Description
By organizing the Roma Pride Day we want to act in order to strengthen Roma self-esteem considerably weakened the past decades. Short-term goal: to involve many hundreds - thousands of people of Roma and non-Roma supporters, sympathizers to be one place and with their stance to stand up to our common interests. We believe that our presence can show a social base supporting our common aims. Medium-term goal: after several unsuccessful Roma demonstrations, the small number of participants we want to give the feeling of "might do" for Roma activists and communities. Long term goal is to strengthen cooperation within the community, and to initiate an overarching consensus. On 17th October we will organize a spectacular march, with stage programs, involving a few hundred or even a thousand more people. Our not hidden message is: "The public sphere is ours too!". We launch our signature-collecting campaign "We want work!" which results will be reported on a similar framework on 8th April 2016 (International Roma Day). Our direct target group in the participants of the march, and those supporting us with their signature, but indirectly we want influence the whole of Hungarian society
Summary of project results
The march of the Roma Pride was a tool of expression to the public which had highlighted the need of a strong Roma movement in Hungary. Furthermore, the project was meant to be a communication channel in which the participants showed that Roma and non-Roma could unite for a common cause. The main objective of the event was to bring together hundreds and hundreds of Roma and non-Roma to stand up for common goals. Furthermore, it aimed to break down the failures of previously organized Roma events which could not involve significant number of people in a mob. The event could involve more than 1000 participants and 20 organizations. Amongst the planned activities, we could achieve to have organized meetings with the representatives of the participating organizations in order to ensure the success of the march. Furthermore, we reached artists and speakers from the Roma community to entertain and to express their opinion in front of the public.
Summary of bilateral results