Français About the “Worldplaces-Workplaces Working for Women Integration” project The Employability service of Generation 2.0 RED stays up-to-date with the needs arising, including the best practices identified and the knowledge acquired continuously since 2016, when the service was for the first time addressing the employability needs of second generation, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Since December 2021, the focus of the Employability service is […]
It is with great pleasure that we announce the program “The Other in Me“, a part of the development and promotion of alternative education from the Generation 2.0 RED organization! This program involves a series of educational games and experiential activities in High Schools, where skilled motivators and specialized educators of the organization will conduct the workshops. In every school that expresses interest to participate, […]
Generation 2.0 RED attended the Express Your Rights! 8th Venice Human Rights Festival! From 6-8 January 2017, the students of the European Master’s Program for Human Rights and Democratization are turning their heads towards different forms of art and culture to show its possibilities in expressing and fighting for Human Rights worldwide. Making use of their diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds, the students combine them […]
Τhe Non-Formal Education service of Generation 2.0 RED, maintains specialized staff, which utilizes modern practices for people of all ages to learn the Greek language. The goal of Generation 2.0 RED’s educational service is the empowerment and integration through learning the Greek language. Regular participation contributes significantly to this goal as well as contact and interaction with the team, which is another important tool. The […]
The annual New Generation Got Game intercultural basketball tournament, which is organized in Athens and Syros island by the organization Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity, is the setting of a documentary about the lives of youngsters with immigrant origins, who were born or/and raised in Greece. The camera follows the tournament and zooms in to the meaning of basketball in the everyday lives of […]
The migration code (l. 4251/2014) includes the Article 21, titled “Common rights for third-country citizens”. In this article, paragraph 2 explicitly states that “… third-country citizens legally residing in Greece are insured in the same social insurance organizations and have the same social security rights as national citizens”. Well said, since under the social insurance equality, equal social contributions of legal workers in Greece should […]
Scene 1 – Take No345. The episode of Citizenship in the series “The cumbersome system of Greece” has been screened thousands of times in the Greek media, maybe even more than an episode of FRIENDS on national TV. Since it was still called Second Generation and functioning as an informal group, Generation 2.0 was trying to promote equality, respect for diversity and the access to […]
The “Diversity Volcano” is an innovative floor board game, designed to work as an alternative educational tool, aiming at familiarizing students with the concepts of diversity, multiculturalism and human rights!
For 4 consecutive years, a beautiful event is taking place the last Saturday of May at the 2nd Primary School of Acharnon! The Festival of Love &Acceptance opened its wings for the first time in 2013 and draw colorful smiles on this day! Since then, the Festival renews its date every year by increasing the activities and enriching the program, spreading love to people regardless […]
* Photo by Abdulazez Dukhan, Through Refugee Eyes New year’s eve is just around the corner, people are counting backwards the hours left, running to buy last minute gifts, the atmosphere is festive, children are happy cause of the snow, everyone is tightening their scarves, some hate Christmas and stay at home, others enjoy the holiday spirit, these magical days, the hugs, the kisses, the […]
On December 23, 2016, ROMANTSO and Generation 2.0 RED joined forces to organize the second We Take The Streets Bazaar, a multicultural celebration which included many countries and races from all over the world! Flavors, music, colors and aromas mingled and created a great feast for everyone, with music full of African groove and psychedelia, while people danced erratically with ethnic vibes! Food that we […]
Hanukkah, Kwanaa, Omisoka, Id al-Adha, Hajj, Shabe-Yalda You might not know what these words mean, not even how to pronounce them, but this is not the issue. The thing is that you hear them here, in our neighborhood, Gerani, and they hide inside them a feast. So, for this year’s holidays, we invite you to learn how other countries and races of the world do […]
On Wednesday the 7th of December 2016, after the reformation and the definite separation of the Citizenship Office and the Ministry of Migration Policy, Generation 2.0 RED had a meeting with the General Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Constantino Nikolao Poulakis. Regarding the concerns that have appeared about the administrative changes and the delays, he commented that they still haven’t figured out who is […]
An end was put to the horrendous case that began in the summer of 2012, when Walid Taleb was found unconscious tied to a tree in Salamina, with an iron chain around his neck. Walid was working in a bakery on the island when he became a victim of racist violence and sexual abuse by four people. After five postponements of the court, and with […]
A brief reference to the issue of citizenship was made by the Minister of Migration Policy, Yannis Mouzalas, in an interview he gave to ANA-MPA. Once again it was all about vague statements, which remain unanswered and intensify the feeling of insecurity that prevails in the lives of at least 100,000 children who are still waiting to get the right they deserve. Specifically, when he […]
