Empathy Project
Scope
Following the funding motto of European identity ‘equal in diversity´, the project EMPATHY supports the prevention of instances and attitudes of racism, xenophobia and intolerance through actions devoted to orientation, integration and inclusion based on non-formal education methods, leading to empathic attitudes of EU citizens towards diversity in general.
Call for participants
Do you want to get involved in a European projeclat together with several young migrants and Romanians living in Brașov? Do you want to help young migrants to integrate in Brașov and learn about them? Do you want to make Romanian friends and learn about Romanian society directly from people your age? Do you want to have new experiences, to gain new life perspectives, to stimulate your creativity, to learn about cultural diversity, tolerance, about how to fight hate speech and xenophobia, and enjoy a multicultural environment in your own city? …
Join the project “EMPATHY – Empowering Migrants Promoting Inclusion via Capacity Building and Communities Engagement” funded by the European Union and implemented in Brașov Migrant Integration Center, in partnership with other NGOs in Germany (Pro Arbeit), Italy (Empathy Foundation and Project School) and Spain (Babella Association).
The Migrant Integration Center in Brașov is looking for 10 young migrants and 10 young Romanians (18-30 years old) to participate in cultural knowledge and learning activities and to promote the “revolution of empathy”. They will be involved in various non-formal activities of orientation, integration and social inclusion of young migrants that will eventually lead to empathic, positive attitudes among young Romanians towards diversity in general.
You can send us your CV and a short letter of motivation, but also your ideas for different activities in which you would like to participate with young Romanians and migrants living in Brașov at e-mail: contact@migrantbrasov.ro.
More details here: https://www.empathy-project.net/
Facebook: Migrant Integration Center Brasov, Telephone: +40766282090
Phase 1: Orientation
Brainstorming Orientation
Romanian Language Courses
Discovering Brașov
Learning traditions
A recreational evening
Building relationships
Mountain trip
Phase 2: Integration
International Academy Milan
The Empathy International Academy aimed to allow local agents of change, partner staff and External Advisory Board experts to meet each other, exchange knowledge and information regarding the project’s activities and outputs and share a sense of belonging to the project which could contribute to increase their commitment and motivation even beyond its end.
The Academy brought together a total of 60 people (40 agents of change and 10 staff) from each partner country, Germany, Romania, Italy, Spain and was held during the creation of local engagement plans.
Phase 3: Inclusion
Brașov Multicultural Day is a yearly festival organized by Migrant Integration Center Brașov that aims to promote and encourage intercultural dialogue, communication, and cooperation between cultures, promote empathy, advocate for tolerance, respect for diversity, promote and educate about the integration of immigrants, combat stereotypes and prejudices that have an impact on the local community and on the lives of migrants/immigrants living in Brașov through two main activities:
1. Show on the stage where migrants living in Brașov, at their own pace, highlight their talents through traditional dance performances, a variety of traditional songs and music, country presentations, theatre plays, poetry recitals and other cultural moments. …
2. Country exhibition stalls created by migrants living in Brașov displaying cultural crafts, traditional clothes, other international art and country-specific items. In this activity, the visitors will receive a “passport” which will be stamped by migrants with their country stamp
Our organization has been promoting the EMPATHY concept through the events, activities and work since its inception in 2012.
In 2022 the festival was branded with the Empathy label where the agents of change have spread the Empathy messages through direct conversations with the local community, personalized messages and media coverage.
