መርሓባ ! أهلا وسهلا
YPFDJ (Young People’s Front for Democracy and Justice) is a continuation of the youth arm of the EPLF’s Mass Organization that supported the Eritrean struggle during the revolution. The intended goal of YPFDJ is to build a strong, conscious and patriotic Eritrean youth movement from abroad and within the country. As such, the organization will focus on political education, discussion, cultural revival, identity issues and contributing to home-based projects in Eritrea’s struggle to develop as a nation.
The underlying principles of YPFDJ can be found in the front’s National Charter which include national harmony, political democracy, economic and social development, social justice, cultural revival and regional and international cooperation. While achieving these principles in practice is the obvious ambition of all Eritreans, YPFDJ is intended to provide a space for young Eritreans to play an active role in determining and debating the policies aimed at achieving these objectives.
YPFDJ is therefore accommodating to an array of political perspectives so long as they are addressed in a respectful and non-divisive manner. We believe that it is in fact the right of every Eritrean youth to have a space in which they feel comfortable to address the issues important to both our community inside Eritrea and our communities in foreign countries. Equally important to YPFDJ is its commitment to public service and asserting itself as an asset to any community in which young Eritreans exist. We as YPFDJ in Oakland are therefore part of the greater YPFDJ-North America and thus, the global YPFDJ Eritrean youth movement.