Description
Lorca's neighbourhoods are sometimes ghettos where people of different nationalities do not mix and it is difficult to find respect and mutual understanding. There have also been complaints at schools about the existence of ghettos of immigrant students. Different types of violence at schools have been detected and fighting this violence from the start is needed, preventing the escalation of violence that leads to extreme situations. Therefore, this projects aims at: a) increasing the awareness of the unconscious and invisible everyday racism in our societies and make young people aware (b) working on the prevention of racism through education of the early signs of racism among young people (c) developing tools that can be used in the work of anti-racist education (d) disseminating educational materials for the large Spanish audience among professionals working with the youth - Summer Camps for young people from different social and cultural backgrounds - sensitization activities of the invisible racism – Training for facilitators for creating workshops in schools. - Development of tools for the prevention of racism - Workshops on racism at schools
Summary of project results
Cazalla Intercultural has as main objective and main challenge as well, to promote the education in values to youngsters. The project Lorca Libre has been a great tool to achieve that objective for 3000 under age persons from Lorca during one year and a half. The project raised awareness in a progressively manner with the concept of “good treatment” and invisible racism understood as all the attitudes that reinforce the power relationships between the human beings. The true impact of the project was to educate in values, the fight against invisible racism, the promotion of good treatment and that all of these have a specific time in the schools of Lorca, planting the seed for a hopefully sensitized, empathic, conscious youth for the diverse, changing and global society.
Summary of bilateral results