23 organizations, on the 28th of November 2016 signed a joint statement about the living conditions in the camps, for which the government bears responsibility and ought to adhere to specific safety standards. The tragedy in Moria was the result of the inhuman living conditions in the camps. About the situation, not only the government should be held accountable, but also all those who do […]
A great man and politician passed away at the age of 90, on Sunday, November 20th. Everyone talks about an exceptional and selfless personality who, even though coming from the conservative right party, he always stayed objective and never avoided to take responsibility of his own words. He fought in every chance he got the objective truth and reality, and that is why politicians praise […]
Once more, refugees were targeted through propaganda and disinformation, with the media full of articles about attacks with fireworks by “illegal immigrants” (?!) from the camp of Souda in Chios against the local residents. Fearful comments and broadcasts regarding the episodes yesterday and the day before – November 17th and 16th 2016 – in the refugees camp in Chios have overwhelmed the internet, talking about […]
Yesterday, November 16th 2016, on his last transatlantic voyage as the President of the United States, Barak Obama was at the Cultural Center Stavros Niarchos Foundation giving a speech, which was applauded by all those who were present. In his speech he talked about all those things this small but great people gave over the centuries throughout mankind. He talked about the birth of Democracy, […]
The stormy history of migration policy in the Greek system seems to be a standard practice of errors and a sloppy approach, without an established common tactic and organization. When the asylum and reception services were established, went under the supervision of the Ministry of Citizen’s Protection instead of the Ministry of Interior, and they began their function after two years after, without adequate mechanisms […]
By Ganna Milenko A knock on the door of the classroom. The teachers stops the lesson. All eyes on the door that opens. The Vice Principal stands by the door with a A4 paper on hand. He apologizes to the teacher and takes a formal look. “The foreigners, please, stand and follow me”, he says with a loud and steady voice, as if we are […]
The United States of America have just selected Donald Trump as their new president. Since his submission of nomination, we had expressed our sincere concern about human rights. Throughout the presidential race, our fears continued to grow day by day. Hate speech was used and will continue to be used more and more. We are more than sure that this hate will be expressed as […]
Last week, on October 27, 2016, the “Make your CV Strong & your Job Search Successful” Workshop finished with flying colors! Two groups were made, one in English and one in Greek, with more than ten people attending the event. Qualified experts were there to facilitate the workshop, dedicating more than two hours for each group. The workshop started with a thorough presentation of two different […]
Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity is a nonprofit organisation consisted of migrants and Greeks who work together to promote equal participation in a diverse society, through the empowerment of communities. We combine action and research, aiming to promote human rights, equality and diversity, fight racism, xenophobia and discrimination in general. As an organization, we have over 10 years of experience in social […]
On Friday the 14th of October a workshop for LGBTQI+ rights was organized at our offices. This was the first one on a number of workshops Generation 2.0 RED is planning on this topic. These workshops are open to our members and everyone who is interested to attend. Benjamin Dalton, a member of our organization and a dear friend, was the instructor of this workshop. […]
According to data given by the Office of the Secretary General of Migration Policy, quantitative data are presented about the approvals of the acquisition of Greek citizenship: a) under the law 3838/2010 (Ragousi Law) and b) under the law 4332/2015 (due to birth or school attendance) for Greece and Attica respectively. Under the law 3838/2010 (Ragousi Law) Concerning the requests during the former legal status, […]
The message of a young refugee leaving Athens “Well, here we are it is my last hours in Greece, Holly Greece, I really don’t know how to thank you and your people, for everything you gave to me: Love, adventures, good company, and for helping me to Rebuild my personality. Athens I am so sorry cuz I am leaving, you are my 2nd home I’ll […]
Our documentary will participate today in the 3rd International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, in Creta! Tomorrow, the 8th of Αugust at 17:50 pm in the room Antonios Voreadis. Free entrance. You can find more information regarding the program and the festival here. The 3rd International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra is going to host famous international and Greek visual artists. It is going to take place […]
The winning teams of our different basketball tournament, New Generation Got Game Vol.III, travelled in Syros and did not only participate in the AegeanBall Festival, but also made everyone lose their minds, offered a professional spectacle and got awarded all three of them! Specifically, our women team, Bananes, consisted of Erifili Satratzemi, Eva Kalliora, Despina Nomiku and Dimitra Kesse, took part in the 6th mixed […]
On July 4th, 2016, the Ministry of Immigration made an announcement claiming that the procedure granting citizenship to the second generation according to the law 4332/15 is moving fast. According to the official data, the first year of its implementation, 27.720 children and young men and women were able to submit their application, out of which, 6.029 were processed. It is our duty to clarify […]
The 3rd Intercultural Basketball Tournament is a fact and Nikos Pappas came to our office to tease this year’s participants… But who will be the ultimate winner?! Stay tuned because there is going to be more!
