Kysely asioimistulkin, opettajan ja lastentarhanopettajan pätevyyksistä kiinnostuneille maahanmuuttajille tammikuu 19, 2012

Selvittelemme parhaillaan Aducaten monikulttuurisuusryhmässä, miten paljon konkreettista kysyntää pohjoiskarjalaisten maahanmuuttajien parissa olisi lastentarhanopettajan/opettajan pätevyyden antavalle koulutukselle ja asioimistulkin koulutukselle.

Voisitteko ystävällisesti välittää oheisia e-lomakekyselyjä jäsenille, opiskelijoille, asiakkaille, kavereille tai muille kontakteille, joiden arvelette itse olevan kiinnostuneita tällaisista koulutuksista tai joilla on maahanmuuttaja-asiakkaita.

e-lomakkeet pitäisi palauttaa melko pikaisesti, helmikuun alkuun.

Lomakkeet eivät ole pitkiä, mutta eivät myöskään erityisen selkokielisiä, koska molemmissa koulutuksissa on korkea kielitaitovaatimus.

 

KYSELY KASVATUS- JA OPETUSALAN AMMATTILAISILLE http://elomake.joensuu.fi/lomakkeet/3477/lomake.html

 

KYSELY ASIOIMISTULKIN AMMATISTA KIINNOSTUNEILLE http://elomake.joensuu.fi/lomakkeet/3479/lomake.html

 

Suunnittelu on alkuvaiheessa, joten faktatietoa kurssien ajankohdasta, kestosta tai sisällöstä ei vielä ole. Annan kyllä mielelläni yleisluontoisia lisätietoja, samoin

suunnittelija Anne Karhapää, anne.karhapaa[at]uef.fi 050 436 7699

Freedom of Belief: Mission Impossible? joulukuu 13, 2011

Here’s an original version of a story published in Ääniä Suomesta (Voices from Finland) column series this autumn in Karjalainen.

Freedom of Belief: Mission Impossible?

In my radio interviews on immigration, people mostly agree that freedom of belief is an important asset that a state has to protect. At the same time, many doubt that it is possible to achieve when beliefs are too different or contradictory.

This always leaves me scratching my head. What is the point of installing “freedom of belief“ as an asset if ultimatively everybody has to believe the same? What is a belief anyway?

In it’s widest sense, a belief is a statement about reality that a person has decided to see as truth for himself. Religion is a collection of beliefs that people have decided to be true for them.
Depending on their beliefs about immigrants, different people experience the same foreign person in a different way, as beliefs determine our experience of life. Some of the most common beliefs about immigrants are that they are “in need of education or help” or a “threat to local safety”, they are “a cheap and convenient workforce for jobs that nobody else wants to do” or “lazy parasites for the social security system” and of course “exotic mates for relationships”.
Immigrants in return have their own set of beliefs about Finns. But all people are convinced that their experience of a person is the truth as we tend to forget that we see the world through our beliefs and not reality as it is. Building a multicultural society is therefore challenging. First we will have to make a shift from our beliefs being “the truth for everybody” to being only “one truth of man”. Then we will be forced to see that any belief is only a specific way of looking at the world.

A multicultural society could actually be a lot of fun if we only considered every belief as “another interesting point of view” on life. We could even start to play with it. Hey, that is what you believe? Interesting. I wonder how life feels with such a belief?
But playing doesn’t seem to be a favorite activity, neither in Finland nor in the countries immigrants come from. May be we would have a chance in Finland if we made it a competition? Like: Let’s find out which beliefs create the best life experience and then we put those together and tie a nice multicultural package. Instead of trying to merge a given set of historically incompatible beliefs into a patch work society, we could take “freedom of belief” to the next level and start to create new beliefs that suit our circumstances and allow all of us to have a pleasant life experience. After all, it says in the bible: as you believe, thy shall be done onto you. If we bother to have beliefs about life at all, a multicultural context could be a path to “real freedom of belief” where we throw out beliefs that do not serve us any longer and choose new beliefs that allow us to create the life experience we want. It might take a little sisu though.

Joseann Freyer-Lindner

This story has been produced by JoMoni in cooperation with Karjalainen. The Newspaper Project is also funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the city of Joensuu and Kansan sivistysrahasto.

Alain Minguet Receives an Award / Alain Minguetille tunnustuspalkinto joulukuu 2, 2011

THE AWARD FOR CIVIC ACTIVITIES WAS PRESENTED AT THE 15th year anniversary of Kansalaistalo on Friday the 2nd of December at 12:15.

