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Description
The aim of the project is to connect community contemporary art, culture, attitudes and opinions of the Roma national minority and its diversity in an attractive and innovative form of moderated discussion of the quiz format and musical, educational meetings together with members of the band Lomnické čháve. The project is implemented directly in selected 15 schools in the Košice and Prešov regions. Based on the story of members from the band Lomnické čháve, who have experienced generational poverty themselves, the project wants to show that life can change slowly and that even a person from a settlement without water, without sewerage, can also graduate from university. The aim is to combat prejudice, address generational poverty, extremism and radicalism in society for the benefit of those, who are considered different because of the color of their skin.
The Association for Culture, Education and Communication (ACEC) is a partner of the project and will take over the function of lecturer and professional guarantor over the entire project. It will help to eruditely prepare the structure of moderated discussions on racism, xenophobia and generational poverty, as it has many years of experience in this area.
Summary of project results
Aim of the project was to communicate strong message about the empowerment of the Roma minority by the example of the succesful band Lomnické čháve, whose members come from one of the most segregated settlements in Slovakia. Original plan was to create educational meetings with the band and children (mostly Roma children) from the 15 classes in 15 elementary schools. However due to the pandemic and the restricted situation in our schools, entire course of the project had to be changed. It took place in one classroom physically and broadcasted to other 63 classes, that were involved through interactive online platform. This way, the project was brought to a significantly larger audience.