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Street'Impacti

2024-3-FR02-KA152-YOU-0002696582024Mobility of young peoplefinalizedGood practice
Countries: FR|IT|RS · Grant: €30,006
Creativity, arts and culturePromoting gender equality

Objectives

Basically, we wanted to give young people with fewer opportunities - particularly those who had gone abroad with the Move association - the chance to continue their commitment to a collective project. We chose to work on the theme of gender equality, using street art as a means of expression and raising awareness. The idea was to enable young people, accompanied by local associations, to take part in artistic workshops and debates, and then to share their creations at a street art festival in Saint-Marcellin. The frescoes and graphics workshops run by the participants were to be used to spread their messages to the local community. We also wanted to promote encounters between young people from different socio-economic backgrounds - from the countryside to urban areas - and from different cultures (Western and Eastern Europe). The aim was to help them understand how social inequalities and discrimination are structured in our societies, while developing a critical view of their own situation and that of others. Our aim was to help them identify their power to act, recognise the obstacles they face and develop courses of action to build a more inclusive society. The project aimed to respond to several needs expressed by the young people: a lack of space for expression and recognition, a feeling of powerlessness in the face of social inequalities and a lack of knowledge about the mechanisms of discrimination. By incorporating an intercultural dimension, we wanted them to meet other young Europeans (particularly from Italy and Serbia), to encourage cultural exchange and the deconstruction of stereotypes. The choice of street art was not an insignificant one: this medium, at the heart of militancy and social struggles, often allows us to tackle the issue of rights, freedoms and respect for differences. We also wanted to work on the gendered aspect of the medium, since it is largely dominated by men, and make it more accessible to young women. The multi-activity approach (graffiti, stencilling, screen-printing, etc.) should enable participants to acquire practical skills that can be reused in future activities. Finally, we wanted the project to leave a mark beyond the one-off activities. That's why we planned to collect the testimonies and productions of the young people on a web page, distributed via stickers with QR codes. In this way, the results could be circulated locally and across Europe. From an educational point of view, our ambition was to involve young people at all stages of the project - from design to implementation - in order to strengthen their autonomy, organisational skills and active citizenship. The project also had to promote European mobility and enhance the skills acquired through tools such as Youthpass. Finally, through the final event and the creation of a fresco, we wanted to leave a lasting impact on the local area.

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