With the project Let’s Stand Up for Tolerance, we encouraged young people to tolerate other ethnic groups, ethnic minorities, migrants, people of different sexual orientation, race and gender. Through the project, we spread awareness that in spite of diversity, all human beings have equal human rights. Through our activities we learned the importance of hate speech, its effects and appearance in the media and in the local environment. As the largest channel through which the hate speech spreads, we also touched the media and the web, and learned how to critically evaluate media content with the help of guests who came from the field of media. Throughout the project, we implemented a campaign that we designed during the project itself in creative workshops. We also invited local organizations to participate in our campaign in Murska Sobota. Youth exchange took place between 28th of September and 06th of October 2018, joining 33 young people from Slovenia, Poland, Romania, Portugal and Greece. The project included young people with fewer opportunities from different backgrounds. The young people developed personal competences and improved the competences of public speaking, developed foreign language skills, enhanced intercultural cooperation and defended their opinions.
Let’s stand up for tolerance
