Gneneratin, Graffiting, for Global concerns.
Aims and Objectives
- investing in the fact that graffiti is not well known in several countries whether as an art, or as an opinion making tool
- investing in the fact that several MENA countries lack facilities of fast internet connection, therefore, would rather function as an opinion leading or shaping tool with a on ground, offline tool working with it.
- Involving youth in social participation and raising their awareness through recruiting them as messengers as well as receivers of the message
- Training young people on online social media tools, as well as graffiti and other self expression tools.
- Raising awareness of social and global concerns for the public in the easiest ways
- Connecting graffiti artists in the region
- Uploading useful material for the artists and the activists on the online forum
- Organizing local campaigns on certain issues
- Organizing a regional campaign.
Description:
Short-term objectives:
The team will launch a network online, upon arrival to their countries, the participants will be promote the idea and see the possibilities of legalizing it with local municipalities and other governmental institution, as well as collecting data of interested people and inviting them to participate in the network.
The team members (or moderators of the project) will upload relevant content to the platform, start discussions, provide information of international graffiti artists, how-to tips and so on.
While the members of the platform are interacting with each other, the participants will organize their first event online, which is a training workshop of social media skills as well as graffiti skills.
Long-term objectives:
The participants of the first workshop will organize them selves if possible and create a local team. These local teams will meet regularly, in order to create local campaign where in coordination with local authorities, they will pain on certain walls different forms of graffiti. The only condition is that all graffiti content must have a social concern message, each depending on its country.
After completing the campaign in each country alone, one campaign will be launched where artist from all the other countries will visit one of the countries, and organize the event there in the same way.
Idea Analysis
SWOT
Strengths:
- - Artistic network
- -Connections with artists, journalists and activists
- - We promote cultural exchange
- - Innovative Idea
- - Young people like graffiti
- -A youthful tool to raise the youth awareness
- -concept appealing to young people
- - Our interests and passion for social activism
- - Press campaign to promote the event project
- - AFP
- -Alex Agenda, journalist and media for promotion
- - Our interest in art , the internet, and social media and compiling them
- - Each one of us has his own big network
- - We have an experience in using social media
Weaknesses: - We don't have experience in Graffiti.
- Very little people are interested in Graffiti.
- IT supports.
- Commitment (Distances between the group core members / the team will break / getting busy with our own work).
- No graffiti in some countries & bad reputation in others.
- Organizing ( broadcasting) the event online could be difficult.
Opportunities:- Funds and partnerships with USA and Europe.
- NGOs support: Safar funds; Anna Lindh…
- New ideas to involve youth.
- Promoting Grafitti & human rights in one project.
- Private sector & local art association support.
- Learning from previous experiences in Beirut (Farah Alataa).
- Lots of locations or Grafitti activities.
- Partnerships with EU countries.
Threats:- Wrong perception about Graffiti
- Health issue with Graffiti
- For the social media part, internet can be an obstacle
- Lack of cooperation by governments and civil society.
- Other NGOs working with art
- Funding opportunities
- Legal problems with local governments
In the coming week, the group will discuss these ideas in further and develop and concrete action plan. The team will also discuss ways of overcoming the threats and enhancing the strengths.
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