Who We Are
Five European organizations unite to harness the power of youth work in addressing unconscious bias and invisible racism
Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et l’Antisémitisme (LICRA) – France
The International league against racism and antisemitism (Licra) is the oldest antiracist association in France, it was created in 1927. The main objectives of the association are to fight online and offline racism and antisemitism and to promote republican and universalist values, such as secularism.
Licra was set up to support and defend all victims of racism and anti-Semitism. It has also made education and awareness-raising about the fight against racism and anti-Semitism an essential part of its work. It organises more than 1,000 educational activities a year throughout France in schools, sports clubs, universities and with French police officers.
For several years now, the Licra has been involved in several European projects to combat hate speech and hate crimes, both online and offline. Today, Licra is delighted to be involved in the LIGHT project, an innovative educational project focusing on unconscious biases and invisible racism. This project is a continuation of Licra’ fight against racism and anti-Semitism.
Centro Per Lo Sviluppo Creativo Danilo Dolci – Italy
The Center for Creative Development Danilo Dolci is a non-profit association born from the social and educational work experience of Danilo Dolci -sociologist, educator, poet and nonviolent activist- started in western Sicily since 1952. The Center works today at social and educational level promoting nonviolent and creative community development through participatory methods, creating opportunities for each person to contribute fully and actively.
The work of the Center is based on the belief that no real change can abstract from the involvement and the direct participation of the people concerned: thus, CSC aims to activate processes of identification of needs and desires from the community co-designing interventions with a bottom-up approach. The Center is committed to support the uptake of innovative and participatory educational approaches in formal and non-formal contexts; to encourage active and responsible citizenship, democratic participation and community dialogue through research and action processes oriented toward social change; to promote nonviolent development, critical thinking, responsible, empathetic and reciprocal communication and to contribute to social justice by creating conditions for the valorisation of the individual in harmonic growth with the environment, fostering social inclusion and advocacy of rights for all.
KMOP Education & Innovation Hub – Greece
KMOP, founded in 1977 in Greece, is a leading civil society organization dedicated to empowering and enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities through social support services, educational initiatives, research & policy and, raising awareness on current societal challenges.
Over the years, KMOP has broadened its impact to a global scale, maintaining a presence in three countries—Greece, Belgium, and North Macedonia—with permanent offices in Athens, Piraeus, Kifissia, Thessaloniki, Brussels, and Skopje.
At the heart of KMOP‘s mission is the commitment to tackle social challenges through evidence-based solutions that foster individual and collective prosperity. Our approach focuses on creating and implementing innovative social programs designed to build self-worth, reduce inequalities, and promote inclusive and sustainable development.
Over the last two decades, KMOP has launched more than 450 social initiatives, positively impacting over 200,000 individuals with the support of both institutional and private donors.
Stowarzyszenie Centrum Wspierania Edukacji i Przedsiębiorczości – Poland
Centre For Education And Entrepreneurship Support (CWEP) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2004 by a group of entrepreneurs, teachers and social activists from Rzeszów, Poland. CWEP cooperates with businesses and educational institutions.
The mission of CWEP is to increase the quality of education training at all levels and in all its forms, as well as to promote entrepreneurship in order to foster integration of any social group, regardless of their gender, age or ethnic origin.
Particularly, the aims are to improve accessibility, quality and efficiency of education of all people, to promote and contribute to adult education, life-long learning, e-learning and the usage of new technologies in education and entrepreneurship.
The Association works with many partners from Europe in order to strengthen the economic position of enterprises and provides on-line platforms for companies.
Stichting Radio La Benevolencija Humanitarian Tools Foundation – Netherlands
Radio La Benevolencija Humanitarian Tools Foundation (RLB) is a Dutch NGO that creates Media Entertainment -Education (Edutainment) campaigns to embed psychological knowledge and stimulate attitude change, promoting active bystandership against identity-based violence (IBV). Since 2004, the organization produces, broadcasts and impact-evaluates long-running edutainment radio dramas in concert with related video and audio infotainment programs and grass roots activities to national audiences in Rwanda, Burundi and in the DR Congo.
Evaluations of these formats serve as action-research on how to create audiences that are resistant to Identity-based incitement. In Europe, the organization uses this impact-evaluated methodology in new media to prevent the on- and offline radicalization of vulnerable EU citizens by providing “resilience know-how” and triggering critical thinking through bespoke online video gaming formats, trained internet trawlers, as well as social campaigns aiming to reach a resistant, trans-European target audience of young adults (18-35 years).