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On March 21, we celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the Children’s Balloon in Herăstrău Park, where 100 children of different ethnic backgrounds (Romanian, Roma, Hungarian, French and Middle Eastern) participated in team games for several hours. The event, which was organized by Terre des Hommes in partnership with UEFA, Policy Center for Roma and Minorities and other organizations,
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FARE Network is recruiting anti-discrimination monitors for Euro 2012 football matches taking place in Poland and Ukraine. The monitors selected through the application process (final day to apply is April 2) will attend matches to watch for incidents of discrimination and to collaborate with the fans embassy teams to prevent and solve any such incidents. Monitors, who receive transportation, lodging and a ticket to
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Debate House teachers are taking place in a second professional development workshop this Saturday, March 10. The workshop focuses on two main themes: debate and public speaking (first part) and feedback and evaluation in education (second part). The sessions are led by experienced facilitators (two members of the ARDOR team and teacher Roxana Marin), who will engage the teachers in discussion and interactive, hands-on
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As a partner of the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Bucharest, we announce the third annual academic conference, which will take place on May 18-19 at the University of Bucharest. The theme of this year’s conference is Redefining the Nation: Ethnicity and Nationhood in Communist and Post-Communist Societies. Romanian and foreign undergraduate and post-graduate students of relevant subjects (political studies, anthropology,
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities partner Asociația Ovidiu Rom has launched a new component of its Each Child in Kindergarten project. In 2012, the organization is organizing a public information campaign on the importance of early education and the impact of a child’s first years of life on that child’s the cognitive development. International studies show that children who start their education early
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The Policy Center for Roma and Minorities team invites you to join our efforts to offer a better life to the children from the Ferentari area. We invite the friends and supporters of the organization to a Spring Dinner—a fundraising event to support the Alternative Education Club. The dinner and a music and dance show prepared for our guests will take place on Monday,
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Journalist Laura Oniță has released a short film on the seemingly insurmountable obstacles to positive growth and a good education that Roma children face in Romania. The extreme poverty, hunger, deprivation and racially-motivated, systemic prejudice experienced by Roma children daily prevent them from either entering the formal education system altogether or from performing well, graduating and moving on to the next levels. When they
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Policy Center for Roma and Minorities (PCRM) felicită pe cei 14 finaliști selecționați pentru participare la Debate House 2011-2012. Cei 13 profesori de gimnaziu și liceu și un învățător participă mâine, 2 ianuarie, la primul seminar pentru cadre didactice, pe tema diversității, care va fi condus de Roxana Marin. Seminarul le va oferi și o introducere la proiect, ca și șansa să viziteze Clubul
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To celebrate the accomplishments of a fruitful 2011, the Policy Center’s Alternative Education Club street dance and theater groups showed off their talent through two public performances at the end of December. With family members, friends, but also established artists, and high-ranking diplomats in attendance, the shows rewarded the children’s hard work while promoting a sense of solidarity that transcends race and ethnicity among
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