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Michael Simmons is a human rights activist who has been working in peace & justice activities for over 40 years. From his early organizing activities in the African American Civil Rights movement, to anti-war and nuclear non-proliferation movements, to advocacy on behalf of women & Roma in Europe, Michael has been at the forefront of social justice and social change organizing in wide variety of contexts and issues.
Following the presentation a short article about Michael's presentation was published in the Marosvásárhely newspaper Népújság, as well as an interview with Michael appeared in the daily newspaper Kronika that is printed and published in the major Transylvanian cities.
Following the presentation a short article about Michael's presentation was published in the Marosvásárhely newspaper Népújság, as well as an interview with Michael appeared in the daily newspaper Kronika that is printed and published in the major Transylvanian cities.
1. Read the presentation
2. See the article in Hungarian
3. Read the English translation
4. See the interview in Hungarian
5. Read the interview in English
2. See the article in Hungarian
3. Read the English translation
4. See the interview in Hungarian
5. Read the interview in English
2007 March
Civic Engagement Movement has held its first public forum in Tirgu Mures/Marosvasarhely, on March 28, 2007. The topic of this event has been chosen by CEMO in order to present our reflection on the present reality of this bilingual town, seen trough the eyes of an African American, Michael Simmons, who has presented his own experience of the US Civil Rights Movement as an example of a minority population fighting for human rights.
2008 July
„Together in Diversity”
Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) will organize a Training Course entitled „Together in Diversity”, Exploring the Challenges of Diversity and Promoting Intercultural Dialogue, that would bring together youth from different European countries with the aim to explore the realities and challenges of today’s multicultural socities as well as to promote the intercultural dialogue and tolerance. The most important goals of the training course will be to share exchange and good practices and develop competencies of youth workers/leaders to become active promoters of cultural diversity in their community. The Training would take place in Romania, in the town of Tirgu Mures/Marosvasarhely which is a bilingual town, where half of the population is Romanian and the other half Hungarian, therefore the city has dealt with the challenges of intercultural diversity for many years, and has much to share with the rest of Europe - as well as much to learn from the experiences and examples of others. There will be 20 participants coming from coming from Moldova Republic, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, and Romania.
This project has been funded with support from the
European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be
held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained herein.
Link to slideshow
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2008 March-2008 December
”Be active. Be part of the change.”
Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) in cooperation with the Mures County Youth Directorate has started a series of training programs, called: “Be active. Be part of the change”. The main objective of the program is to build and develop the capacity of various representatives of the NGO sector, youth educators as well as other representatives from rural area in order to run effective projects in their communities. Tree training course will be delivered on different topics related to the community development: how to conduct community needs assessment, how to design, write and implement a project, fundraising, how to involve other community members, consideration techniques, how to efficiently present the organization and its projects, best practices.At the end of the training the participants will be awarded the certification of community organizer.
The Community Development Training Courses are funded by the Mures County Youth Directorate.
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2007 – 2010
Project “School Success Social Scale”
Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) is a member of a project team that has received a grant from the Romanian Center for Program Management of the Ministry of Education and Research. The project aims to introduce the School Success Profile/SSP in Romania. The School Success Profile is a powerful and comprehensive assessment tool for promoting academic performance and closing the achievement gap (see link: http://www.schoolsuccessprofile.org). The project has been extended to four other universities and two NGOs, one of them being CEMO. The SSP is considered the most suitable instrument for validation in Romanian Schools for its potential to evaluate key social and interpersonal dimensions that define school success. The research team will pilot test a Romanian and a Hungarian version of SSP in urban and rural schools with over 2000 pupils aged 11-18. The research team will also spearhead the development of a national center to provide evaluation services and intervention recommendations. The project’s long-term objective is to enhance school social work services by designing a methodology for interventions following the application of SSSS (School Success Social Scale, the Romanian version of SSP). The aim is to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors for school success through the design of evidence-based interventions that make a meaningful difference for children, schools, families and communities.
Please read more on the official site of the project: www.successcolar.ro
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Human Rights Education Program
"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." 14th Dalai Lama
The Human Rights Education Program is designed to introduce international human rights and responsibilities to students, young people. It uses the framework of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child to help students understand and appreciate common human values, encourages them to apply international standards to their own lives, and supports positive student action to remedy human rights violations in their own communities. Civic Engagement Movement is extremely committed to the Human Rights Education, we work with teachers, community volunteers, and students in different schools of Tirgu-Mures/Marosvasarhely and its surroundings. We promote and develop the practice of human rights education in primary and secondary learning environments, through training, direction and support of teachers, adult volunteers and emerging student activists. We also create, pilot, and disseminate curricular resources for use in human rights education.
