OL!
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OL! Azerbaijan Youth Movement is a liberal Azeri youth movement based in Baku
, Azerbaijan
. OL! is Azerbaijani for BE!
The leading principles of the movement are modernity, non-violence and tolerance.
The movement is particularly popular amongst Azerbaijani students from various universities. OL! accounted more than 300 members in 2008.
Recently OL! has been implementing various flashmobs in order to commemorate the founder of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
, Mammed Amin Rasulzade
and his ideas.
The movement is engaged in several social and political missions such as:
The main social activities include:
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
. OL! is Azerbaijani for BE!
The leading principles of the movement are modernity, non-violence and tolerance.
Mission and activities
Recently OL! has been implementing various flashmobs in order to commemorate the founder of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...
, Mammed Amin Rasulzade
Mammed Amin Rasulzade
Mammad Amin Rasulzade was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founding political leaders of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan...
and his ideas.
The movement is engaged in several social and political missions such as:
- Establish independently thinking youth
- Encourage the active participation of youth in social processes and to increase their affect on social lifeSocial lifeSocial life may refer to:* an individual's Interpersonal relationships* Social relation * Social Life, an album by Koufax* Social Life, the indie/punk band from Greensboro, North Carolina....
- Help youth to understand and protect their rightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
- Develop a more independent and responsible youth
- Adapt youth to the modern standards of globalizing worldGlobalizationGlobalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
- Help youth in meeting their cultural, scientific and other non-material demands
The main social activities include:
- 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