Today we are celebrating the International Human Solidarity Day, which is identified by the United Nations as

• · a day to celebrate our unity in diversity.
• · a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements.
• · a day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity.
• · a day to encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals including poverty eradication.
• · a day of action to encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication.

International Solidarity is at the core of our Aims and Principles. We believe that only by coming together as a global movement will we be able to challenge and change the current world order. We actively encourage solidarity by providing opportunities for intercultural exchange and learning to take place. Our activities work towards this fundamental principle as we can best achieve our aims by learning from each other, working together
and supporting each other’s struggles in solidarity.

Since this year was a very hard year to come together, we are interested to hear about your meaning of solidarity and why it is of utter importance. Send us a picture, comment below, or start a conversation within your local group about what solidarity means to you and what makes it important.

Make our conversation even more visible using the hashtags #internationalsolidarity #IFMSEI.