SOCIAL STRIDE ADVOCACY
The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) vision with the Social Stride project is to create a healthier online environment by modelling peace and dignity. Through educational workshops and dialogues with young people, the Social Stride project aims to to equip people and groups with the facilitation skills and resources to support their communities in addressing identity-based hate, discrimination, and mis/disinformation.
The Social Stride project emerged in 2020 as a response to the limitation of reporting mechanisms and avenues of remediation to address hate-motivated incidents online. JHC collaborated with young people across Canada to listen to their experiences of hate in the digital space and the ineffectiveness of the available reporting mechanisms. This culminated in a report on our learnings and informed the development of Social Stride's Young Leadership and Digital Literacy series to address online racism and discrimination.
Social Stride continues to work closely in collaboration with young people by bringing them together for dialogues where they can share their concerns about online hate, discrimination, and mis/disinformation, develop strategies to combat it, and strengthen their leadership skills for collective action.
La vision de Social Stride est de créer un environnement en ligne plus saine en modélisant la paix et la dignité. En utilisant les médias sociaux, Social Stride vise à lutter contre la haine et la discrimination en fournissant l’éducation, en luttant contre la désinformation et en amplifiant les voix des victimes.
General OVERVIEW
Social Stride Advocacy is a joint effort between the John Humphrey Centre For Peace and Human Rights and the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee and REACH Edmonton. This initiative was founded in 2020 after the rise of social media activism on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The subsequent rise of documenting hate incidents, posting racist experiences and victims venting about hate incidents highlighted a gap in advocacy efforts in the online space. Social Stride aims to fill the gap by providing outreach and education to victims and perpetrators of hate, racism, and discrimination online. The Edmonton Community Foundation and the Department of Canadian Heritage (Government of Canada) have provided funding support to this effort through the Youth Take Charge and Digital Citizenship Programs.
Social Stride Advocacy est un effort conjoint entre le John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, l’Alberta Hate Crimes Committee et REACH Edmonton. Cette initiative est fondée en 2020 en réponse à l’augmentation de l'activisme sur les médias sociaux telles que Twitter, Instagram et Facebook. L'augmentation de la documentation des incidents de haine, de la publication des expériences racistes et des victimes qui dénoncent des incidents de haine a souligné une lacune des efforts de plaidoyer en ligne. Social Stride vise à remplir la lacune en offrant des services de soutiens et l’éducation aux victimes et auteur de haine, racisme et discrimination en ligne. Le Edmonton Community Foundation ainsi que le department de patrimoine canadien du government du Canada a fourni un soutien financier à cet effort par les programmes les jeunes s’engagent et Citoyenneté numérique.
WHO ARE WE?
This project consists of a national network of young people who will be actively engaged to combat online hate through education and de-escalation strategies transferable to face-to-face contexts. They will provide support in dealing with online hate, bullying, harassment and discrimination through anti-oppression education and trauma-informed training. The core response team will also engage and mentor peers across Canada to build a national virtual network of youth that can lead change in responding to misinformation that harms Canadians and Canadian rights.
Ce projet consiste d’un réseau national de jeunes qui s’engagent activement dans la lutte contre la haine en ligne avec de stratégies d’éducation et de désescalade transférable à des contextes en face à face. Ils fourniront un soutien pour fiare face à la haine, à l’intimidation, au harcèlement et à la discrimination en ligne avec l’éducation anti-oppresion et d’une formation tenant compte des traumatismes. L’équipe d’intervention engagera des individus à travers le Canada pour créer un réseau virtuel national de jeunes qui peuvent mener le changement en répondant à la désinformation qui nuit aux Canadiens et aux driot des Canadiens.
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