Mustafa Tuncer for Diversity and Inclusion

As part of the onboard training first, I determined the subject of my personal project to be the issue with racism, because there are problems all over the world. No one deserves to die or be excluded because of their race. I also know what it feels like to be excluded because I experienced it many times. Thus, I want to focus on this subject.

As my ESC project is about social impact, i started to outline and to combain my activity ideas with action plan for inclusion and integration of the European Union.

In the rest of my volunteering i will work on development of different outlines, events and materials on the topic. As final result i will create a video wich you can

Mustafa Tuncer - ESC Volunteer

Project SOCIAL IMPACT

International Day of Living Together in Peace16 May

As an affiliate of IPYG, we believe that Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way.

United in differences and diversity

The UN General-Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the efforts of the international community to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding and solidarity. The Day aims to uphold the desire to live and act together, united in differences and diversity, in order to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity and harmony.

The Day invites countries to further promote reconciliation to help to ensure peace and sustainable development, including by working with communities, faith leaders and other relevant actors, through reconciliatory measures and acts of service and by encouraging forgiveness and compassion among individuals.

Background

Following the devastation of the Second World War, the United Nations was established to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. One of its purposes is to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems, including by promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.

In 1997, the General-Assembly proclaimed - by its resolution 52/15 — the year 2000 as the "International Year for a Culture of Peace". In 1998, it proclaimed the period 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for Children of the World."

In 1999, The General-Assembly adopted, by resolution 53/243, the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, which serves as the universal mandate for the international community, particularly the United Nations system, to promote a culture of peace and non-violence that benefits all of humanity, including future generations.

The declaration came about as a result of the long-held and cherished concept — contained within the Constitution of UNESCO — that "since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed." The Declaration embraces the principle that peace is not merely the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process, in which dialogue is encouraged and conflicts are resolved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.

The Declaration also recognizes that to fulfill such an aspiration, there is a need to eliminate all forms of discrimination and intolerance, including those based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.

The best way to fight #prejudices and #antigypsyism is through knowledge!

On the occasion of the #RomaniResistanceDay which will be marked on 16 May, we are sharing the stories of Roma heroes the evidence that Roma not only fought against oppression and injustice, but also that they contributed to European struggles for freedom, democracy, and justice in the region and across Europe https://bit.ly/3bDsHP9

Re-thinking Roma Resistance is a European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture - ERIAC's project developed to initiate change in the European historical and cultural narrative concerning Roma.

We joined this project by implementing the campaign "Stories of Roma resistance", where you can read interesting individual stories of Roma heroism and bravery

#RomaResistance #romaniresistance #RomaniResistanceDay #16May #roma

“Roma Heroes” is an educational board game developed in the framework of the “Re-thinking Roma Resistance” project by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC). Inspired by the classic children’s board game “Guess Who?”, the game allows the players to discover stories of real Heroes of the Roma history while playing. “Roma Heroes” includes custom-made illustrations by Roma artist Emanuel Barica.

The game is available both in printed and in the online version. The printed version can be downloaded and played at home HERE, while the online version of the game can be accessed HERE.