Presentation on diversity, equality and youth at the Nordic Networking Seminar (Nordbuk) in Haikko 25.5.2011 by Researcher Tommi Laitio (Demos Helsinki).

1. ECOSYSTEM OF EQUALITY
Tommi Laitio
Researcher, Demos Helsinki
25 May 2011
tommi.laitio@demos.fi

2. MINORITY

3. Community

4. Minority

5. Alternative
A

6. Alternative
A
Result: you´re out

7. Alternative
B

8. Alternative
B
Result: you can´t
be you

9. TIME TO MOVE FROM
EFFICIENT SUPERPLANS...

10. ...TO FUNCTIONING
ECOSYSTEMS

11. FROM NATIONAL DEBATES....
vicious discussion about ´them´
´for´ and ´against´

12. ...TO PEOPLE GIVING HOPE
giving a range of faces to an issue
changing the subject from tolerance

13. FROM
MINORITY

14. TO
ME

15. TO
US

16. WE STILL HAVE THE
SOCIAL DILEMMA.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT
OTHERS WILL CHANGE
AS WELL?

17. 1) MAKING ACTING
DIFFERENTLY
SOCIALLY ATTRACTIVE.
2) SHOWING THE ACTION
OF EVEN ONE.
3) TEACHING SKILLS

18. COMMUNITY NAMES AND
FRAMES THE ISSUE
Example:
Kiva antibullying project, which halved bullying in Finnish schools.

19. FROM ATTITUDES TO SKILLS
Examples:
We Read Together (unifem, Zonta, libraries)
Crisis hotlines for rape victims

20. IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES
Example:
People´s Grocery in Oakland

21. EMPOWERING GATEKEEPERS
Example:
Demos Helsinki´s Peloton project

22. SUPPORTING INITIATIVES
Example:
Enabled by Design resulting from Social Innovation Camp

23. CREATING INTERDEPENDENCIES
Example:
Time Banks

24. COMMUNITY IS ACTION,
NOT ATTITUDE.