MEET UP! (EN)
ABOUT THE EVENT
The MEET UP! “On the crossroads of history” was an event for everyone who wanted to learn more about Romani culture and get creative with other exciting people. It was a youth MEET UP! for Ukrainian and German participants with and without Roma background.
The event took place 2021 an was dived into two sessions:
1. MEET UP! in Heidelberg/Mannheim, 22 – 24 Oct
About 15 young adults from Germany met in beautiful Heidelberg to learn more about the culture of Sinti and Roma in Europe together with experts. The programme included a visit to the Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma and the RomnoKher House in Mannheim as well as many exciting challenges, a city rally about Mannheim’s persecution history of Sinti & Roma and a theater input.
2. Online Theatre-Workshop, 4. – 7. Nov
In November we came together to share our experiences with the Ukrainian workshop group and create a little online theatre research performance. Thanks to simultaneous translation everyone could join even with little English speaking skills. In the end we managed to present some very inspiring stories of discrimination and empowerment the participants witnessed in their everyday lives.
WE OFFERED
WE EXPECTED
PROGRAMME HEIDELBERG
SASTIPE
– Fri, 22nd Oct
17:00 – Introduction round
17:45 – Programme presentation
18:00 – Dinner
19:00 – Where does our group stand?
20:30 – Evening free time
CROSSROADS OF HISTORY
– Sa, 23rd Oct
8:30 – Breakfast
9:30 – Warm-Up & Reflection
10:30 – Visit of the “Dokumentations- & Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma”
12:00 – Lunch break
14:00 – Following the tracks of Mannheim’s Sinti & Roma – Town rallye with Chana Dischereit, VDSR BW
15:30 – Coffee break at the RomnoKher House
16:00 – #BeCreative! Theatre Workshop with Iris Rüsing, VDSR BW
19:00 – Dinner
20:00 – Movie night – VDSR BW short movie
MEMORIES
– So, 24th Oct
8:30 – Breakfast
9:30 – Warm-Up & Reflection
9:45 – Input: Yesterday, today, tomorrow? Remembering the Genocide of Sinti & Roma with Frank Reuter, Uni Heidelberg
11:00 – Break
11:15 – Final reflection & Wrap-Up
12:15 – Outlook for the transnational workshop with Natali Tomenko, ARCA
12:30 – Lunch & Goodbye
GET SOME IMPRESSIONS
OUR PARTNERS
The Ukrainian NGO “Youth agency for the advocacy of Roma culture – ARCA” has already initiated and supported numerous projects and cooperations at the European level on the topic of “Life of Sinti*zze and Rom*nja”. ARCA has particular expertise in the area of exchange about the history of persecution of Roma and Sinti.
The Association of German Sinti and Roma, Landesverband Baden-Württemberg e.V. comprehensively represents the interests and rights of Sinti and Roma in the state. As an educational institution, place of remembrance, cultural institution and civil rights advice centre, the state association is a dialogue partner for the minority, public institutions and civil society.
teamGLOBAL is a German-wide network of about 50 young volunteers aged between 16 and 27 offering peer-to-peer workshops on topics concerning globalisation and sustainability. The participants of the network develop individual and innovative methods and conduct a great number of workshops at schools and other youth workshops.
OUR FUNDING PARTNERS
In memory of the victims of National Socialist injustice, the Foundation Remembrance Responsibility Future is committed to human rights and international understanding. Today, it is one of the most important German foundations supporting international projects for reconciliation. The MEET UP! Youth for Partnership funding programme is financed with funds from the Federal Foreign Office and the Foundation EVZ.
The German Federal Agency for Civic Education is a federal public authority providing citizenship education and information on political issues for all people in Germany. The work done by the bpb centers on promoting awareness for democracy and participation in politics.