HUMAN project just launched!
27 June 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Athens, 26 June 2024
HUMAN project just launched!
"The Smile of the Child" participated as project’s Coordinator in the kick-off meeting of the project entitled: "Digital Hate Interrupter Activism to combat structural racism promoting inter-community cooperation through digital technologies" and acronym "HUMAN" held in Malaga, Spain on the 19th and 20th June 2024.
In the consortium of HUMAN project, organizations from other 7 countries of the European Union participate as partners, which are: RINOVA Malaga from Spain, Folkuniversitetet from Sweden, Center for Social Innovation from Cyprus, Universidade Nova de Lisboa and DYPALL Network from Portugal, ZRS Koper from Slovenia, MuLab from Italy and the European Antibullying Network based in Belgium.
The 24-month HUMAN project aims to contribute to the elimination of hate speech against diaspora communities, the fight against discrimination and intolerance, especially on the grounds of racial or national origin, color and religion, as well as racism and xenophobia by focusing on activism actions using digital technologies.
HUMAN project includes a series of activities such as:
- the development of a Manual for Digital Hate Interrupter Activism tackling hate speech, racism and intolerance
- against minority groups,
- transnational mutual learning and knowledge exchange for promoters of social change through activism,
- the implementation of country tailored learning activities for digital hate interrupter activism,
- national and international awareness raising on digital hate interrupter activism to combat xenophobia and intolerance against minorities.
