Czech Grassroots Advocacy Academy

Slovo 21 will organise a national grassroots Roma advocacy academy for local Roma activists in order to become more effective in their advocacy work to address antigypsyism. The academy will be developed by the participants of the expert workshop based on the ideas discussed during the workshop. Its draft objectives are: - To provide basic advocacy skills to local Roma activists - To develop a conceptual understanding of the phenomenon of antigypsyism among local activists so that they are better able to address it - To provide coaching for concrete advocacy plans of the participants