Armenian Progressive Youth NGO Info-Pack "Where Does Hate Come From?" | Page 2

ABOUT THE TRAINING COURSE
Following the migration crisis in Europe and influx of refugees in
European countries, an escalating wave of hate speech and increase in
xenophobic attitude have become a dramatic reality for Europe. Young
people, being less experienced, naive and more impulsive, tend to fall into the
extreme movements and become supporters of right-wing political ideology.
Moreover, the widespread expression of hatred on online platforms is of
major concern of many officials, urging to counter racist and xenophobic
posts. Hate speech online is a widespread phenomenon nowadays which
promotes or justifies racial hatred, xenophobia, anti‐semitism or other forms
of hatred based on intolerance.
The training course ''Where does hate come from?'' will bring together
32 youth workers and young leaders aiming to enhance their knowledge and
understanding of hate speech’ elements, to empower them to develop
creative methods to tackle hate speech among young people in their local
environment.

The objectives of this TC are:
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to explore the notion of hate speech and examine its main roots,
to foster critical and creative thinking among youth workers,
to inspire youth workers to find out innovative mechanisms and
solutions in fighting hate speech, targeting strangers, immigrants and
refugees,
to introduce the method of campaign as a tool to increase the
awareness on hate speech against strangers, immigrants and refugees,
to inspire young people for implementing their own ideas in local
communities,
to build solid partnership among youth workers and encourage the
implementation of similar projects on European level.