Are you an active personality looking for a new experience?

Do you want to eliminate at least one stereotype about ethnic minorities in Lithuania?

Do you believe that human equality and variety make life more beautiful?

“Bagel Shop” IS WAITING FOR YOU!

WHAT IS IT? “Bagel Shop” – tolerance campaign against occurrences of anti-Semitism and hatred in the public sphere” is a new project of the Lithuanian Jewish Community. The main aim of this project is to promote tolerance and prevent anti-Semitism as well as incitements of hatred. The project’s partners from Norway are the Jewish Community of Oslo. The project received aid from the European Economic Area’s 2009-2014 NGO Programme in Lithuania.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Volunteers are needed for the implementation of the project’s activities. All volunteers will receive training and will have their own mentor, who will share their knowledge and experience with the volunteers.

You can volunteer in the following spheres:

Monitoring of public space (main activities: media monitoring and analysis of its results, spreading of information in social networks, website www.lzb.lt and newsletter of the project, preparation of thematic publications, organization of public discussions and social actions);

Strengthening of communities and their organizational capabilities (main activities: organization of various thematic trainings and seminars, exchange visits of Lithuania and its Norwegian partners, common events, social campaign “Be Different” and generation and realization of tolerance-promoting ideas for the “Bagel Shop Club”).

WHERE TO APPLY? If you are interested, register via email: agne.zilinskaite@lzb.lt or telephone: 861381889 (Agnė). While registering, please indicate:

Your contact data (name and surname, e-mail address, telephone number and residence address);

Preferable volunteering sphere;

Short motivation, explaining why you would like to volunteer in that specific sphere.

 

See you in the kitchen of the “Bagel Shop”!

 

For more information about the project, visit the website www.lzb.lt

LESS HATRED – MORE TOLERANCE