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Ungdom Mot Rasism (Youth against Racism), or UMR, is an anti-racist civil society organisation. It organises children and young people in the fight for a more anti-racist Sweden. They do this through political influence, local organisation, educational activities and grassroots activism.
UMR has been around since 1996. In 2018, the union reappeared in a new national organisation.
Ungdom mot Rasism is a youth organisation for everyone up to 30 years who believe in equal rights and want to organise for an open society free of racism. We are an organisation by and for young people.
Ungdom Mot Rasism has no political affiliations. We work against racism and xenophobia and for democracy and diversity. We use peaceful methods such as dialogue and education. UMR aims for a society where everyone has the right and opportunity to define themselves such as they want to. A society that values democracy and equality, and where discriminatory and excluding structures are identified and challenged. A society that makes a stand for inclusion and openness and where intolerance and unequal power structures are not accepted.
UMR works with non-formal education as a method for educating members, school students, as well as other organizations and actors. We believe that the dissemination of knowledge about racism, its history and its current existence is a way for us to fight it. Organizing locally is key at UMR, and activists are located in different parts of Sweden. In a local group, study circles on racism or post-colonialism are common, but also external trainings and lectures, demonstrations or paying special attention to important days in the fight against racism.
The overall organisation also has smaller projects across Sweden and arranges campaigns and seminars as well as working with advocacy and public debates.