SHARE YOUR COLORS
The project aimed to combat hate-speech and social exclusion of young LGBTQIA+ people, while promoting active citizenship through campaigning.
Share Your Colors consisted of 3 main activities: APV meeting, Youth Exchange and a Follow-up Period with local actions in each partner country.
During the 10 program days, participants were able to expand their knowledge about the LGBT+ spectrum and exchange about the different reality they experience in their countries. They experimented with visual media (photograph and video) and social media tools, by making their own campaigns.
40 young people from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Spain, shared their colors, literally and metaphorically, while having all types of fun!
DISSEMINATION
During the duration of the project, participants created several commercials and video campaigns, to raise awareness on topics such as equality, diversity, gentreefication and more.
Follow the link to Resources to find the videos.
“Share Your Colors” toolkit is another result created by participants about social media, multimedia and campaigning for raising awareness in the LGBTQIA+ context.
Follow the link to Resources to find publication.
APV
The Advanced Planning Visit, took place in May 2016, where the team leaders from each partner organization met to prepare the framework and program for the Youth Exchange.
They got to exchange about the current reality of the LGBT+ human rights in their countries, good practices of campaigning and bonded greatly by co-creating from scratch their own campaigns.
EXCHANGE
The Youth Exchange took place in July 2016, where participants
and team leaders met to act, create and share their own message
with the world.
Through an experiential learning approach filled with media assignments, bodywork, discussions, games and more, they increased their competencies and grew to go back to their homes inspired to take new actions and continue raising awareness.
TESTIMONIALS
The project was organized in 2016 together with Olde Vechte Foundation in Ommen, the Netherlands. It was funded by Erasmus+ programme and the Erasmusplus Jeugd.
Partners: Bulgarian Youth Association (Bulgaria), Asociace Dice (Czech Republic), Associazione Vagamondo (Italy), Hellenic Youth Participation (Greece),
Lithuanian Gay League (Lithuania), Association of LGBT and their friends Mozaika (Latvia), Ticket2Europe (Spain).
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