Within the scope of Towards a New Discourse and Dialogue project, the online tools and methods used for combating hate speech will be discussed with the participation of Positive Messengers project that aims to counter online hate speech against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Europe. The lead partner of the project Sofia Development Association's Director of Programmes Sevdalina Voynova will participate in the workshop. The workshop will take place on June 17, Wednesday between 15.00 - 17.00.
In the first part of the workshop, the training kit of Positive Messengers project and their non-formal training experiences will be presented. In the second part, the ways of combating hate speech and discrimination with online tools to produce counter-narrative and alternative discourse as well as the limits and possibilities of online training will be discussed together with the participants.
Participation in the workshop is limited to 20 people. You may apply for the workshop until June 12, Friday at 18.00. The workshop will be held via Zoom. Please click here to apply for the workshop.
While selecting participants for the workshop, priority will be given to trainers, experts and employees from non-governmental, public, and media institutions working in the field of anti-discrimination and non-formal training.
The language of the workshop will English. Simultaneous translation will be provided both in English and Turkish.
About Positive Messengers project
The Project Coalition of Positive Messengers to Counter Online Hate Speech - co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission- tackles the issue of hate speech - online hate speech in particular, targeted against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the 7 EU countries. It addresses the need for more effective civil society response to online hate speech through sharing and disseminating best practices. The main project objective is to strengthen the response of civil society at the national and EU level to online hate speech through active engagement of local communities in creating and sharing powerful counter-narratives against xenophobic discourse. The project focuses on 1) building multi-stakeholder coalitions for developing counter-narratives to denounce hate speech and negative representations of migrants and refugees, and 2) disseminating the positive messages through media literacy and a public awareness campaign.
