We performed the workshop As Real Life – Sexual and Gender Diversity in Europe in the group in our ACE-project meeting in Bordeaux. The aims of the workshop were firstly to introduce a dominance sensible approach in education on the issue of sexual and gender diversity, secondly to inform about the fact of sexual and gender diversity, and thirdly to develop first steps to empower groups of sexual and gender minorities. We prepared the workshop to deal with the question of European Union Rights from the perspective of values and norms, rather than actual rights. Sometimes living in a country with rights doesn’t guarantee that these rights apply to you. Some people also have some rights but not other. In our educational work Dissens – Institute for Education and Research try to look at the norms and values in our (different) societies in order to understand in what way people can be discriminated against, even if the rights are there, not only when the rights are lacking, and how to invent individual and political strategies to fight for the same rights for everyone on all levels.

Please use and don’t hesitate to spread the manual here: As Real Life – Sexual and Gender Diversity in Europe – Manual from Dissens e.V.

We have organized four workshops at Summa College Eindhoven on their “European Day” where the theme of this year was “Borderless”. The theme of the workshop matched perfectly with ACE project. Therefore we liked it to be there and to be part of it.

We would like thank for Peter Berkers who organized this day!

Here is our presentation which we have done…

ACE (Active Citizenship in Europe) 27 January

Here is the program of European Day at Summa College:

program summa college

presentatie 23 mei ACE project_gemeente Waalre

The project team has visited the municipality Waalre. We had meeting with Mrs. Hanneke Balk, Alderman of the city of Waalre and first vice Mayor, and Mr Kees de Zeeuw, member and vice chair of the city council of Waalre. We have shared our experiences about the European citizenship rights and we have learned the vision and the activities of the city of Waalre related to EU and EU citizenship rights…

We would like to thank to Mrs. Hanneke Balk and Mr. Kees de Zeeuw for their kind cooperation!