The North Karelia Association for Social Welfare presented the award for civic activities to Alain Minguet. The award is granted on application by the Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health and this year its criteria are brave and visionary activism to create a dialogue between different groups of people.
The board of North Karelia Association for Social Welfare would like to highlight the following reasons for the award:
Alain Minguet is good at wondering what is Finland, what it is to be Finnish or North Karelian and how people resemble each other and how they differ from each other. He boldly and critically brings to light problems he has discovered and suggests improvements.
Alain Minguet has moved here from Belgium and is an excellent example of the fact that someone who has come from elsewhere can be of great help to the whole community. In the European Year of Volunteering Alain Minguet is perfect example of an active, cooperative and efficient civic activist. Alain hears the voices of different people and he is easy to approach.
The award is a miniature sculpture by sculptor Erkka Aurenmaa. The award was presented by Pirjo Myyry, the chairperson of the North Karelia Association for Social Welfare.

KANSALAISTOIMINNAN TUNNUSTUSPALKINTO LUOVUTETTIIN KANSALAISTALON 15-vuotisjuhlassa perjantaina 2.12 klo 12.15.

Pohjois-Karjalan Sosiaaliturvayhdistys luovutti kansalaistoiminnan tunnustuspalkinnon Alain Minguetille. Palkinnon myöntää hakemuksesta Sosiaali- ja terveysturvan keskusliitto ja sen perusteena on tänä vuonna rohkea ja näkemyksellinen toiminta vuoropuhelun rakentamisessa eri ihmisryhmien välille.
Palkinnon perusteluissa Pohjois-Karjalan Sosiaaliturvayhdistyksen hallitus painottaa seuraavia asioita:
Alain Minguet ihmettelee hyvällä tavalla Suomea, suomalaisuutta, pohjoiskarjalaisuutta, ihmisten välisiä eroja ja yhtäläisyyksiä. Hän nostaa rohkeasti esille havaitsemiaan epäkohtia, on kriittinen ja tekee parannusehdotuksia.
Alain Minguet on muuttanut tänne Belgiasta ja on hyvä esimerkki siitä, miten muualta tullut voi olla voimavara koko yhteisölle. EU:n vapaaehtoistoiminnan teemavuonna Alain Minguet on hyvä esimerkki aktiivisesta, yhteistyökykyisestä ja aikaan saavasta vapaaehtoistoimijasta. Alain on herkkä kuulemaan ihmisten ääntä ja häntä on helppo lähestyä.
Palkinto on kuvanveistäjä Erkka Auermaan suunnittelema pienoispatsas. Tunnustuspalkinnon luovutti Pohjois-Karjalan Sosiaaliturvayhdistyksen puheenjohtaja Pirjo Myyry.

Go equal 2011 marraskuu 28, 2011

Go Equal -tapahtuma
3.12.2011

Go Equal on paikallisten järjestöjen ja toimijoiden yhteisvoimin toteuttama tapahtuma
jonka keskeisenä tavoitteena on nostaa esiin tasa-arvoon liittyviä kysymyksiä eri näkökulmista.
Kolmiosaiseen tapahtumaan sisältyy toiminnallisia työpajoja, keskustelutilaisuus sekä rentoa illanviettoa.

Työpajat Vessel keskuksessa (Koulukatu 24 B 2)
10:00- 11:00 Tanssityöpaja (Riikka Lindström & Anna Venäläinen )
11:15-12:00 Aikapankki työpaja (Tuomas Järvenpää)
12:15-13:15 Kohti yhdenvertaisuutta! (Hoiles ry)
14:00-17:00 Mikä ”sana” kenen ääni? -Pienlehtityöpaja (Tiitu Takalo & Mari Väänänen)

Keskustelutilaisuus Teatteriravintolan lasiterassilla (Rantakatu 20), klo 18
Aiheena “Kenen tasa-arvo?”. Tasa-arvosta keskustelemassa Tiitu Takalo, Mari Käyhkö,
Marjukka Leppänen, Seija Lehikoinen, Gazale Öngörur ja Tuomas Järvenpää

Go Equal Klubi Teatteriravintolan lasiterassilla (Rantakatu 20), klo 22:00-
Esiintymässä:
Aamu
Jolla
sekä Erirytmi DJ:t

Liput Klubille 2,5e,  K-18

Työpajat ja keskustelutilaisuus ovat ikärajattomia ja niihin on vapaa pääsy.
Kaikkiin tiloihin on esteetön pääsy!

Go Equal tapahtuman yksityiskohtaisempi ohjelma löytyy osoittesta:
www.joensuunfeministit.net/beta/goequal

Tapahtumaan teidät tervetulleeksi toivottaa: Joensuun Feministit ry,  Joensuun Amnesty-ryhmä,
Joensuun seksuaalinen tasavertaisuus Hobiles ry, Joensuun seudun invalidit ry,
Joensuun seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys JoMoni ry, Joensuun seudun vasemmistonuoret ry,
Joensuun vihreät nuoret ja opiskelijat, Maailmankauppa päiväntasaaja, Meille Saa tulla Kampanja,
Subjekti ry, Vallaton kyökki -kasviskeittiö ja Virtapiiri

Tapahtumaa tukemassa.
Joensuun Kaupunki

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Go Equal -event
3.12.2011

Go Equal is organized in collaboration with local voluntary associations and free action groups.
The essential target is to highlight equality related issues from different angles.
The event contains workshops, discussion event and Go Equal club -party.

