Dorit Machell and Juliana Odamea Asare give workshop on »Accessibility of civic education/human rights education and educational centres« for the German Institute for Human Rights
In the workshop, which will take place in the framework of an event organised by the German Institute for Human Rights, Dorit Machell and Juliana Odamea Asare will share their experiences in relation to accessibility of civic/human rights education and educational institutions from migrant and differently positioned positions and jointly develop steps that educational institutions can take to improve accessibility based on the challenges they face.
The European Youth Education and Youth Exchange Centre has been offering a qualification programme in human rights education since 2016, and in its current form since 2020, by inviting migrants and refugees in particular to enter the professional field of human rights education/political education. The differently intersectionally positioned team explores together what HRD can look like and what is needed to make it inclusive for everyone. Central to this process is the question: How can educational institutions, the professional field and traditional political education practices become more accessible for people with a history of migration and flight? In this workshop, we would like to share our experiences and come a step closer to answering this question together.
This workshop will be held in English with possible translation into German. Further information can be found on the website of the German Institute for Human Righshare on Facebook · veröffentlicht am 26. March 2024
Trainers of our project at the Lyonel Feininger High School in Mellingen
On Friday, 22 March, trainers from our project were in Mellingen at the Lyonel Feininger High School. The school organised a project day there, to which our trainers contributed workshops on topics such as diversity, disability and prejudice. In addition to long-established trainers, participants from the current year of the qualification programme were also able to implement their first workshops.
They were supported on site by Mirjam Elomda. Mirjam works for Migranetz Thüringen and provides counselling in cases of discrimination, also with a focus on rural areas. This resulted in a great collaboration with the common goal of combating discrimination in rural areas of Thuringia.
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Unscript it! : The power of redefining narratives
Estera Mihaila from the current year has created a theater workshop on human rights in the context of the qualification programme, which she is offering in Bonn on April 4:
Rewriting narratives isn’t just about the ease and joy of shifting ideas —it’s sometimes also about rolling up our sleeves and making the world a fairer, kinder place for us all.
Can theatre play a role? Well, it allows us to step into different shoes and see the world from new angles. It allows us to stop and change what’s just been said and see if a new phrase has a different outcome. It’s like a playground for exploring ideas and challenging assumptions – changing the narrative.
In today’s world, many people advocate, support, and fight for a new normal based on the ever-growing societal differences and increased awareness of existing inequalities. This makes it ever more pressing to collectively break free from outdated patterns and narratives.
This workshop is an introduction to this process of narrative exploration, following the principles of human rights education, where we will use theatre as an empowerment tool to see how we can breathe life into new stories, amplifying new voices and experiences that might otherwise go unheard.
The aim, you ask? The same as always—over time, an increased ease of living and a more conscious approach to our power to change the stories around us.
The workshop is limited to 24 participants to ensure everyone has enough individual practice time. The event will be fully in English.
More information at: https://www.meetup.com/improvtheatrebonn/events/299651366/
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Module 9 informed about »Democracy«
In Module 9 of the Qualifications Programme, participants were introduced to the concept of Democracy. This module took place on the 9th and 10th of March 2024. The Trainers’ Hanson Ngwene und Seth Adjei on Saturday, 9th March introduced the concept of Democracy by discussing and identifying education-based solutions for democracy with the participants. The participants were also encouraged to share the values and beliefs they deem important to foster an inclusive democracy.
The participants were also introduced to gamification and how they can be applied in non-formal education. They had fun while practicing gamifications by playing democracy-inspired games (Demogames). Julia Maier also shared some tips on how to purchase train tickets at cheaper prices as it may come in handy for the participants.
On Sunday, 10th March 2024, the programme continued with Anna Oberhauser and Madeleine Macarei discussing with the group the dangers of fake news and how to identify them from real news. Also, participants were introduced to democracy games for kids and how they can be used when organizing workshops for kids. Christian-Friedrich Lohe, the Education Programme Manager of Socio-Political Education at EJBW introduced the new project on Classism and shared some value methods that can be used during workshops with them.
Before the curtains were drawn on this module, Julia Maier once again led the participants to share how certain values are important to them as individuals as well as their impact on democracy.
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Dorit Machell is a »Critical Friend« accompanying the project to create a competence profile for specialists in political youth education
Dorit Machell has been invited to be part of the monitoring committee (Critical Friends) of the project »Competence profile for specialists in political youth education« of the Working Group of German Educational Centres (AdB). We are looking forward to working together with Alina Jugenheimer and Nico Schneider from our umbrella organisation.
Further information can be found on the AdB-website.share on Facebook · veröffentlicht am 13. March 2024
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