The Program is run entirely on a voluntary basis.
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2007 November - December
Pro Rurem/Capacity building Trainings for youth NGOs’
Civic Engagement Movement in cooperation with Outward Bound Romania has organized a series of trainings with the aim to strengthen the capacity of youth NGOs’ operating in the rural area of Mures County. The three topics of the trainings were Leadership, Volunteering and Active Participation, Strategic Planning.
The aim of the Training was to build capacity and promote volunteering and active participation within the community. The training series have brought together 19 participants, from all over the County. The Trainings took place in Sovata and Tirgu Mures.
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2007 December
Article appeared in Civil Forum presenting the advocacy campaigns as well as future advocacy actions of Civic Engagement Movement. (The article in HU)
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2007 October
Promoting Active Participation and Volunteering
CEMO organized a Training called “Promoting Active Participation and Volunteering” which has brought together 25 participants from six different European countries, with the aim to foster greater participation of the youth in the civic life of their community through promoting active participation and volunteering. The objective of the training program has been to share exchange and good practices and build capacity as well as acquire new skills in the field volunteering and active participation. The activities of the Training Program have started in 21 October 2007 and ended on 30 October 2007. There were participants from Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Denmark, and England.
The Training Program has been divided into two main subjects, namely that of the Volunteering and Active Participation. During the first part of the Program, the first 3 and half days, were dedicated to the subject of Volunteering, which has been followed by a trip organized to Sibiu the Cultural Capital of Europe 2007, the activities continued with the elaboration of the subject of Active Participation/Citizenship as well European Citizenship, in the last 3 and half days. The Program has ended with a Multicultural evening where the participants have had the opportunity to make a presentation on their Region or country as well prepared a meal or dish characteristic to the Region where they live.
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2007 September
Understand our rights and learn how to put them into practice in our everyday life
Civic Engagement Movement has organized a Training called “Understand our rights and learn how to put them into practice in our everyday life”, with the support of the Foundation Communitas.
This aim of this interactive was to build capacity and raise awareness regarding the content and relevance of the law on local public administration e.g. the Law 215/2001. The Training brought together representatives of Youth NGOs’ as well as youth workers from rural region of Mures County.
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2007 July
Project on Bilingualism
Civic Engagement Movement has started a Monitoring Project with the aim to monitor and examine the minority language use in the practice of the public institutions. Public administration Law 215/2002 adopted in 1991 and elevated to the status of law a decade later, permits the use of national minority languages in public administration in settlements where minorities exceed 20% of the population..).
................................................................................................................................................
„Together in Diversity”
Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) will organize a Training Course entitled „Together in Diversity”, Exploring the Challenges of Diversity and Promoting Intercultural Dialogue, that would bring together youth from different European countries with the aim to explore the realities and challenges of today’s multicultural socities as well as to promote the intercultural dialogue and tolerance. The most important goals of the training course will be to share exchange and good practices and develop competencies of youth workers/leaders to become active promoters of cultural diversity in their community. The Training would take place in Romania, in the town of Tirgu Mures/Marosvasarhely which is a bilingual town, where half of the population is Romanian and the other half Hungarian, therefore the city has dealt with the challenges of intercultural diversity for many years, and has much to share with the rest of Europe - as well as much to learn from the experiences and examples of others. There will be 20 participants coming from coming from Moldova Republic, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, and Romania.
This project has been funded with support from the
European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be
held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained herein.
Link to slideshow
................................................................................................................................................
2008 March-2008 December
”Be active. Be part of the change.”
Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) in cooperation with the Mures County Youth Directorate has started a series of training programs, called: “Be active. Be part of the change”. The main objective of the program is to build and develop the capacity of various representatives of the NGO sector, youth educators as well as other representatives from rural area in order to run effective projects in their communities. Tree training course will be delivered on different topics related to the community development: how to conduct community needs assessment, how to design, write and implement a project, fundraising, how to involve other community members, consideration techniques, how to efficiently present the organization and its projects, best practices.At the end of the training the participants will be awarded the certification of community organizer.
The Community Development Training Courses are funded by the Mures County Youth Directorate.
................................................................................................................................................
