A real spring event: for the third time, Jamba’s community event series, Prizma, brought together the Jamba community and those interested in the programme. This time we went for a city walk in the eighth district of Uccu . They provided stories and information to help us understand the Roma, and allowed us to ask them questions and talk to each other about issues affecting the Roma community without taboos.
The programme
The programme is part of the II. It started from Pope John Paul Square, crossed the Great Driver and ended at Mátyás Square, where it ended at the Glove Factory. Uccu’s well-trained Betti guided us, stopping at certain points, recalling the difficulties faced by the Roma culture and giving us the opportunity to ask questions. It was particularly exciting to be in the middle of a clearance of rubbish in the district, but it was uplifting to experience this diversity and to deal with it with humour and serenity. At Jamba, we believe that visibility is important, that diversity creates value. That’s why it’s important that our programmes are also open to the street where appropriate, accessible and available to anyone who wants to join in.
The walk ended at the Glove Factory, where we sat down for an hour to talk. Uccu staff helped moderate this dialogue on stereotypical and hurtful discrimination against Roma, segregation and the fundamental right to education. It is important to know that one of Uccu’s main activities is to initiate dialogue between Roma and non-Roma young people. They visit schools and hold informal and partnership-based educational workshops. These workshops are about Roma cultural groups, Roma history and identity. The experience of the UCI is that negative discrimination often comes from the adult population and is often based on a lack of information, knowledge and real experience. In some respects, Roma culture is in a similar social situation as the group of people with disabilities: in Hungary there is no open dialogue between different social groups, there is no education in schools, so the unknown fields are often filled with negative things and beliefs.
The community
For the outstanding social work, and also for the incredibly high quality of the contribution to the third Prizma, we would like to express our gratitude and thanks to the Uccu . At Jamba, we believe that by creating a safe environment, we can motivate each other and build good examples through the sustaining power of community, pointing the way to a just and non-discriminatory society.
Come to our events and experience this community power!
Previous Prism events here and here here and here.
The programme is Mozaik Hub and we thank you very much for your support!
