms of injustice, to be able to be effective in dismantling oppressive systems and replacing them with systems that promote a more sustainable and nurturing society for all.