STANDING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST RACISM AND PREJUDICE Erasmus Project

Project Title

STANDING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST RACISM AND PREJUDICE

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Gender equality / equal opportunities; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Project Summary

It is undeniable that people are different and unique. Thus, it is essential to identify these differences and try to understand each other, at all levels, as individuals, locally, nationally, internationally. It is through understanding that we are going to prevent unacceptable racist behavior and bullying.
We must learn to overcome stereotype models.
We must learn that being different should not arise conflict or hatred. Unfortunately, recent events in Europe prove that we victimize people.
We judge people according to color, religion, wealth, factors which are far from what we should do. Being unique and different makes the world colourful.
So let’s celebrate rather than fight. Let’s respect love and support each other so as to live in a world of peace and harmony.
The topic is relevant in today’s international context. Rather it is crucial since we have the big rush of immigrants.
Poland, Turkey, Greece, Portugal and Italy are countries which try to cope with and find solutions to the arising problems due to immigration.
All five countries in this project, struggling to find a way out of the problems through applying various programmes.
As previously mentioned we strongly believe that the problems of discrimination and stereotyping must be solved the sooner the better.
We can see no other way of tackling the problem but teaching the younger generation that being different is natural.
They must be aware of the dangers of discriminating people because of colour, religion, preferences or sex.
The sooner the students are aware of that the more chances we have to change the world and build a world void of conflicts, wars, hatred.
Objectives
We will attempt
– to teach students how to respect others and avoid language or behavior which arise hatred
– to raise awareness at a social level and increase tolerance for the immigrants and refugees
– to combat stereotypes
– to expand our knowledge on the know-how in relation to dealing with the issues of stereotyping and discrimination inside schools
– to encourage students to become active members of a society where stereotypes, discrimination, and bullying do not exist
-t o make the relationship between schools and local NGOs who deal with the same issues stronger
Participants
We aim to involve as many students as possible, aged 15-18, since teenage years are critical in developing lifelong negative feelings towards other people based on stereotypical thinking and discrimination. We also aim to address teachers in our schools and other school staff and psychologists who will help to use and apply the results locally, and make them ever lasting practices.
LTT activities
We plan to have groups of 2 teachers and 6 students:
C1 – Our primary aim is to widen the project and plan how to act
C2 – Stereotypes and discrimination:stereotypes based on nationalities, various forms of discrimination; the effects of discrimination such as xenophobia and homophobia
C3 – Equality based on gender and race:study the effects of common gender and racial stereotypes and try to find ways to combat them
C4 – Religious equality:T ry to identify common stereotypes which relate to religious beliefs
C5 – Stereotypes and discrimination in the school community:how we deal with and find solutions
Methodology
The main areas to be covered in the project are:
– Management of the project
1. Plan and implement methodologies-choice of participants, communication, reporting
2. Financial management
3. Tracking and evaluation of activities and results
4. Organisation and attendance of JS
– Selection and preparation of participants
– Organise participation in exchanges
– Elaborate explanation of clear and definite results
– Dissemination
1.Creation of website, e-twinning, facebook, blog
3.Design of brochures, flyers, posters, banners, articles
4.Dissemination meetings
5.Ellaboration of sustainability plan
Results and impact
The proposed results at the level of the students are:
Students’ awareness of the democratic values of the EU; boost their willingness to be more active participants in local campaigns against discrimination; get to know more about other cultures; raise social awareness, tolerance, empathy for the immigrants and refugees; enhanced knowledge of the concepts of stereotypes and discrimination along with the underlying risks they cause; enriched language skills, improved skills in terms of editing data, improved critical thinking, improved team work abilities (developed in local activities and transnational exchanges).
Clear and definite results
-materials developed for exchanges, inventive poems and prose by students on the topic of European diversity, tape and video recorded role plays , posters on the topic of “NO HATE in schools”, “United as One under the European Sky”, photos of students for the competition about cultural differences “Don’t ever judge someone before you get to know them. You don’t know their life story until they tell it to you” (Sarah Moores), games and activities.

Project Website

https://erasmusproject229.wixsite.com/standing4humanrights

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 153519 Eur

Project Coordinator

I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Adama Asnyka & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Mehmet Özöncel Anadolu Lisesi
• INSIGNARE – ASSOCIACAO DE ENSINO E FORMACAO
• 2nd General Lyceum of CHania
• Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore ‘Margherita Hack’