Celebrate Diversity

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2021

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The streets of Sofia just got a little bit brighter. Celebrate Diversity, our colorful and inspiring new mural, was created by Nikolay Petrov (GLOW), a well-known graffiti artist, as the first of our series of urban interventions part of our Love Speech campaign against hate speech. GLOW sees society as a multi-colored composition made up of the different unique colors, shades and tones of each individual.

Visit the mural at 38 Bacho Kiro Street in Sofia, any time of the day.

“We must approach problems with love, not hatred. I believe that our society especially lacks tolerance for the ‘other’, and I believe that a change in this direction would be a small step towards a more peaceful coexistence,” says GLOW.

Photos: Mihail Novakov

FOR OUR LOVE SPEECH CAMPAIGN, WE ENGAGED 35 OF THE LEADING BULGARIAN ARTISTS IN A VAST CAMPAIGN AGAINST HATE SPEECH, FEATURING A SERIES OF URBAN ART INTERVENTIONS, A PARTICIPATORY INSTALLATION, A VIRAL ONLINE VIDEO, AND A LARGE FREE-TO-USE COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

IN BULGARIA, HATE SPEECH HAS BEEN ON THE RISE, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS ROMA, LGBTI+ PEOPLE, AND REFUGEES. OUR CAMPAIGN REACHED MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE, RAISING AWARENESS OF THE FAR-REACHING IMPLICATIONS OF HATE SPEECH FOR SOCIETY.

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The project “Creative Campaigns: Innovation in Support of Human Rights” is implemented with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway within the EEA Financial Mechanism. The main goal of the project “Creative Campaigns: Innovation in Support of Human Rights” is to strengthen the public support for human rights in Bulgaria, as well as to increase the capacity of the civil sector to conduct campaigns.

This video was created with the financial support of Active Citizens Bulgaria Fund within the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. The entire responsibility for its content rests with the Fine Acts Foundation and under no circumstances can it be assumed that this video reflects the official opinion of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and the Operator of Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria. More about Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria: https://www.activecitizensfund.bg/