Visit by Philip Kleber from the Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions (BAFzA)
Today we are pleased to welcome Philip Kleber from the Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions (BAFzA), which is responsible for the administrative implementation of the federal programme »Live Democracy!« and thus for our project. We presented our project results over biscuits and coffee.
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Oumar Diallo, trainer from our network, has been awarded the Thuringian Democracy Prize 2024
On 23 May 2024, Minister Helmut Holter awarded the Democracy Prize of the Thuringian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport in Erfurt – the first prize went to Oumar Diallo for his commitment against racism!
Oumar Diallo had shown a special commitment on the ›International Day against Racism 2022 Thuringia‹ and highlighted structural disadvantages of people affected by racism in Thuringia, according to the website of the Thuringian Ministry of Education.
Minister Helmut Holter explains: ›The award winners have rendered outstanding services to democracy and social coexistence in Thuringia. They are committed to fundamental and human rights and to strengthening social cohesion […]‹Oumar took part in our 2020 – 2021 qualification programme and was trained as a trainer. We are very happy for him!
Further information on the Democracy Award and the other award winners can be found on the website of the TMBJS.
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Trainers met for a follow-up module in Eisenach
On the first weekend in June, trainers from different years of the qualification programme met for a joint follow-up module in Eisenach. Their topic was racism.
After an introductory session on Saturday, the group discussed the blind spots of common theories of racism, the connection between racism and the economy and looked at the situation in Germany. There was a lively exchange of experiences and the participants tried out and discussed various methods for thematising racism.
Sunday was used for an intensive examination of the question ›How to deal with racism – in everyday life and in the workshop?‹. The question of possible courses of action for workshop leaders in the event of racist incidents in seminars was discussed with particular interest.
The trainer Phương Thúy Nguyễn, together with Tariq Mian from the project team, led the weekend. Outside of the seminar times, there was plenty of time for personal dialogue and a short trip to Wartburg Castle. This was the last follow-up module of this year’s qualification programme.
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29 new trainers for extracurricular political youth education in Weimar certified by the EJBW
The European Youth Education and Youth Exchange Centre Weimar (EJBW) proudly presents the completion of a remarkable initiative: The certification of 29 young people from different cultural backgrounds as seminar leaders within the framework of the programme »Human Rights Education. Career entry into civic education and youth work« programme, which was successfully completed in May.
The trainees, including young people with experiences of flight and migration as well as Germans, are now ready to teach pupils in Weimar on a wide range of topics, including post-colonial education, human rights issues and democracy.
education, human rights issues and democracy. Their knowledge and skills are taught to the students through innovative teaching approaches. Educational
Educational institutions, whether in or out of school, are free to book these newly certified trainers to increase interest in these topics among students.The full press release can be found on the right under »Downloads«.
Image source: Thomas Müller
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Brochure on the project results is ready
Our team from the project ›Migrants as Youth Work Professionals: Qualification, Empowerment, Educational Programmes for Rural Areas‹ completed an extensive, creative work process on Friday. We worked on the design of a brochure together with the Weimar graphic designer Diana Griesbach. We spent many weeks writing texts, analysing statistics, compiling data and selecting images.
The brochure is entitled ›Political education through the kaleidoscope of diversity‹ and will provide information about the results of the model project from 2020 – 2024. We will soon have the freshly printed copies in our hands; the online version of the brochure can already be found as a PDF file on the right under ›Download
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