We have the pleasure to announce that Western Union – Paylink is one of the main supporters of the G2RED projects and events! From now on you will have the chance to be informed for the best offers and deals of Western Union – Paylink in our Website! THE BEST FX RATE from Western Union at Menandrou 44, Athens We would like to inform you that Western […]
It is our pleasure to invite you at Generation 2.0’s documentary screening titled “New Generation Got Game” on Wednesday 22nd of June, 21.00, at Technopolis of Municipality Of Athens! The documentary film is about the second intercultural basketball tournament, which was coordinated by Generation 2.0 on June 2015. Participants, who reflect the so-called New Generation of Greek Citizens, are presented and talk about the event […]
The services shall function as usual throughout August except for the services of Attica Particularly: A’ Athens: The service is going to be closed for the public until the 17th of August Central and Western Attica: The service is going to be closed for the public until the 26th of August Northeastern Attica: Τhe service will remain closed for the public until the 29th of August […]
Registration is now open! Hurry up! The third intercultural basketball tournament of Generation 2.0 this year will be held on the 25th and 26th of June at Ampelokipoi! This year the winning teams of the 3on3 streetball will have the opportunity to travel to the island of Syros and participate in AegeanBall Festival, a 3on3 event organized by Giorgos Printezis, with famous basketball players among […]
The residential Non-Governmental Organization “Antirropon”, with the association of UNESCO for the Culture of Peace, in cooperation with the Council of Europe and the participation of the Child’s advocate, in special meetings with teenagers, has accomplished the project “Fryktoria: Opening the road to tomorrow’s citizens” since April 2015. Basic goal of this project was that, the teens who come from different cultural groups will learn […]
Generation 2.0 RED is systematically monitoring the new law on citizenship and the reasons for the delay of its implementation. On Monday, March 28th, we met the General Secretary of the Ministry of Immigrant Affairs, Vassilis Papadopoulos, to set the basic problems we have detected and are summarized as follows: Significant delay in issuing the criminal record from the Ministry of Justice (up to six […]
International Day agains Rascism & Week of Solidarity with those who are fighting for equality! New campaign, new partners, honoring the International Day against Racism and the week of Solidarity with the People fighting Racism and Racial Discrimination! Every day, people of all ages endure hatred, injustice and humiliation because of their skin color, descent, national or ethnic origin and other supposedly racial characteristics. Such discriminations has underpinned […]
“My kids are asking me ‘Where are we going daddy?’ and I respond ‘We are going to the garden’. They think we are going to a garden so they can play. ‘Where is this garden?’ and I ask them to wait until we get there. They are just kids, in the end. They don’t know where we are going. We tell them fairytales to give them hope. But […]
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, National Geographic and CineDoc with the cooperation of Megaron Plus, on Tuesday 8th of March 2016 Davis Guggenheim’s documentary “He named me Malala”. Through Guggenheim’s lens, the audience has the opportunity to get to know Malala in her everyday life at home with her brothers and parents, and also understand her relationship with her father Zia, who […]
Countdown to the official start of the 18th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century, which will be held from Friday 11 of March to Sunday March 20. Through an extensive program of documentary films and tributes from all around the world, the festival comes to inform, sensitize and mobilize the public around critical themes that require his critical view and active participation. […]
We are pleased to announce that the documentary “New Generation Got Game“, which was shot in the context of our project “Multiculturalism in Action”, has been accepted in the 18th Documentary Festival of Thessaloniki! Main goal of this project was to promote equality and integration of young people with migrant backgrounds (second generation) in the Greek society, and on the same time to fight against […]
By Dora Vangi & Nikos Odubitan In July 2015, the Law 4332/15 was voted, amending the Citizenship Code, and coming to fill in the legal vacuum caused by the abolition of the law 3838/10, securing the right to Greek citizenship for the second generation, meaning children of migrants who were born and/or raised in Greece. Without a doubt, that was its goal. However, still today, […]
By Melina Kalfandi & Dora Vangi 30 people were gathered in the offices of Generation 2.0 RED, a space within 30m2, to use computers and internet provided for free to communicate with the Asylum Agency and get that hot-shot interview for international protection. The procedure is this: for every language and country of origin, there are specific hours to make an appointment through skype, one […]
