UMR in english

History

Youth against Racism (Ungdom mot Rasism) was founded in 1996 among those youngsters that had participated in the European-council's youth campaign called "All different - All equal".
The Swedish part of the campaign was named "Ungdom mot Rasism" (Youth against Racism) and organized as a committee under the "Ministry of Public Administration" (state government), managed to involve 11 000 youngsters.
When the campaign ended, all youngsters who had participated in the campaign formed groups around the country. These groups together form what is Ungdom mot Rasism today.

What is Youth against racism today?

Today Ungdom mot Rasism consists of youngsters between the ages 13 and 25. The board consists of 7youngsters who are responsible for the entire organization. The networking group consists of 5 or 7 youngsters originating from different local groups.
This group is responsible for creating of new local groups, coming up with suggestions of new activities, and developing new ways to handle the organization.We also have one group working with the media and educating people in how to respond against discrimination through the media.
Our local groups work in different ways depending on what kind of problem they encounter on their location, but what they all have in common is their work against harassment and racist action.
Most of the questions that the local groups have are answered at the main-office, where you can recieve help with everything that Ungdom mot Rasism works with and supports.

What do we work with

Ungdom mot Rasism arranges theme-days at schools with speakers and exhibitions. Here we talk to the students in small groups about racism, student-democracy, harassment of fellow students and their values.
Our policy

• UMR help people who are target for racist action.
• UMR work to give people knowledge on how racist action show in society.
•UMR support people who have taken a stand against racism.

How do you start a local group

1. Sit down and think about what problems you have in your city.
2. Think about which problems are most important to solve.
3. What kind of support already exists in your city?
4. Do you need more knowledge, if so, where can you get it?
5. Is there an adult in your city that you trust and want to work with?
6. Are there other groups in your city that work for the same thing that you do?
7. Is there another Ungdom mot Rasism group close to your city that you could get in touch with, if not, how do you contact other groups?
8. Can the local authorities help you with facilities for example?
9. Are there any obstacles that stops you from doing your work, if so, how do you eliminate them?
10. Who do you want to influence first: the school, local politicians or the public?
12. Have you talked to the media and told them that you have started a local group?11. What will be your first project?
13. When, where and how often will you meet in the future?

Organisation structure

What is a single member
Single members are members of Ungdom mot Rasism but without membership in a local group. As a single member, you have the right to speak freely under each congress but do not have the right to vote in elections. You will also get information via mail, e-mail or have your own homepage in the UMR portal.
As a single member you will be required to pay a membership fee of SEK 50:- per year.

Quotation
"People hate each other because they fear each other, they fear each other because they do not know each other. they do not know each other because they so often are separated from each other"
Martin Luther King


Youth against Racism
( Ungdom Mot Rasism)
Box 152
291 22 Kristianstad
Sverige - Sweden
Tel: +4644100388
fax: +4686426995
www.umr.nu
e-mail: umr@telia.com