Political game

1. Political game Emanuela Droghei– Province of Rome

2. What is the political game • The political game is a framework we need to “fill” with contents • It is a role-playing about “producing” rights in a democratic environment • It is a space for debate and experiment critical, reflexive thinking • It is a space for learning how differences, definitions and labels are produce and re-produced through media

3. It is a framework 1 • First phase • Presentation at schools level • Group creation • Creation of a climate welcoming sharing of ideas • Presentation of “stimuli” for opening up a debate about identity, diversity, gender, sexual orientation, gender related social roles, etc (elected material should come from WS2) • Creation of the parties • Launch of the political campaign at school level

4. It is a framework 2 • Second phase • Development of the media campaign • Production of two video in each school presenting political proposal/take a position about rights for LGBT persons • Key word: peer-education. So we have to support the students from the original group in communicate with their school-mates

5. It is a framework 3 • Third phase: election at school level • Fourth phase: election at city level and debriefing • Fifth phase: meeting at European level and writing of the white paper against discrimination

6. Timing – a proposal • December 2011: launch event/presentation • January-May 2012: First and second phases (18-20 weeks) • May-June: election and school and city level • September-October: Trip of the elected parties and writing of the white paper • October-January: disseminating the political game results and the white paper