Build it Together

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Build it together! The project will aim at promoting awareness and building knowledge of EU citizenship rights and associated European common values and common democratic standards through building knowledge and sharing best practices on the benefits of diversity as well as effective measures on how to tackle discrimination and racism at the local level. As part of the project idea we shall use 2 main concepts in the planned activities which will focus on targeting the older generation and youths through focusing our activities on sharing good practices which assist in citizens better understanding each other and promoting integration and understanding the differences in cities through 2 common mediums which are through storytelling: the collection of stories as said and witnessed by citizens through their life and the 2nd medium would be through the use of home cooking which although diverse according to customs and traditions have common factors, ingredients which implicate that although different we share commonalities among us. Through the project we would also address the barriers between older people and youth addressing the perceptions and misconceptions of youth as wasters, hanging out causing problems, where older people fear interaction with youth based on media portrayals. This is supported by research from Macionis and Plummer 2009 and Devlin 2020. From our perspective, Covid-19 increased the fear and further separated these groups. The lack of interaction is detrimental to society as a whole. The project will seek to overcome issues that impede communication through the planned activities.