Tuesday, March 26, 2019

On the way to acceptance


Hello everyone! First of all, thank you for clicking the link to the blog and giving us a chance to surprise you with our experiences. I would like to use this space to explain you the goals that ‘’Actors of Change 2.0’’ (I know the 2.0 it’s swagy) have for this project. Some of you might see us in your class and wonder why we are there, maybe because of the language misunderstandings or maybe because the time we have is short and we have too many things to say.

So, what do we want? Basically, we aim for tolerance, acceptance and social inclusion. We had this magnificent opportunity of coming to Arad to perform these workshops in the schools… which really doesn’t mean that in our home countries there isn’t discrimination between youngsters. Just a mix of the destiny and the European Union has brought us here.
Through our workshops, we try to make you realize and voice your opinion about bullying and some of the different ‘’isms’’. The suffix ‘’ism’’ is used to indicate a ‘’political, religious movement, beliefs or attitudes of a grand narrative’’. To summarize, the isms are different forms of discrimination that we can observe in today’s society. The usual problem is that we don’t take time in our life to think about other people or how we can help them. It is easy to avoid a topic that you find weird or different. Many times, we turn our backs on others without sensing it. So, step by step, because the world wasn’t built in one day, we need to open our eyes. Let’s face it, we are young, hopefully full of life and energy to make our community a better place. If you think that you are safe because you haven’t been bullied and your life is perfectly normal… then it is a favorable time to help others and join their fight for rights. The best part is that you can do all of this without failing to your own beliefs. Because we enrich the world with culture, ethnicities, gender identity, family backgrounds, generational time…and this makes us unique individuals. But we cannot live in a bubble, therefore we must educate ourselves. For example, I am an occidental woman seeking equality between women and men. Nevertheless, I can’t forget about racialized woman who still have less rights than me in the society. Because the equality must be for all human beings, without excluding anyone.
Our project wants to awaken in you the ability to empathize with people. We are not trying to say that what you are is wrong, just showing that there is much more beyond that. You might make some people scared by perpetrating their discrimination in society and not realize it. You might think that you are just a teenager, that no one cares about what you think anyways. Except that we really do. Because a community is not only built by old people. We are the younger generations that are able to change the unfair things happening in the world today. Do you want to be a part of that?


- Sofi




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