proposes 3 ideas that can nourish a world citizenship mindset: 1) understanding humanity's social evolution, 2) using the concept of unity in diversity, and 3) abandoning all forms of prejudice. Presented for an internal (short) workshop at Wikimedia Foundation.

1. World Citizenship
a state of awareness
Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Managzer, Wikipzedia Educaton Program
Szeptzembzer 2017

2. (Plannzed) Topics
I. Introductons (Who am i, and why am i hzerze?)
II. Propositons: 3 idzeas
 Gzetng thze historical contzext right
 Unity in divzersity
 Abandoning all forms of przejudicze

3. Vahid
Masrour

4. My wifze,
Zaynab Gatzes

5. My son,
Kalim Masrour

6. Caveat #1:
https://twitter.com/hiitsmolly/status/900518611936137216

7. Citizen of a country…
because i just happened
to be born there?

8. Cavzeat #2: On considering
becoming an American

9. Artclze 13(2) of thze Universal Declaraton of Human
Rights:
“Everyone has the right to leave any
country, including his own, and to
return to his country.”

10. Propositons: 3 ideas
that might hzelp to cultvatze a world
citizen mindszet

11. World Unity
Nation
City State
Tribe
1: A framzework to undzerstand human history:
Social zevoluton
Family

12. https://zen.wikipzedia.org/wiki/Sapizens:_A_rrizef_Hiistory_of_Hiumankind
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d
2/Sapiens_A_Brief_History_of_Humankind.jpg

13. Discussion: Humanity’s social evolution
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What happens to smaller identities as we
acnkowledge a larger identity that we can
participate in?
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Is there an obligatory contradiction between one
form of identity and the other?
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How does an understanding of the social evolution
of humanity help us cultivate our world citizenship?

14. 2: Unity in diversity
bze likze...

15. Unity in uniformity: not good.
Michael Padada, Banana Plantation, Padada, crop, CC BY-SA 3.0

16. Discussion: Unity in diversity
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What can unity in uniformity mean?
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What can division in diversity mean?
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Do “competition” and “domination” make sense in a
culture that is based on “unity in diversity” ?
– What other principles of interactions emerge?
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In the human body analogy, a minimum shared
purpose appears: keeping the whole healthy. Can
you propose other purposes?

17. 3: Abandoning all forms of przejudicze

18. Discussion: abandoning prejudices
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Can you identify prejudices that you were exposed to in
your childhood and youth?
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“Abandoning prejudices” might sound too oversimple:
which steps can you identify in the process of “abandoning
prejudices?
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Assuming abandoning prejudices we’ve grown with is
achievable, how would our interactions change when we
have dumped the “prejudice filter”?

19. Thank you!