GALE reportage | YOUth in ACTivism Project [2018]

PETERINGCreator of movement: Peter Dankmeijer

The person behind GALE• Peter Dankmeijer àexecutive director of the foundation which supports GALE• Online platform• Founded in 2007à During 2004-2007, Peter Dankmeijer created GALE and is currently GALE is an informal Internet platform which is supported by a foundation under Dutch law• 2011à INDEPENDANCE YEAR• European funding ONLY from Erasmus+

Good to knowThe strategy for the next five years consists of 6 action points based on 3 strategic lines(strategic action, capacity building and global advocacy):Strategic action1. the development of World Reports2. stimulating strategic committeesCapacity building3. organizing conferences4. training5. quality benchmarkingInternational advocacy6. cooperation on global politics



TeachersAUTHENTICCONNECTEDNICE TO EACH OTHER

Tools• Peter is approaching schools by asking the educators “What do you need?” (whole school system)• Traveling around the word researching• “FIGHT OR FLIGHT” • Two things you have to keep in mind in such interventions:– To implement effect on people you have to them (inspiration/ motivated by something)– Detect the environment so as to understand how to open a subject (e.g. in each country/group/background etc.)

Tools: part 2• Until the first 2 weeks of the school year → kids should have already agreed on the ground rules (introduced by themselves also)• Answer to social problems such is bullying → Responsible Leadership instead of a more Primitive Leadership → teachers cannot influence the latter → so the first should be promoted anyway → No Blame Interventions → the bullies are the resolvers

Sexual Education → still on a minimum level • Even by now only 8% of the schools in Netherlands actually does something about sexual education • Many schools may typically be presenting as if they support sexual education, but many of them usually limit their involvement to banners, posters, flag but not in a very essential way

RIGHT NOW 2 PROJECTS RUNNING:• An educating program for teachers (that is ending in 2 months)• ABC about bullying• Prosocial Schools → safer schools → mutual empathy

• TARGET GROUP : TEACHERS, PROFESSIONALS, STUDENTS• HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOOLS à MORE OPENMINDED TEACHERS à MORE AFFECTIVE THE PROJECT IS TO THE STUDENTS

Quotes“Violence is always gendered”“To be kind to all people. Don’t stay on the details”“Modern Homophobia is about tolerance at a Distance”“Activists are usually really angry about something that has happened to them and they want to punish”

CHECK IT OUT• WORLD MAP• PAGE 12 à BOOKLET• https://www.gale.info/index

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