21 March is the International Day for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, established by The General Assembly of the United Nations in 1966 following the brutal murder of 69 protestors in the South African township of Sharpeville in 1960. The massacre occurred while they had gathered to protest against the apartheid laws… Read more »
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Make Equality Real! – Live Diversity, Establish Equality!
Target group: NGOs, schools, universities, public sector entities working with children and youthAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Even today states have therefore the duty to treat all people with equal dignity and to submit the same opportunities regardless of their nationality,… Read more »
Racial Discrimination and Criminal Justice in the EU
The 2012 convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence again brought into sharp focus the problematic interaction between racial discrimination and criminal justice. However, this is not just a British problem. Join a panel of leading voices from politics, academia and legal practice to as they explore issues at the nexus of race, EU law… Read more »
The Race Relations Act at 50
Participation fee: 50 GBP waged, 20 GBP unwagedIt is now 50 years since the introduction of the first Race Relations Act in 1965. Race relations in Britain have come a very long way since cases like the Scala Ballroom and the Smethwick by-election of 1964. There is much room for celebration – Britain is arguably… Read more »
Mini-Conference Islamophobia & Discrimination
Many people in the Netherlands are negative towards Muslims and these negative images are associated with all forms of discrimination and exclusion of this group.Platform INS and anti-discrimination agency RADAR organized in 2012 and 2013 a series of training on Islamophobia and discrimination” in Rotterdam. Soon a description of the methodology is also being published… Read more »
Learn to Empower Against Exclusion
Target group: anyone who works with people for whom empowerment can be very beneficial.Participation fee: 10€, 2½ day training, a reader afterwards, 3x lunch and 2x dinner The program is made up of a number of modules: Identity, Diversity, Together Self-Reliance, Social action. The program consists of a mix of theory and interactive exercises, both… Read more »
A Classroom of Difference
Participation fee: 700 EuroThis course uses interactive and participatory methods, participants will learn from each other with the help of trainers (who will use appropriate teaching methods). The objectives of the programme are: – to develop a common language for education for diversity and a transversal approach to diversity in the context of citizenship education… Read more »
Overcome All Borders: UNITED Against Intolerance
This conference will focus on the intolerance migrants face in Europe with an emphasis on the scapegoating reaction to migration at Southern European borders. The aim of this conference is to create ideas, vision, and strategies to counter this intolerance and the lack of a strong and humane political vision.
Interculturalism in Historical Education
Target group: researchers, practitioners, museum professionals, NGOs, educatorsIn the frame of: The Jewish Cultural Heritage” project supported by EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway We will address the question of how to use knowledge and reflection about the past to build attitudes of openness in today’s globalising world and harness the potential of diversity… Read more »
Brainstorm Session: Youth Unemployment
You’re young, graduated and ready for work. And yet you are still having trouble getting an interview for a job. Is it the crisis? Your lack of experience? Or is it your name?In collaboration with Committee 21 March, there will be a brainstorming session about unemployment and labor market discrimination. On these topics, young Amsterdammers… Read more »
