During this Action Week we have been trying to raise awareness about biases: what they are, how they work and how they’re related with the spreading of #racist ideologies and expressions, challenging people to discover their own biases but also providing some tips on how to overcome them. Nonetheless since we are a Network of… Read more »
Do you know your Bias? As we have been reminding for years now, the 21st of March is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid “pass laws” in 1960. For… Read more »
UNITED holds its I Delegates & Experts Meeting of 2023 Through the years, UNITED has worked hard to amplify and vocalise the diverse perspectives and experiences of the network and its members through expert input and policy recommendations at the European and national levels. To ensure that UNITED upkeeps with its goal… Read more »
UNITED is very proud to announce the official launch of the project Informal Participatory Education on Holocaust (IPEH), following on the success of IPEAH. Please find below the official statement made by the partnership and #stayunited to know more about it. Official Launch statement After months of voluntary work and dedication of our partners, we… Read more »
UNITED for Intercultural Action expresses deep sympathy and solidarity with the suspected terror attack victims in Hamburg. According to the news agencies, at least seven people have been killed and eight others injured in a shooting that took place on Thursday night at a Jehovah’s Witness center in Hamburg. This attack is a painful… Read more »
*photocredit: Antonino D’Urso/KONTROLAB/LightRocket/Getty Images Another tragedy that could be prevented. Early on Sunday, a wooden sailing boat carrying refugees crashed into rocks near the coast of Italy’s Calabria region. The boat broke apart while trying to land near Crotone. Authorities confirmed that 62 people have died, including 12 children. According to the coast guard… Read more »
What happened in the last hours it’s not only a tragedy but a global catastrophe and as such it demands global solidarity Monday morning at 4.17 there was a 7.8 scale earthquake that lasted 90 seconds! (https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/magnitude-78-earthquake-nurdagi-turkey) The area of the quake was enormous, like 300 kms across and covered 10 cities, bigger than the… Read more »
UNITED speaks at the International Peace Forum As the largest anti-racist network in Europe, UNITED were invited to speak at the International Peace Forum, initiated by the Network People and Peace in Sweden together with International Peace Bureau (IPB) and Prague Spring 2 network (PS2). The International Peace Forum aimed to unite various social movements… Read more »
We are commemorating this 27th of January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by joining the conference, “Knowledge, memory, and human rights”. The conference is linked to the conclusion of the European project “IPEAH” funded by the CEE, and led by Inštitút ľudských práv – Human Rights Institute in partnership with us and Sos Razzismo Italia .… Read more »
For years, UNITED has monitored the humanitarian crises on the external borders of the European Union. During the past years, illegal pushbacks have been worrying. They are a clear output of a series of policies aimed at creating the so-called Fortress Europe, where people can freely move only if they have the privilege to be… Read more »
