It’s time for youth to take the media into their own hands. That’s why the youth exchange “Raise Your V.O.I.C.E.!” intends to bring together 34 young people from 6 countries (Macedonia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Spain) for the opportunity to focus on how the media portray marginalized groups in our countries. Through non-formal learning methods of backpack journalism, 27 participants and 7 group leaders will examine what it means to be part of a marginalized group and increase their own media literacy by recognizing how media build a “picture” of others.Together with the Mladiinfo team as the hosting organization, participants and group leaders will explore the local environments of Skopje, Tetovo and Radovis armed with backpacks filled with simple journalistic equipment to share stories of struggle and success of marginalized groups. All the photos, videos and audio content from participants’ interviews with local residents will be uploaded throughout the exchange on a special blog devoted to our project. They will be encouraged to start reporting on marginalized groups from their countries before the exchange to build a portfolio of work on our special website and start gathering knowledge about the situation of marginalized communities in the six countries involved. The method of “backpack journalism” is aimed at both young people with some journalistic experience and those without. Participants will succeed as long as they are eager to face the challenge of being dropped into a new environment, working creatively with a team and using simple audio/photo/video devices to interview locals. The techniques that participants will practice in Macedonia can easily be transferred back to their home countries resulting in a higher level of social inclusion and employability for youth from EU Countries and Neighbouring Partner Countries.