Workshops in Vessel center (Koulukatu 24 B 2)
10:00- 11:00 Dance workshop (Riikka Lindström & Anna Venäläinen )
11:15-12:00 Time bank discussion (Tuomas Järvenpää)
12:15-13:15 Towards equality discussion (Hoiles ry)
14:00-17:00 What ”word” whose voice? -Zine workshop (Tiitu Takalo & Mari Väänänen)

Panel discussion  in Teatteriravintola (Rantakatu 20), at 18:00
Discussing from the topic “Whose equality?”;  Tiitu Takalo, Mari Käyhkö, Marjukka Leppänen,
Seija Lehikoinen, Gazale Öngörur and Tuomas Järvenpää.
The discussion is in Finnish, but will be translated in English.

Go Equal Club in Teatteriravintola (Rantakatu 20), at 22:00-
Appearing:
Aamu
Jolla
and Erirytmi DJ´s

Tickets to the club 2,5e, age limit 18 years

Participation in workshops and panel discussion is free and without an age limit.
All of the sites are also reachable  whit a wheelchair.

More detailed program of the event can be found in:
www.joensuunfeministit.net/beta/goequal/inenglish

You are warmly welcomed by: Joensuun Feministit ry,  Amnesty international -Joensuu,
Joensuun seksuaalinen tasavertaisuus Hobiles ry, Joensuun seudun invalidit ry,
Joensuun seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys JoMoni ry, Joensuun seudun vasemmistonuoret ry,
Joensuun vihreät nuoret ja opiskelijat, Maailmankauppa päiväntasaaja, Meille Saa tulla Kampanja,
Subjekti ry, Vallaton kyökki and Virtapiiri

Support the event
City of Joensuu

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC) marraskuu 24, 2011

JoMonin järjestämä Joensuun monikulttuurinen valokuvauskerho aloittaa toimintansa maanantaina 28.11 klo 17-19 Vyöhykkeen suuressa toimintatilassa (Suvantokatu 1, 2. kerros, sisäänpääsy takapihan kautta). Kokoontumiset viikkotain siellä. Osallistumismaksu: 10€ JoMonin jäsenille, 15 muille (jotka tulevat maksaessa yhdistyksen jäseneksi vuodelle 2012). Idea on oppia uusia asioita valokuvauksesta sekä Joensuun seudulta, jakaa hyvää aikaa ja omia kokemuksia. Kerhon vetäjänä toimii ammattilainen valokuvaaja Jarno Pääkkönen. Viestin lopussalöytyy ryhmän facebookin osoite sekä sähköpostiosoite.

Tervetuloa!

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Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (hosted by JoMoni) is an amateur photography workshops/club in Joensuu. Here we share our knowledge and skills, learn from others and have fun while learning and practicing photography.
 
Ideological background:
The goal of our club is to improve and strengthen communication among people from different backgrounds. This special interest group creates an environment where we can learn as much as possible about photography from others. Improving understanding between people from different backgrounds is challenging, but we shall have the goal to take interesting pictures from the life of people from different backgrounds living in North-Karelia, Joensuu.
 
For whom? 
The club is for everyone who is interested in learning and sharing techniques, knowledge and related to photography. Either you are just learning or want to learn advanced technique on different levels of photography, you are welcome to join. We have regular meetings every where each sessions are dedicated to learn more about different topics of photography. Sometimes, we will also ask visitors and some professional photographer to come and give us some presentation on special topic that might interests us.
 
How much does it costs?
Our club membership fee is 15€ (or 10€ if you are member of JoMoni)
 
What will you get?
Apart from learning photography and meeting cool people in general, you also get an opportunity to display/share your work (personally or in groups)  through meetings, competitions and maybe assignments, and we can also  learn through other critiques. Our club’s mentor and professional photographer Jarno Pääkkönen have many years of experience in different areas of photography. The guest presenters or professionals, maybe once in a month will broaden our photographic horizons. Moreover, we believe that taking pictures in group is fun and resourceful. Thus, we sometimes organize regular field trips or  groups excursions and events where we go in groups and put our learning in practice. This helps to get practical experience and socialize with other members.How to join us?
If you are interested, come to our first meeting on Monday, November 28th, Vyöhyke seminar hall (first floor), Suovankatu 1. On this session, Jarno Pääkkönen will also present the initial plan for until the end January. If you already have a camera, please bring your camera with you if possible. Come and check out what is going on and discuss what will be interesting for you, getting to know each others, getting familiar with main aims and goals and organization matters. If you cannot attend first meeting, you can also send email to joemul.photo@gmail.com and inform about it.
 
