Learning opportunities
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Training Course
February 7, 2024
February 13, 2024
Netherlands
20+
ASAP!
• Local Action Phase | in each participating country
• Capacity Building Meeting | 27/06 - 1/07/2024, Ommen
The stories we tell - to ourselves and others - shape our reality.
Stories Act is a project about stories of empowerment, inclusion and acknowledgment for/about/with the LGBTQIA+/queer community and allies. In our polarised society where it becomes more and more important to hear diverse stories from many different voices, LGBTQIA+/Queer community is a holder of key resources.
In Stories Act, we want to exprerience storytelling and its tools in order to learn, train, and boost these resources, in 3 phases; Please note that selected participants are expected to participate in all 3 phases of the program.
Stories Act is a holistic learning journey offering a creative space for queer and allies youth workers to
explore storytelling as a tool to increase the quality of their youth work and work with queer youth.
During this program and its different phases, you have the opportunity to experience a dynamic, inclusive and celebratory learning environment, where we focus on empowering participants with the necessary competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) for engaging young queer and allies individuals actively, encouraging them to participate, and take initiatives in activities and society at large.
Through storytelling methodologies Stories Act aims to be a playground to give shape to empowering narratives.
We will create spaces and experiences to express and acknowledge stories that need to be told and heard: stories that celebrate queer joy and diversity, that acknowledge humanity as a common trait, that empower to face obstacles and generate accountability, that inspire to act and choose empathy, that guide us into overcoming pain, and foster inclusion. We will work with traditional stories, personal stories and with oral, visual and audio storytelling, as means of expression.
This training program is for you if you are:
• Youth worker, youth leader, activist, mentor, NGO staff, project manager - who work or have some experience working with LGBTQIA+/queer youth - thus you have basic knowledge and understanding of queer related terminology.
• Above 20+ years old
• Part of the LGBTQIA+/queer community, an ally or/and interested to expand your competencies in the topics and tools
• Highly motivated and committed taking part in all the phases and main activities
• Ready to participate in an intercultural environment and inspired to challenge yourself, and work on your personal and professional development, so to inspire in return your target groups
• Able to work and communicate in simple English