📖 Activity 1: Understanding Inclusion – What Does It Mean?

Komotini 691 00, Greece

📖 Activity 1: Understanding Inclusion – What Does It Mean?

Komotini 691 00, Greece

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📖 Activity 1: Understanding Inclusion – What Does It Mean?
💡 Why This Matters?
Inclusion means ensuring everyone has equal opportunities to participate in society, regardless of their background, identity, or abilities. In this activity, you will explore the meaning of inclusivity, why it is important, and what we can do to make communities more welcoming and diverse.
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🎥 Get Inspired: Authentic Inclusion: What is it and why it matters? by Frances West
Description: In this talk, Frances West discusses the concept of authentic inclusion, emphasizing its importance in both business and society. She calls for a new way of thinking where inclusion is integrated into the core values and operations of organizations and communities.
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This video aligns well with the theme of understanding the true essence of inclusion and its significance in creating equitable environments.
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🚀 Now Take Action!
✅ Reflect on what inclusion means to you and how it affects your daily life.
✅ Interview someone from a marginalized group about their experiences with inclusivity and exclusion.
✅ Write a short reflection or create a 1-minute video explaining why inclusion is important.
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🌍 Who Is Behind This Activity?
Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and take action on European Youth Goal #8: Quality Learning. We value your contributions and want to reward you with badge recognition.
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📌 Project Partners:
🔹 System&G, Greece – Lead Partner
🔹 CODEC, Belgium
🔹 Badgecraft, Lithuania
🔹 System&G, Finland
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💬 Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project "European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning".
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Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.

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🏅 Badge Description for Activity 1: Understanding Inclusion – What Does It Mean?
This badge is awarded to individuals who have explored the meaning and impact of inclusion in society. Badge earners have reflected on their own experiences, engaged in conversations with individuals from marginalized groups, and expressed their understanding of why inclusivity is essential.
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This badge recognizes the earner’s ability to critically analyze inclusion, engage in respectful discussions about diversity, and effectively communicate the importance of fostering inclusive societies.

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity member

To earn this badge, recipients have:
✔ Reflected on what inclusion means to them and how it shapes their daily lives.
✔ Engaged in meaningful dialogue by interviewing a person from a marginalized community about their experiences with inclusivity and exclusion.
✔ Demonstrated their understanding by creating a written reflection or a 1-minute video explaining why inclusion matters.
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Provide your evidence with a photo, a text or even a link.

Location

Komotini 691 00, Greece

Skills

#Enhance learning & development

#Support inclusion

Civic engagement

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Organisers

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Used in playlists

Empowered Learners: Advancing Quality Learning

Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Created on European Youth Goals

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