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Minute of silence, photocall, video projections and the reading of a manifesto, among the acts developed by the students of the institute José Ibáñez Martín to celebrate the anniversary and raise awareness about the values ​​of integration, respect and coexistence.
The Councilor for Youth in the City of Lorca, Agustín Llamas, along with the Director General of Youth of the CARM, Francisco J. Sánchez, and the President of the Youth Council of Lorca, Ricardo Trapero, participated in the commemorative events of the Day International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Llamas Gómez has indicated that the General Assembly of the United Nations declared on 21 March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
This day recalls the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 against protesters protesting the application of Apartheid at the hands of the South African police.
The March 21 celebration reminds us that we must continue to fight to eliminate from our society racial discrimination and xenophobia, still present today.
The Edil de Juventud has indicated that this day is part of the European Week of Action against Racism, (18 to 26 March) an initiative of the Council of Europe through the No Hate Speech Campaign, born to support the International Day Of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, declared by the United Nations in 1966.
These declarations have been made in the course of the commemoration of this day by the students of the institute José Ibáñez Martín, who have kept a respectful minute of silence for the victims of intolerance and hate crimes, at the entrance of the Center .
The students have also carried out a series of activities in the auditorium of the center with the assistance of students from 1st ESO and the well-known Youth Correspondents.
These have included the reading of a manifesto by students of the center, interpretation of a subject to piano and projection of a video against discrimination, made by the students themselves.
A Photocall has also been located in the hall of the institute, where pins have also been distributed on the occasion of this day.
Agustin Llamas emphasized that Lorca, in this way, has joined the program of INJUVE (Youth Institute of Spain) and the CJE (Youth Council of Spain) and the Movement against Intolerance, within the framework of the Campaign European "No Hate Speech", to say NO to racism and xenophobia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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