TURNING WORDS INTO ACTION TO ADDRESS ANTISEMITISM

14:30 – 15:00 Registration European Parliament, Altiero Spinelli Building, Rue Wiertz 60, Brussels – Room ASP 3H1 15:00 – 15:30 Opening remarks Cristina Finch, Head, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, OSCE/ODIHR Katharina Von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on anti-Semitism 15:30 – 16:00 MEPs interventions Benedek Javor MEP, Member, European Parliament Anti-Racism Diversity Intergroup, Chair, Greens/European Free Alliance AntiGypsyism Working Group Brando Benifei MEP, Member, European Parliament Anti-Racism Diversity Intergroup Chair, Youth Intergroup Soraya Post MEP, Co-President, European Parliament Anti-Racism Diversity Intergroup 16:00 – 16:30 Keynote presentation Benjamin Fischer, President, European Union of Jewish Students 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break 17:00 – 17:30 Revisiting assumptions and strengthening our sense of common humanity Rachel Bayani, Head of Office, Baha'i International Community Coalition building needs to start with revisiting assumptions about identity and our relation to others. Commonly assumed differences between peoples, seen as insurmountable and ineradicable, foster “us” and “them” identifications that ultimately lead to prejudice, alienation and fragmentation. Coalition building needs to explore how we can articulate and strengthen our sense of common humanity and value each one of us as a unique contributor to the society building process 17:30 – 19:00 Panel: Sharing best practices and challenges in building coalitions in the OSCE region Mark Weitzman, Chair of the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial, International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Robin Sclafani, Director, CEJI - A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe Viviane Teitelbaum, President, European Women’s Lobby 25

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