The EYF-funded project “Greece 2022: Atlas of Social Oppression”, organised by Youth Empowerment Centre, aims at raising awareness among young people in Thessaloniki, Greece, on the phenomena of social oppression. 20 young people were trained on key terms related with social oppression and equipped with educational tools to raise this topic with other young people. During the training, the participants discussed about different forms of social oppression and what can be done to fight them. Through interactive learning, they discussed about discrimination also in the context of migration and social inclusion of Roma people in Greece. The EYF secretariat visited the project on 7-8 March. Some participants’ voices: Chris: “This project gives me the opportunity to be more engaged socially. I have experienced social exclusion when I was younger. I want to learn more about this topic, to exchange with other young people, to construct my own opinion. This kind of projects is important because it allows us to go deeper in topics that we may vaguely know, but we have not thought about them in an organised way.” Helia:” I am glad to be part of this project that allows me to think of better ways of taking action, for a better world. This kind of projects is important because in schools we do not learn all that is relevant for our daily life. So with this kind of activities we get a better insights of this kind of problems and learn about social issues and human values.” |