Civil courage campaign (association)
| Campaign for civil courage e. V.
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1999 |
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Pirna , Germany
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| Branch | political education, recognized provider of free youth welfare according to § 75 SGB VIII |
| Website | www.aktion-zivilcourage.de |
Aktion Civil Courage eV is a non-partisan, civil society organization in Saxony and is active in educational and advisory work as well as international encounters.
The association works to strengthen the democratic culture in Saxony . Since its inception, the association has built up a nationwide network of cooperation partners that makes a significant contribution to the effectiveness and sustainability of its work. The association works in partnership with many state and non-state institutions, organizations and private individuals.
The association is a signatory of the Transparent Civil Society Initiative .
history
The association was founded in 1999 as a youth initiative. The background to the merger was the high local election results of right-wing extremist parties in what was then the Saxon Switzerland district and an increasing propensity for violence, especially among young people. Above all, the Skinheads Saxon Switzerland (SSS) group, which was banned in 2001, gained national fame . A widespread approval of right-wing extremist positions, violence against non-right young people and foreigners as well as the resulting climate of fear among many people were the central triggers for the emergence of Aktion Zivilcourage e. V.
Projects
The association's educational and advisory services are aimed at people of all age groups. The association offers educational measures in the historical-political area, including workshops on the subject of human rights and moral courage, educational offers on memorial sites, lectures and readings on German history as well as intercultural encounters. The association has also published the Couragiert magazine since autumn 2013 .
Awards
- 2019 Bernhard Vogel Education Prize "Creating Opportunities - Using Opportunities"
- 2017 "Association of the Year" from the Ostsächsische Sparkasse
- 2013 Phineo gAG, seal of approval
- 2011 "Active for Democracy and Tolerance" for the campaign "Saxon Switzerland is BUNT."
- 2011 Well on the way
- 2011 Special Prize of the Gustav Heinemann Citizen Prize
- 2009 Theodor Heuss Medal , together with the former Lord Mayor of Pirna, Markus Ulbig
- 2008 Pastor Georg Fritze Memorial Gift
- 2008 Saxon Prize for Democracy
- 2005 Julius Rumpf Prize from the Martin Niemöller Foundation
- 2005 Quirinus Prize
- 2005 Special prize in the competition Active for Democracy and Tolerance
- 2004 “Youth takes responsibility” from the Brandenburg Gate Foundation
- 2002 1st prize from the Action Tolerance Foundation of the Dresden printing and publishing house
- 2002 laureate of the German business initiative startsocial
- 2002 "Active for Democracy and Tolerance" for the campaign "That looks forbidden!" through the Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance
- 2001 media prize for youth against right-wing extremism
- 2001 Honorary Prize of the Saxon Switzerland District
- 2000 "Novum" prize from the Saxon Youth Foundation
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.transparency.de ( Memento from September 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 27, 2014
- ^ The civil courage campaign e. V. . Association website. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ^ "Skinheads Saxon Switzerland" banned Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ↑ Overview ( Memento from November 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Association website. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ↑ www.couragiert-magazin.de
- ↑ Bernhard Vogel Education Prize - former Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung eV scholarship holders. Accessed on October 15, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Clubs of the year awarded in Dresden. April 18, 2018, accessed October 15, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Presentation of the campaign on the Phineo website
- ^ Campaign civil courage Pirna - BfDT Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance. Retrieved October 15, 2019 .