Words Matter: Tackling Impact of Hate Speech,Oslo Center
Today, #WordsMatter ! conference is bringing global leaders, researchers, community & advocates to discuss & explore ways to combat hate speech, hate crimes, & exploitation of youth.
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“To address Educational Displacement, we must build our collective resilience to hate by building a stronger sense of belonging in our schools & classrooms.” - Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess. #WordsMatter !

“We do not focus on the root cause of violence: cultural violence.” - Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Author and Columbia University University Professor. #WordsMatter !

People don't radicalize based on a facile desire to hurt people, but rather through a much more nuanced process triggered by the feelings of invisibility, dehumanization, & lack of belonging that are not effectively addressed by schools and society. - Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess #WordsMatter !

'Lived experience is integral to understanding hate and the prevention of targeted violence.' - Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Author and Columbia University University Professor. #WordsMatter !

Renowned author and Columbia University University Professor, Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, discussing the effects of cultural violence and hate in classrooms. #WordsMatter ! Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

Join Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess as we delve into the crucial topic of cultural violence and hate in classrooms on 30 April at 12:35 pm at The Oslo Center. Let's tackle the impact of hate speech together. Head to this website for more information: wordsmatter.oslocenter.no

Just 1 day left until #WordsMatter ! kicks off in #Oslo , Norway!

The conference will bring together global leaders, researchers & community advocates to discuss & explore ways to combat hate speech, hate crimes, & the exploitation of youth. More info 👉 wordsmatter.oslocenter.no

On my way from Brussels to Oslo for the 'Words Matter! - Tackling the Impact of Hate Speech' conference, organized by The Oslo Center. Excited to present our research at The International Interfaith Research Lab on the adverse impact of cultural violence in our classrooms. It's been inspiring to engage with

Brooks Bowden Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess Oh this is wonderful! Thanks for making the connection, Brooks. Amra, my daughter has been so eager to read your book after hearing about it at school ♥️

My 9 yo got this book from school. She has so many thoughts + questions as she’s been reading, some of which I don’t know the answers to, but I’m committed to learning + engaging (as w/ all things) w/ her because it’s important. It’s barely 7 am & we’re on the couch processing 🙃

🌳 Pictures from yesterday's transformative lecture by Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess (@TeachersCollege) at UAntwerpenFLW: 'Reimagining Resilience to Hate'!

▶︎ Thanks again to His Excellency Ambassador Erol Avdovic, Peter Vermeersch (@KU_Leuven) & PoHis members @[email protected] & Heleen Touquet

I am honored to have attended & addressed the extraordinary gathering at which Dr. Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess 🇧🇦 presented her new book 'Three summers', but also spoke about how to overcome hatred, vindictiveness or the radicalization of views. After Bosnian war experience & trauma ✍️🍀

UAntwerpenFLW Erol Avdovic In the current situation - when the violation of human rights tends to be normalized again in so many places - Europe can afford less than ever to neglect the past, the present and the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 7/7

UAntwerpenFLW Very glad also to have met the Bosnian Ambassador to Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Erol Avdovic, who closed the lecture with beautiful and important words. 4/

UAntwerpenFLW And about storytelling, of course, as a way of sharing humanity. It could be felt that Amra touched deep emotions with many people - with and without a Bosnian background - in the audience.

And I was deeply impressed by the lecture Amra gave tonight at the UAntwerpenFLW. About her experiences as a young girl during the genocide, about patterns of radicalization and how to stop them by inclusive forms of education and simple acts of kindness. 2/

I am the happy owner of one of the first copies of Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess's #ThreeSummers to have landed in Europe! 1/

📣 Tomorrow! Don't forget to register for the upcoming lecture by Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess: ‘Reimagining Resilience to Hate: Storytelling as a Portal to Prevention?’ UAntwerpenFLW KU Leuven

🗓️25/04 🕡6.30-8.30 pm
📍R.007 @UAntwerpen City Campus, Rodestraat 14
✍️ tinyurl.com/ynutr7za