Serbia
Here you can read the report and see pictures from the Tolerance Campaign in Serbia:
Organization of Creative Grouping
Husinskih rudara 6/18,
REPORT
TOLERANCE IS FEELING
Organization of Creative Grouping,
Programme/Organization:
Organization of
Creative Grouping (OOCG) in cooperation with International Humanist and Ethical
Youth Organization (IHEYO), inspired by All
different all equal/ Campaign
Seminar title: Tolerance
is Feeling
Place and date:
October – 8 December 2007
Seminar goal : to promote learning about tolerance
among young students from several schools in
speaking deficiencies
Report applicator: Zoran Zlatkovic and Ana Arsenijevic
Date: 13 January 2008
Participants: 30 scholars and pupils from
representatives), different social background, physical condition, ethnic
belonging and religious beliefs including childreen with hearing and speaking
deficiencies
Instructors: Zoran Zlatkovic, political
scientist - communicologist and Ana Arsenijevic, ethnologist – anthropologist
Programme of the
seminar:
Seminar issues were: identity, difference,
attitudes, prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination (sexism, xenophobia,
racialism, anti-Semitism, homophobia). Workshops were held each Saturday from
12 AM until 5 PM, including common lunch break. Workshops were separated in
several modules:
I Day: introduction and warm up activity;
dialogue about identity; conclusions.
II Day: energizers and dialogue with
participants on the issue “What do I like, and what do I dislike?”; prejudices,
stereotypes and discrimination; differences and attitude diagonal; playing the
roles and personal experience.
III Day: warm up and team building;
introduction to Forum Theatre technique , dialogue about prejudices,
stereotypes and discrimination – platform for scene building; acting and
rehearsal for roles, and discussion about methodology.
IV Day: energizers, conversation about scenes
and rehearsals; costume and presentation arrangement; final rehearsal; campaign
presentation.
Final performance ( 8th
of December 2007)
took place at the school theatre of Fifth Gymnasium in the centre of
opened and free for the audience. The programme started with short introduction
of the campaign in Europe and facts about tolerance in
offered to audience performance which included scenes of sexism, xenophobia, racialism, anti-Semitism,
homophobia and after that a longer intereactive session using methodology of
Forum theatre technique. Audience was involved in transforming the scenes in
many different direction in order to establish tolerant atmosphere. At the end
everybody enjoyed cocktail and closing ceremony with thanksgiving diplomas.
Evaluation analysis:
Workshops are highly ranked: 60% of
participants valuated workshops as very successful, and 40% as successful. None
ranked it as more or less successful, unsuccessful or completely unsuccessful.
Participants stressed that they attained
following knowledge through out the workshops: Be tolerant to everybody no matter the circumstances; Better understanding
for the people that surround me; During the seminar I had more sense and
sympathy for the person that worked with me; Equality among people remind me of
existence of so many discrimination and how to avoid them, I realized that
difference isn’t a bad thing at all, I met wonderful, positive and cheerful
people, beside their problems; Gained knowledge about human rights breaches; We
are all equal no matter the colour or origins … I learnt how to respect people
no matter what they are like; I learnt a lot about discrimination and
prejudices, it is very useful that I had a chance to meet people and I think
that I am more open and convivial comparing to my previous behavior!; I learnt
not to deprecate others
Participants valuated their activity at the workshops on the scale
from 1 to 5, where 1 is for bad and 5 is for excellent. Mark 3 was given by 10%
of participants, 4 by 40% and with highest mark 5 – 40%.
Organization (technical
and other conditions)
is marked as following: 96% of the participants are very satisfied and 4%
satisfy, there were no unsatisfied.
Instructors were also highly rated: 96% of
participants were very satisfied with instructors, 4% were satisfied, there
were no unsatisfied participants.
Overall atmosphere and
social activity on
workshops were completely satisfying for 87% of participants, 13% valuated as
semi satisfying and there were no unsatisfied.
All participants (100%) wrote that they would
like to participate in similar programmes, and gave following comments:
Very nice and useful
workshop; Very nice people, it was my pleasure to work on the issue of
tolerance; All approval for this kind of organization and I think that there
must be more of them, because tolerance is very important issue. With these
workshops we are on good way to ennoble ourselves and others; We really had
good time; Instructors were great, organization excellent; Super and very instructive;
Company was great, our instructors were patient, very good and interesting, we
had good time and at the same time learning; No comment!!! Just continue like
that!!!; I think that workshops were successful, because they made me realize
that children with hearing and speaking deficiency aren’t that different, on the contrary they
are very convivial; I like the way you organize the workshops, just continue
like that. All the luck!; This is very nice and funny; Personally I liked the
workshops, atmosphere is great and all participants are creative and cheerful.
Every Saturday is better!; Thanks on this group of workshops, the atmosphere
was great; No remark. You are great!; Everything was great, you need to
continue like that, because you give good impulses to people. I appreciate this
kind of organizations; All approvals to people who organize this grouping and
made possible to meet new companions and make friendshipsJ; It was great; Great example of inclusion of hard of hearing and
speaking children in hearing environment. Thank you very much!
Overall mark, comment
and suggestions:
Campaign activities included: schools visits,
public classes, schools debates, workshops and final performance and all was very successful. Children from
different environment including children with hearing and speaking deficiency
met at one place, talked about their experience and problems connected with discrimination. They
were informed about sexism, xenophobia, racialism, anti-Semitism, homophobia,
then cooperated and eventually made wonderful final performance, all in 4 days
of work. All activities were very well represented in media reports ( mostly
radio). After final performance we were special quests in two radio shows, each
lasting 60 minutes, on the First programme of National Radio Belgrade. The
society needs very little to become transparent and inclusive. This kind of
programme confirms the above mentioned statement. It would be great to continue
with the campaign, but to include bigger groups of children. With hard
volunteering work and great efforts Organization of Creative Grouping succeeded
to make noble and inspiring action. We are planing to have few follow up
activities related to the campaign: in February and March- Tolerance mask party
( at the intercultural caffe in the centre of
discrimination, human rights and tolerance.
Coordinator of the Tolerance campaign
Vice- President OOCG
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