http://youth-against-racism.net/taxonomy/term/23/0 Young people as peer leaders for diversity and tolerance - Forms and approaches of a peer education among young people for diversity and tolerance. ijab http://youth-against-racism.net/node/148 <p><em>Luis Manuel Pinto is European Coordinator of the European Peer Training Organisation (EPTO) / Youth Initiative of the European Jewish Information Centre (CEJI)<br /> EPTO is a network of organisations and individuals who are working with peer education on diversity issues. EPTO’s educational programmes are used around Europe in schools and other youth environments.</em></p> <p><strong>The idea of peer</strong><br /> Socially, what defines one’s identity is associated with one’s sex or gender, nationality, religious belief, physical ability, ethnic background, sexual orientation, social class or age group. A ‘peer’ is in the broader sense of the term, someone that share one or more descriptors of your identity that place you in certain society sector or group. In the youth work context, the term ‘peer’ has been mainstreamed focusing on the age factor, meaning that a peer is someone from your age group and surrounding community with which one shares common references.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://youth-against-racism.net/node/148">read more</a></p> http://youth-against-racism.net/node/148#comment working group 2 Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:53:47 +0100 Luis Manuel Pinto 148 at http://youth-against-racism.net