The objectives of the project "Reclaim Your Media" (the training course will be implemented on 02.07.2020 till 08.07.2020 in Leipzig, Germany) are the following: - To deepen the understanding of cultural and religious identities, so to enhance the cultural sensitivity of youth workers - To understand the emergence of stereotypes, their use in social and cultural contexts and their instrumentalization by political movements - To analyze European media in the aspects of reproduction of stereotypes, hate speech and islamophia; further to train key competences to detect, classify and deconstruct these stereotypes - To reflect on the participants own understanding of different cultures and religions and their concepts of identity - To understand the direct and indirect impact of discriminatory media on youth, especially on young migrants, refugees and youngsters at the risk of exclusion - To develop strategies and methods how to encounter discrimination and hate speech - To acquire expertise on antiziganism and anti-Muslim discrimination as the case studies of this training - To emphasize the importance of media literacy in youth work, especially regarding political or religious radicalization, digital privacy and online bulliying - To understand media as an effective mean of youth empowerment, which can give young people a platform for self-expression, organisation and political formation - To equip youth workers with practical, medial skills in order to create local activities and follow-up projects, where youths can use media as a mean of empowerment - To establish a network with like-minded organizations and individuals to create a constant exchange on the issue and discussing further strategies All the objectives are linked with the objectives of the Erasmus + Program in the field of youth. The training course aims to enhance the competencies and to enrich the knowledge of youth workers, whose work addresses youths at the risk of exclusion due to their cultural/religious background. "Reclaim your Media" equips its participants with concrete strategies, tools and skills to implement media literacy and medial youth work: This introduction into media in youth work aims furthermore to inspire and encourage the participants to research further on the topics, to develop individual initiative and to try new approaches in their youth work. By planning follow-up activities, this motivation will be fostered, cooperations established and the further engagement on the topic ensured. By giving the participants tool to enhance social inclusion and tolerance, the project is strongly promoting integration, anti-discrimination, social inclusion, active citizenship and the prevention of radicalization and violent behavior amongst youths. All methods and sessions of the training course will be based on non-formal education, demonstrating the participants the potential of non-formal education not only in youth work but for life-long learning. With multiple sessions dedicated to the Erasmus+ program, its objectives and opportunities, the training course furthermore aims to highlight the program and to inspire youth workers from EU and EaP countries to engage further. As the project includes organizations from both program countries as well as Eastern Partnership countries, is contributing to international cooperation in youth work and will be ground for further collaboration. The training course "Reclaim your media" seeks to teach youth workers how to demonstrate youths their active role in media, public discourse and democracy itself: Through promoting critical thinking and fostering personal initiative of young people, so they can develop a sense of social responsibility and active citizenship.