By Dora Vangi …And in Lifo we read “1st, LOL”. Where does this LOL come from? We can only feel sadness can we feel about what we just watched and it should be published, not for targeting this guy as a racist – we are sure that he expressed himself in that way due to ignorance – neither for the “irony” of this incident, but […]
An article by Vassilis Gerasopoulos, a Criminology postgraduate student in Utrecht From the moment the civil partnership was voted, I am experiencing – in lack of a more fitting term– internal conflict. A voice in my head (the most realistic – or, perhaps, the most pessimistic) tells me that there is no reason for celebrating a legislation that has been unreasonably delayed and which, when […]
By Dora Vangi Here in Greece, we tend to connect the word “immigrant” with the black people we see in the streets, the Pakistani who work by the traffic lights, the criminals, the people who do not speak Greek fluently, the refugees who were forced to leave their country, the ones who live in Viktoria or Patisia and those who work in construction. Let’s leave […]
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, on Friday, December 11, 2015 Generation 2.0 RED and Colour Youth, the LGBTQ Community of Athens held an open call for everyone interested to attend the screening of the movie Xenia by Panos Koutras. Panos Koutras and Panagiotis Evaggelidis were also there to talk about the movie and the intersectionality of racism. A few words about the movie… […]
In 2015, every Tuesday at 20.00 in www.portokaliradio.gr, the radio that gives color and voice in solidarity, Lina Bakalexi and Dora Vangi hosted artists and personalities active in the field of human rights, structures, civil initiatives and organizations dealing with social issues! The G2RADIO informed on a weekly basis about solidarity actions in the city with music of the world and guests who created a […]
LeFAMSoL was a Lifelong Learning Program collaboration with the University of Peloponnese in Greece, the Koc University in Turkey and the University of Florence in Italy. LeFAMSol was a curriculum development project for hard to reach target groups of adults, oriented towards cultural mediation and peer training. The project focused on Female African Migrant Groups, including sex workers, aiming initially to create a pool of […]
What changed in the Migration Code after the enactment of the Law 4332/15? To whom it can be applied and when? What are the cases covered by the new citizenship law? What are the main problems in its implementation? What is happening with the pending requests of the law 3838? The above mentioned, along with other important issues concerning the youngsters of migrant origins, were […]
Last Sunday was a colorful day! October 11th is the Coming Out day in the United States to support and encourage the LGBTQI+ people to “come out of the closet ” and publicly declare their sexual orientation and/or sexual identity. It started 27 years ago and every year, even though it is still not established as a World Day, more and more countries are celebrating […]
The law 4332/15 was voted in July of 2015 and amends the citizenship Code, while giving the right to the acquisition of the Greek citizenship to immigrants’ offsprings who have attended Greek schools or were born in Greece. This Code is the result of a longterm campaign which first started on 2006, and resulted in the vote on L.3838 (aka Ragousis Law) on 2010. The […]
Your Vote Can Unite was a Paneuropean campaign to raise awareness to European voters regarding the rising danger of far right parties and politics after the European elections of 2014. Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity was the national coordinator of this campaign in Greece, which was really important, given the fact that a lot of our members did not have the right to vote. […]
On the occasion of the passing bill on Citizenship, on June 24, 2015, anti-racist organizations and migrant communities organized a concert under the slogan “We Celebrate – We Claim: Citizenship for All Kids!”. With the forthcoming, at the time, passing of the bill on Citizenship, tens of thousands of children were soon to be recognized as citizens of the country where they were born, raised […]
Ensuring that every child who was born and / or raised in Greece is considered a Greek Citizen is an ongoing goal for Generation 2.0 RED. Equal Citizens with access to the same rights and obligations, regardless of their parents’ origins. The amendment on Citizenship published Thursday, May 14th 2015, comes to fill the legal vacuum that has existed since February 2013, when the Council […]
The Antifascist Festival of Performing Arts was organized in 2013 for the very first time and it is an artists’ initiative with a strong desire to act against the fascist formations that threaten not only the Greek society but the whole Europe as well. Denying that art has nothing to do with the society that creates it, their goal is to create a platform for […]
FEAST Athens (Funding Entrepreneurship & the Arts with Sustainable Tactics) is a democratic experiment of alternative micro-funding of creative projects with a social impact who are developing in the city. It is an invitation to an open, public dinner whose goal is to energize and establish a new process of funding creative projects and innovative business plans on a community level, through crowdfunding processes. For […]
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