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The images that media create affect how society thinks and treats people. According to Lithuanian Ethnic Research center (2019), 63% of Lithuanian citizens would not want to live next to a Romani neighbor, 35% would not want to live next to a Muslim. 22% have said that they would not want to work with a colleague, who is gay or lesbian.
With the “New Norm” project we aim to create a media platform where human rights are important.
We aim to reach out to smaller cities and towns in Lithuania; we want to renew our online presence; we plan to change the name of our media platform to make it more connected with local context. We believe that Lithuania needs human rights-oriented media and we have knowledge and energy to provide it.
In order to do that we are applying to the Active Citizens Fund. In three years during the project, we commit to:
- Regularly publish new NYLA podcast documentaries and multimedia stories covering human rights issues in Lithuania;
- Publish op-eds by people who have been discriminated against in Lithuania to share their first person experiences;
- Build ties with journalists working in smaller towns in Lithuania and work together with them to share human rights stories from different parts of Lithuania;
- Share Nanook’s pieces for free with regional media in Lithuania;
- Organize public debates in small towns and bigger cities in Lithuania on the different topics of human rights.
Our hope is that they will be willing to participate in defending human rights in their own personal lives.