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The Netherlands – Outstanding Interest in the AAA Multiplier Events

“We knew that we were addressing an important topic with our events, but the high number of interested people surprised us ourselves,” says Ruben van der Weijden, national team leader in AAA project from Hogeschool Utrecht. Overall 149 persons participated in three events in December 2020  and January 2021 in order to discuss strategies against …

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Multiplier Event in Slovakia – our first AAA full online experience

The very first communication event to the AAA stakeholders (public servants in different functions, teachers, trainers, and people in cultural institutions) took place in a time far, far away from now – it was called the “pre-Corona time” – does anybody remember? Well, back then it was possible to make an onsite event, gathering many …

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Finding the Right Approach for Non-Violent Speech

UMA facilitated the work on the materials that are being developed to enable its recipients to “transform unproductive shouts or passive-aggressive avoidance into truly productive conversations that should end with participants having a clearer understanding of the points of view of others, and develop skills and motivation to act against injustice”. On 27 and 28 …

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Reality Check – German AAA partners seek exchange

We wanted to know: After the many intensive discussions about how to deal with aggressive hate speech in the everyday life of our target groups during the AAA kick-off, we sought a discussion with our target group/public administration representatives, namely Roman Gebhardt (head of the municipal Job Center of the Darmstadt-Dieburg district) and Birgit Müller, …

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Skills to Counter Aggression

How do we best deal with the aggressions of our fellow human beings, especially in a professional context? Aggression hurts, leaves us bewildered and irritated, and all too easily we react just as aggressively. But aggression does not get us anywhere in conversational situations and creates an atmosphere of distrust and rejection. Meaningful communication only …

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