Context
Fighting Hate Speech Eye to Eye
This project, «Challenge Hate: Act, Report, Engage!», joins in total 40 youngsters and 9 group keaders and facilitators from Spain, Hungary, Portugal and Ukraine around an multicultural discussion about the rise of hate speech in social media. Actually, more than identyfing concrete examples, they wil sensitize others to the impact of hate speech by creating short movies.
Objectives of CHARE:
a) CAPACITATE young people to become ALLIES against hate speech, both online and offline;
b) PROMOTE clear knowledge about concepts such as hate speech and discrimination, by taking into account REAL EXAMPLES from social media;
c) ACT ON social media by means of content that brings attention to hate speech;
ATIVITIES
1º PREPARATORY VISIT:
A youth worker/facilitator and a participant from each organization meet in person to finalize the details of the virtual activities and the youth exchange.
2º VIRTUAL AND PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES:
During the preparatory period for the exchange, young people in their local context have sessions based on non-formal education on the concepts of the project and on their role during the exchange. Subsequently, young people develop virtual activities related to the concrete existence of hate speech on social networks. Bearing this in mind, they build the concept of hate speech and research for real examples of hate speech in their social media to be used and discussed during the exchange.
Here are some examples that were shared by our participants:
3º YOUTH EXCHANGE:
40 young people and 8 youth workers meet for 8 days in Águeda to deepen their knowledge about hate speech and outline their action. During this period, they develop activities that promote youth action, both online and offline, and the clear sense that it is responsibility of all of us combating discriminatory behavior. One of the main activities are the narrative and short film construction workshops and consequent video editing with our partner, Cineclub da Bairrada. This organization will help participants develop skills and competences related to using cinema as a tool for social change. These workshops of training in action allow young people to use cinema as a tool to raise awareness and promote reflection on social issues.
ACTIVITIES
1º PREPARATORY VISIT:
A youth worker/facilitator and a participant from each organization meet in person to finalize the details of the virtual activities and the youth exchange.
2º VIRTUAL AND PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES:
During the preparatory period for the exchange, young people in their local context have sessions based on non-formal education on the concepts of the project and on their role during the exchange. Subsequently, young people develop virtual activities related to the concrete existence of hate speech on social networks. Bearing this in mind, they build the concept of hate speech and research for real examples of hate speech in their social media to be used and discussed during the exchange.
Here are some examples that were shared by our participants:
3º YOUTH EXCHANGE:
40 young people and 8 youth workers meet for 8 days in Águeda to deepen their knowledge about hate speech and outline their action. During this period, they develop activities that promote youth action, both online and offline, and the clear sense that it is responsibility of all of us combating discriminatory behavior. One of the main activities are the narrative and short film construction workshops and consequent video editing with our partner, Cineclub da Bairrada. This organization will help participants develop skills and competences related to using cinema as a tool for social change. These workshops of training in action allow young people to use cinema as a tool to raise awareness and promote reflection on social issues.
The multiplying effect of the project
EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY:
The short films created in multicultural groups during the YE are shared with local communities during celebration of International Day of Hate Speech (18th June) and the International Day of Youth Competences (15th July). By doing so, not only youngster share their learning, but also there's a multiplying effect of the results of the project.
Later, the short films were shared on the internet, with the subtitles in order to reach a wider audience.
Resultados
Learning & Content
The project results can be divided into tangible (content) and intangible (learning and impact on all elements involved).
Intangible Results:
Deeper knowledge of hate speech;
Young people become more capable of intervening in the fight against discrimination in an online and offline context;
Greater empathy towards the other;
Greater predisposition to rise up against discrimination;
Young people develop a more participatory attitude towards social matters;
Structured knowledge about narrative construction, script design and short film editing;
Awareness of the nature, potential and dangers of social media;
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Tangible Results:
Video about the Youth Exchange;
8 short films about the impacts of hate speech:
These short films are available on the youtube channel of the project @CHARE_YE, with English, Portuguese, Spanish, Hungarian and Ukrainian subtitles.
Intervention Memes
During the exchange, young people reflected and discussed the possible roles of memes in the counter-narrative to hate, during a workshop. As a result, in groups, they were challenged to create memes that could be used on social networks for this purpose:
The memes - as a booklet - were shared in social media and with the network of contacts of both participants and organizations .
