“Several people have asked me, ‘What would you change in your life, if you could?’ They expected me to answer that I would like to walk, but I said I would like not to be so lazy.” This is a quote from Mathei, a teenager with a physical disability. He and his peers from other countries speak about their life experiences for the new education platform Stories That Move. This platform has been created for teachers and parents to help them talk to children and explain to them what discrimination, stereotypes and media literacy are, as well as how to counteract offline and online bullying. Also, video comments from scholars, teachers and researchers explain the mechanisms of discriminatory actions and statements, and tell the audience how to oppose them.

Organisers: Space of Tolerance Kyiv Education Centre

Speakers: 

Anna Lenchovska, Director of the Space of Tolerance Kyiv Education Centre;

Vitaliy Bobrovv, tutor at the Ukrainian Centre for Holocaust Studies;

Oleksandr Voytenko, author of the Stories That Move platform;

Yulia Varlamova, deputy director of Petropavlivsk secondary school № 2;

Maksym Haichenko, student of Mykolaiv secondary school № 29;

Polina Myronenko, student of Hadiach Gymnasium named after O. Pchilka;

Albina Varlamova, student of Petropavlivsk secondary school № 2.