Education: March in Review & Cartoon Youth Challenge !

Cartoon Youth Challenge

https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/

#CartoonYouthChallenge is a press cartoons campaign launched by Cartooning for Peace inviting young people to produce cartoons on their vision of what the world will be like after the coronavirus sanitary crisis.

#CartoonYouthChallenge is also an opportunity to allow the cartoons of young cartoonists to reach an international audience. At the end of this campaign, Cartooning for Peace will publish the 10 best cartoons on its website.

What is a press cartoon?

A press cartoon is a drawing that conveys a strong message and a point of view. It often tries to shock the readers, sometimes with humour, in order to raise their awareness on current events.

When?

From the 1st of April to the 15th of May, to entertain during the lockdown, Cartooning for Peace invites young people to participate in the new #CartoonYouthChallenge, in partnership with Le Monde des Ados. 

An innovative and creative way to imagine the world after COVID-19!

Who can participate?

#CartoonYouthChallenge applies to young people from 12 to 20 years old, from all over the world. 

The cartoons can be in any language.

How to participate?

It’s easy, you just need to draw a press cartoon and post it on social network (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) with the following hashtags: 

• #CartoonYouthChallenge and #theworldaftercovid19. 

You can add your age, nationality or place of residence to the post for more visibility. Above all, do not forget to sign your work!

 Last chance: Don't forget! 15 May 2022

And now the posts of March 2022:

Great Women in Literature : Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poetess : Values of peace & tolerance ! Resources

Earth Hour Europe ! The Benefits of Nature Restoration : Shape Our Future !

If teachers want to include the theme War in Europe - Ukraine under siege - they have some interesting resources: Poetry by Lesya Ukrainka.

Hoping that teachers and students read me about #CartoonYouthChallenge to participate in this creative competition to talk and shares ideas about Press Freedom with humour and sympathy.

Don't forget to celebrate today, May 3, World Press Freedom Day. It's also a day of remembrance for those journalists who lost their lives in the pursuit of a story.

Wherever you are I hope that you're having a safe time at school. 

I'll be back posting the normal roundup next week.

G-Souto

3.05.2022
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Schools : World Press Freedom Day : resources & activities !

World Press Freedom Day

https://en.unesco.org/

"A free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights. No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. It is the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions, holding leaders accountable and speaking truth to power."

António Guterres, UN Secretary-General

Today 3 May, Unesco will celebrate the World Press Freedom Day. It serves as an occasion to inform citizens of violations of press freedom - a reminder that in dozens of countries around the world, publications are censored, fined, suspended and closed down, while journalists, editors and publishers are harassed, attacked, detained and even murdered.

credits cartoon for peace: Elena, Colombia

https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/

The Unesco observatory recorded 99 journalists killed in 2018 and a total of 1,307 journalists killed between 1994 and 2018.

Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. 

World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993.

credits cartoon for peace: Antonio Rodriguez, Mexico

https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/

Theme 2018:

Under the theme, "Media for Democracy: Journalism and elections in a time of disinformation", World Press Freedom Day 2019 calls to stay critical and defend free, independent and quality journalism in order to have better societies.

credits cartoon for peace: Molina, Nicaragua

https://www.facebook.com/unesco/photos 

Education:

To mark World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO and Cartooning for Peace, an international organization founded by Kofi Annan, 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former United Nations Secretary-General, and editorial cartoonist Plantu, continue to select press cartoons.

Designed by committed press cartoonists from around the world, nine cartoons combine "humor, satire and tragedy to express their views on the state of press freedom and the many challenges that media and journalists face for informing citizens and carrying out critical reporting on issues of public interest."

Together with Cartooning for Peace/Dessins pour la Paix, Unesco is publishing Cartoons for Freedom of Expression as part of the celebrations of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2019).

credits Cartooning for Peace: Plantu

https://www.cartooningforpeace.org/

Some activities:

"Cartooning for Peace sensitizes young audiences to major societal problems with humour and through the strong educational value of press cartoons."

• Ask your students to visit the website and Educational News page. Discuss with them the goals of cartooning for peace. 

• Invite them to explore the online gallery of the exhibition Cartooning for Peace at Musée de la Civilisation in Canada who took place until 24 March 2019.

• Students can be inspired to create their own cartoons. 

• Debate and invite to reflect on freedom of expression in school. 

• Finally celebrate their desire for Peace through press cartoons exhibition, theatre, choral singing, slam, song, dance and music. 

credits cartoon for peace: Xavier Gorge

https://www.facebook.com/unesco/photos/

Curricula: Cross-curricular project.

Target: High-schools; Vocational schools.


Note: The website Cartooning for Peace is in English and French 

G-Souto

02.05.2019

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