The campaign: aims and concept

Typical Roma?
An international campaign to respect the citizenship of ALL in ONE SOCIETY

“Typical Roma?” is an international campaign which addresses stigmatization and stereotypes as root causes of social exclusion of Roma. The campaign raises the awareness for active citizenship of ALL in ONE society. Based on the philosophy of empowerment and grassroots mobilization, this campaign intends to promote a positive image of Roma and to strengthen the Roma voice in order to stand up against discrimination and stigmatization.

Why this campaign?

ERGO campaign `Typical Roma?`: for a positive image of Roma in Europe

Roma are European citizens. Nevertheless, they face structural discrimination and marginalization. Prejudices and stereotypes are widely spread and remain often unquestioned in the media, in politics and in society. According to ERGO, stigmatization of Roma and anti-gypsyism are some of the main causes of social exclusion.

What will happen?

Research
The first phase of the campaign is dedicated to research in order to identify and analyze the key elements of stigmatization and exclusionary mechanisms in all countries. A “Black & White Book” will publish positive and negative examples of grassroots mobilization in the fight against social exclusion.