"We are All Human" took place...

Another successful training story...

Young Society Initiative organised "We are All Human!" international training course between 5 and 10 May 2007 in Adakule Hotel, Izmir by the support of EU YOUTH Programme Action5. The training course is developed in order to create the multipliers of the human rights education.

"We are All Human" training course is a project designed to enhance the skills and knowledge in human rights education. The target group of the project is the youth leaders, and youth workers active in international youth work or local youth work.

14 participants coming from 10 different countries (Turkey, Poland, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Romania, Latvia, Hungary, Germany, Finland) found an opportunity to learn in a non-formal educational setting and an intercultural environment by the help three experienced trainers, Behrooz Afshari, Serhan Karatas and Agnieszka Tatera.

Whatever happens in whenever time, we should always remember "We are All Human!"....

Young Society Initiative thanks Kusadasi Tours for their contribution in the organisational arrangements of the training course.

Prejudices...

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.
- Dr. Laurence J. Peter. American "hierarchiologist", Educator and Writer, 1919-1990

Young Society Initiative acts against all kinds of prejudices...
Join us in our action for a "prejudice" free world...!

Symposium on Inter-religious / Inter-cultural dialogue

Dialogue... as a need.!

Young Society Initiative was represented in the Symposium on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue that took place between 27-31 March 2007 in Grand Cevahir Hotel, Istanbul. The symposium was organised by TR PR Youth Services Directorate in cooperation with Council of Europe "ALL DIFFERENT ALL EQUAL" Campaign and Islamic Conference Organisation.

Young Society Initiative participated the working group on "Racism and Discrimination" during the Symposium.

Making Links or Barriers?!?

At the end of the Symposium the participants came up with a declaration on the future of "Interreligious Dialogue", and it was indeed a very hard process. It was easily understandable that greater effort for establishing interreligious dialogue is needed. We are still quite far away from understanding each other. Let's work together for making links...