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Immigration, stereotypes and racism

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2015-1-EL01-KA219-014035
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only Funder Contribution: 186,565 EUR

Immigration, stereotypes and racism

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The program 'Immigration, Stereotypes and Racism' came to the center of attention of the political timeliness in Greece, Europe and the whole world just a few months after the submission of our application.The shift of attitude towards these issues and the preparation of our societies for the reception of immigrants, gained major significance, fighting against racist behavior and abrogating stereotypes which are found in xenophobia and intolerance.Students 15 - 18 years old and teachers from six European countries cooperated in this journey, whose main aim was 'human'. Greece, Portugal, Spain, Latvia,Turkey and Italy share many common features regarding immigration, as all of them have experienced immigration of their native population towards other countries and have constituted and still constitute countries of reception of immigrants and refugees.Besides the obvious human dimension of the issue, the fundamental keystones, around which all activities evolved, were the reinforcement of the disadvantaged students (therefore immigration was the background of our thought), the reinforcement of digital skills and forging an active citizen.Led by the triptych knowledge, sensitization and action-effect, we materialized our goals, which aimed both at countable and non-countable results. Through empathy our students sympathized with the tragedy of other people, who are forced to expatriate in any period. Students clarified different notions and realized the necessity for respect towards human rights as well as for undertaking initiatives, in order for them to contribute to resolving issues which concern their microcosm as well as the whole society. Within the context of formal and informal learning, contemporary and non-contemporary education, through collaborative learning, students evolved their creative and critical capabilities and simultaneously reinforced their linguistic abilities.Our aim was first and foremost, the groups of students of the Erasmus team of all schools, along with the teachers of pedagogical teams. In a systemic way, the whole school communities of students and teachers, along with the wider local communities, parents and local authorities became receptors of our results. Finally, informing and updating various authorities and services who were linked to our topic, was a constant and uninterrupted process, along with the local authorities of every rank, the supervising authorities of education and the Mass Media of Information (local and national) .Our common activities were organized either in person during our mobilities or through virtual meetings. Students were initially acquainted and interacted before every mobility through etwinning platform. In particular, they enriched our website with material from each one of the program's stages, aiming at the interaction of the participants, the diffusion of our results and the long-term impact and they created and promoted our logo through electronic voting. They interviewed immigrant students and employees, they photographed, painted and organized a photography and painting exhibition, they participated in various experiential games and wrote a script, they directed and took part in theatrical games, they produced videos and organized a multicultural festival, they studied and presented extracts from a theatrical play, they studied and presented the history and legislative framework of immigration in each country, they created comic books and completed various questionnaires of need detection and assessment.Furthermore, our national teams individually carried out various activities for the preparation and organization of various mobilities, and within the framework of the diffusion of our results to various destinations. An artistic competition, speeches, interactive events, and the program's reaching out to the wider society, all took place many times and in numerous ways.All these activities aimed even further, through art and culture, for us to be able to create the necessity to each one of our receptors, to guard the rights of every human, and of course the rights of immigrants/refugees, who are entitled to a peaceful place of residence, under dignified circumstances. Besides, it is good to remember that anyone of us could have been in their place. Our further aim was, being knowledgeable of the legislative framework and using conventional and digital means for distant intervention, to illustrate ways in which political circumstances can be democratically formed in conjunction. Finally, our goal was to bring to the surface the fact that European civilization is a living, dynamic creation of the civilizations which constitute Europe. Therefore, Europe has the ability to humanely welcome new populations, who migrate due to necessity and to ensure a peaceful environment for everyone, Europeans, 'native people' and newcomers, where the human and civilization are the fundamental priorities, as a timeless answer to the riddle of Sphinx.

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