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Description
The project includes a series of educational and cultural activities aimed at integrating foreigners living in Poland, particularly in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province, into the local community. Our goal is to show that multiculturalism is a value for society and acceptance of diversity should start at the local level. We want to raise Polish people’s awareness of the challenges foreigners face, and develop empathy towards their needs. We will activate people of different ages, backgrounds, cultures and worldviews, encourage them to talk together and build a culture of dialogue.The project addresses the needs of foreigners in Poland, but also the barriers experienced by Poles, such as fear of the unknown, stereotypes, and prejudice. We want to strengthen social inclusion, counteract exclusion, and promote models of effective cooperation for diversity at the regional level. We will carry out cultural and educational activities (such as theatre, music, dance, radio, culinary events, etc.) for all interested parties. We are implementing the project in cooperation with four partners: the Artus Court Cultural Centre, the Emic Foundation, the WSB University in Toruń, and the Centre for International Cooperation from Belarus.
Summary of project results
Multicultural Neighbors is a series of activities involving foreigners mainly staying in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in building the local environment and strengthening social integration, among others. by carrying out activities related to culture and art, as well as intercultural education. The project also activated Poles, increasing the level of awareness and empathy of citizens regarding the needs and problems of foreigners. We activated people of different ages, origins, cultures and worldviews and encouraged them to talk together and build a culture of dialogue.
The project strengthened social integration, reduced the level of exclusion through high-quality educational and cultural activities, and promoted models of effective cooperation for diversity at the regional level.
Our initiative responded to the problems of foreigners - lack of space for social integration, building self-esteem, as well as Poles - resorting to stereotypes and prejudices, fear of the unknown and lack of tolerance and acceptance.
The aim of the project was to show that multiculturalism is an asset of our society, and acceptance of diversity should start at the local level.
During the 365 days of the project, we managed to:
- organize 20 events
- invite 33 guests
- involve 701 people (participants) in your activities
- gather over 3,690 recipients of activities (direct and indirect)
- create intergenerational events - the youngest participant was about 10 years old and the oldest was about 80 years old.
We included all interested parties in the events:
1) cultural: intercultural theater workshops Kontynenty, radio broadcasts Multicultural Neighbors on Radio PiK, final concert of the Belarusian rock band Relikt, photography exhibitions, Brazilian samba workshops,
2) educational: cultural communication workshops, World from the Kitchen workshops, 4th Edition of the ŚwiatoPoglad Travel Culture Festival - China, Brazil, Belarus.
We invited 4 partners to the project: Emic Foundations, Dwór Artusa Cultural Center, WSB in Toruń and Bydgoszcz, the Center for International Cooperation Foundation (originally Czas Ziemi from Belarus) and 16 volunteers.
1. Organization of Multicultural Workshops Kontynenty
The show was made available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvZtgB0NI0 (until January 23, 2023 - 251 views), and on FB: https://www.facebook.com/youplanculture/videos/376668461167542 (until 23/01/2023 - 628 recipients).
2. Organization of 3 culinary meetings Świat from the kitchen regarding Belarus, China and Brazil
a) Belarus
. 20 participants registered for the workshop. Ultimately, 18 people attended the meeting - 11 Poles, 7 foreigners, 15 women, 3 men.
b) China
Ultimately, 18 people showed up for the workshop - 6 Poles, 12 foreigners, 15 women, 3 men. The participants were from 10 different countries.
c) Brazil.
19 participants registered for the workshop. Ultimately, 15 people showed up at the meeting - 10 Poles, 5 foreigners, 10 women, 5 men.
3. Organization of Intercultural Communication Workshops
the result of the activities is a tutorial on intercultural communication. The tutorial was published on our website, Facebook fanpage and YouTube.
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4. Radio broadcasts Multicultural Neighbors, a series of 5 interviews with foreigners lasting several minutes + one introductory episode - a total of 6 episodes that appeared during the broadcast on Polish Radio PIK.
Indirect recipients: listeners of PIK radio - a total of 1,314 people for all episodes
5. Organization of the 4th Edition of the ŚwiatoPogląd Travel Culture Festival
A subpage was also created for the event: www.youplanculture.com/swiatopoglad. And also videos:
promoting: https://www.facebook.com/porożswiatopoglad/videos/1123611388531029 (2,400 recipients)
summary: https://www.facebook.com/porożswiatopoglad/videos/484715533692489 (1,500 recipients)