Vardagens civilkurage (Everyday Civil Courage)

National Network
Sweden
Address

Möllevångsgatan 30b
214 20 Malmö
Sweden

Telephone
0702773898
E-Mail
frida@vardagenscivilkurage.se
E-Mail (2)
idalisawiik@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2015
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Religion
  6. Youth and education
General Information
The organisation consists of a national board and 5 member chapters with their own local boards. At the moment the organisation have 7 employees. 2 project managers, 3 local coordinators, 1 project coordinator and 1 member coordination. We are an organization conducting practical training in civil/moral courage and conflict transformation. Many organizations are focused on seminars and advocacy work. We are focusing on behavioural training through methods such as role play and dialogue techniques. A practical method in order to create more democratic, equal and just societies. We have open trainings to the public once a week in Malmö in various cities in Sweden; Gothenburg, Malmoe, Växjö, Uppsala and in Dalarna - and have exclusive trainings with groups and networks of youths. The main activity we arrange is practical training in civil courage. Each local chapter have their own place where training is held regularly. Besides from this we have arranged study circles, seminars/lectures and training for trainers. On a national level, the main partners of the organisation are Centralasiengrupperna and ABF. On a local level, we have different partners such as Frilagret in Gothenburg, Ungdomens hus in Uppsala and Orsa, Girl Tech in Växjö, Underverket in Malmö, Undgomstinget och Tamam in Lund.  
Mission and Objectives

Vardagens civilkurage is a youth organization that promotes active citizenship, democracy and equality. The purpose of the association is, through practical training, to promote skills and knowledge of civil courage for children and youths. Through our method children and youths learn to intervene in different life situations characterized by oppression, inequality, exclusionary norms, abuse of power, discrimination, injustice and violence.

Main Projects / Activities

The main activity within the organisation is our practical civil courage training, which we call a Dojo. By using a roleplay method we stage a situation where we see injustice or oppression of any kind. By doing this we create the opportunity to concrete and practical try out different techniques in order to make the situation more democratic or just.
Each training would focus on a different themes, such as racism, sexism or maybe different kinds of suppression techniques(härskartekniker). All of these oppression do exist in differents places, it could be on the street but also around the family dinner. We believe that civil courage training is something everyone could and also should take part in and therefor that is our main activity within the organisation.

Contact (1) Full Name
Frida Ekerlund
Job Title
Malmö group
Head of the organisation
Frida Ekerlund
Contact (2) Full Name
IdaLisa Wiik
Job Title (2)
Gothenburg gourp