2007 – 2010
Project “School Success Social Scale”
Civic Engagement Movement (CEMO) is a member of a project team that has received a grant from the Romanian Center for Program Management of the Ministry of Education and Research. The project aims to introduce the School Success Profile/SSP in Romania. The School Success Profile is a powerful and comprehensive assessment tool for promoting academic performance and closing the achievement gap (see link: http://www.schoolsuccessprofile.org). The project has been extended to four other universities and two NGOs, one of them being CEMO. The SSP is considered the most suitable instrument for validation in Romanian Schools for its potential to evaluate key social and interpersonal dimensions that define school success. The research team will pilot test a Romanian and a Hungarian version of SSP in urban and rural schools with over 2000 pupils aged 11-18. The research team will also spearhead the development of a national center to provide evaluation services and intervention recommendations. The project’s long-term objective is to enhance school social work services by designing a methodology for interventions following the application of SSSS (School Success Social Scale, the Romanian version of SSP). The aim is to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors for school success through the design of evidence-based interventions that make a meaningful difference for children, schools, families and communities.
Please read more on the official site of the project: www.successcolar.ro
................................................................................................................................................
Human Rights Education Program
"Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." 14th Dalai Lama
The Human Rights Education Program is designed to introduce international human rights and responsibilities to students, young people. It uses the framework of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child to help students understand and appreciate common human values, encourages them to apply international standards to their own lives, and supports positive student action to remedy human rights violations in their own communities. Civic Engagement Movement is extremely committed to the Human Rights Education, we work with teachers, community volunteers, and students in different schools of Tirgu-Mures/Marosvasarhely and its surroundings. We promote and develop the practice of human rights education in primary and secondary learning environments, through training, direction and support of teachers, adult volunteers and emerging student activists. We also create, pilot, and disseminate curricular resources for use in human rights education.
The Program is run entirely on a voluntary basis.
................................................................................................................................................
2007 November - December
Pro Rurem/Capacity building Trainings for youth NGOs’
Civic Engagement Movement in cooperation with Outward Bound Romania has organized a series of trainings with the aim to strengthen the capacity of youth NGOs’ operating in the rural area of Mures County. The three topics of the trainings were Leadership, Volunteering and Active Participation, Strategic Planning.
The aim of the Training was to build capacity and promote volunteering and active participation within the community. The training series have brought together 19 participants, from all over the County. The Trainings took place in Sovata and Tirgu Mures.
................................................................................................................................................
2007 December
Article appeared in Civil Forum presenting the advocacy campaigns as well as future advocacy actions of Civic Engagement Movement. (The article in HU)
................................................................................................................................................
2007 October
Promoting Active Participation and Volunteering
CEMO organized a Training called “Promoting Active Participation and Volunteering” which has brought together 25 participants from six different European countries, with the aim to foster greater participation of the youth in the civic life of their community through promoting active participation and volunteering. The objective of the training program has been to share exchange and good practices and build capacity as well as acquire new skills in the field volunteering and active participation. The activities of the Training Program have started in 21 October 2007 and ended on 30 October 2007. There were participants from Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Denmark, and England.
The Training Program has been divided into two main subjects, namely that of the Volunteering and Active Participation. During the first part of the Program, the first 3 and half days, were dedicated to the subject of Volunteering, which has been followed by a trip organized to Sibiu the Cultural Capital of Europe 2007, the activities continued with the elaboration of the subject of Active Participation/Citizenship as well European Citizenship, in the last 3 and half days. The Program has ended with a Multicultural evening where the participants have had the opportunity to make a presentation on their Region or country as well prepared a meal or dish characteristic to the Region where they live.
................................................................................................................................................
2007 September
Understand our rights and learn how to put them into practice in our everyday life
Civic Engagement Movement has organized a Training called “Understand our rights and learn how to put them into practice in our everyday life”, with the support of the Foundation Communitas.
This aim of this interactive was to build capacity and raise awareness regarding the content and relevance of the law on local public administration e.g. the Law 215/2001. The Training brought together representatives of Youth NGOs’ as well as youth workers from rural region of Mures County.
................................................................................................................................................
2007 July
Project on Bilingualism
Civic Engagement Movement has started a Monitoring Project with the aim to monitor and examine the minority language use in the practice of the public institutions. Public administration Law 215/2002 adopted in 1991 and elevated to the status of law a decade later, permits the use of national minority languages in public administration in settlements where minorities exceed 20% of the population..).
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2007 January
Article presenting the mission and activities of Civic Engagement Movement appeared in Civil Forum, publication on transylvanian civil society.
2007 January
Article presenting the mission and activities of Civic Engagement Movement appeared in Civil Forum, publication on transylvanian civil society.
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