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A No-Violence Area
Tutin, February 9, 2016
The Novi Pazar-based youth group of the Helsinki
Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, „The Youth in Action“ staged the
performance „A No-Violence Area.“ Young activists wanted to deconstruct
the common stereotypes about their fellow citizens. Members of dance and
theater troupes from Tutin were performing under the slogans „Diversity
makes us rich“ and “Preserve the differences, they connect us!”
The Helsinki Committee previously held a youth
seminar in Tutin. Sociologist Srđan Barišić and human rights
activist and workshop leader Demir Mekić spoke about countering
extremist ideologies in the local community and youth activism.
Seminar participants emphasized peer violence as one of the greatest
problems plaguing their community and addressed in this context the
role of school police officers. Having identified high unemployment
rate among the local youth as a pressing issue, seminar participants
concluded that “the youth can make all the changes they need if they
truly want to.”
The youth seminar and the public event were
organized within the project “Reach out Sandzak II” implemented with
the assistance from the US Embassy, Belgrade.
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