See you there!
Share the word among people/friends/colleague who you think might be interested in.

 

Joensuu Multicultural Photography Club (JMPC)
Vyöhyke seminar hall (first floor),
Suvantokatu 1, Joensuu.
email: joemul.photo@gmail.com
Join our group in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238902842840525
Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/joensuu-multicultural-photography-club

A New Beginning in a New Country marraskuu 23, 2011

Here’s an edited original of the Heili article that has got a lot of positive feedback. Enjoy!

A New Beginning in a New Country

I came to Finland from Tanzania with my parents in 2007. I am now 13 years old so back then I was only a 9-year-old boy. My father was already studying in Finland and I remember how me and my brother were told that now our mother had been accepted as a student in far away Joensuu. Moving to Finland sounded like a good idea because I had already been missing my father for a year and traveling to the other side of the world sounded really exciting. A few weeks later my mother told me that our school affairs had also been settled: my brother would start in the seventh grade at Pataluodon koulu and I would be studying in the third grade at Rantakylän koulu. She was determined about the fact that we were to do our studies in Finnish which was quite a shock to me.

My parents accompanied me on my first day in the new school and we went to meet my new teacher. She told me that I would not be the only one in a new situation because there were other foreign students in the school as well. I should not also worry too much about my Finnish because everything would be just fine in a few months. I did soon notice that even though I couldn’t say a word at first, all the teachers were very friendly and encouraging about speaking Finnish. If I did some kind of a mistake, they helped and urged me to try again. All this despite of the fact that at the beginning I only understood if they were happy and said ”hyvä, hyvä!” My class teacher also helped me with other things besides the language. She told me to get acquainted with things like Finnish food and new kind of sports. That might be the reason for me getting used to Finland much quicker than my parents did.

On my first day I also almost right away met a Russian boy who was called Vova. Although we did not share a language, we quickly became friends. I only knew my mother tongue swahili and English, Vova could only speak Russian and a bit of Finnish. After we had tried all the languages we could we ended up using all kinds of signs and gestures. Of course, we wanted to learn Finnish fast because that was the best alternative for a common language. There was also another thing which made learning a new language and finding new friends easier: winter sports such as cross-country skiing and ice hockey. I did a lot of sports after school as well because it was easy to get to know people while playing, for example, football.

Immigrants who have come to Finland often complain that they miss the food or the climate of their home country, or their old friends. However, in my opinion the most important thing is going out instead of staying at home and waiting for someone to drag you somewhere. If you start a hobby, you can then meet people and learn the language. There’s also another tip I would like to give to the foreigners in Finland: you should learn to view the nature in the same way as the Finns do. In the forest, for example, you can go hiking or pick berries or mushrooms. I know that language is also an important thing but my life in Finland has been easy especially thanks to doing things outdoors.

EBENEZER NGOGO

This story has been produced by JoMoni in cooperation with ELY-Center and Karjalan Heili. The Newspaper Project is also funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the city of Joensuu and Kansan sivistysrahasto.

Jomonin hallitus 2012 / Jomoni board 2012 marraskuu 12, 2011

Syyskokouksessa 12.11.2011 hyväksyttiin toimintasuunnitelma ja talousarvio sekä valittiin uusi hallitus vuodelle 2012 / In the general assembly the plan of activities and budget were accepted and the new board was elected for year 2012.

Puheenjohtaja / Chair: Alain Minguet

Varapuheenjohtaja / Vice-chair: Olga Lipkina

Muut hallituksen jäsenet / Rest of the board members (9):
Hussein Abdi
Mathias Ebot
Bangkot Kangaspunta
Isabel Muñoz
Mercy Changa Ngogo
Abdullahi Shabin Adeen
Jose Sinisterra Santana
Minna Sinisterra Santana
Tiina Sotkasiira

Hallituksen varajäsenet / Substitute members of board:
1 Barun Khanal
2 Freya Lindner
3 Hanna Mikkola
4 Jaana Viskari
5 Mahad Faarah
6 Marja Jänis
7 Olga Davydova

Onnea! Congratulations!

anti-racist rally – Kristalliyön muistotilaisuus rasismia ja fasismia vastaan marraskuu 7, 2011

anti-racist rally in Joensuu on Wed the 9th of November, at 6 p.m. from the market place

Kristalliyön muistotilaisuus rasismia ja fasismia vastaan

Kello 17 alkaen voi torilavan kohdalta hakea jaettavaksi rasisminvastaisia tiedotteita ja mennä kauppakeskuksiin tms – ota kamu tai pari mukaan, viimeistään torilta.
Kello 18 lieksalainen Matias Kangas pitää lyhyen puheen torilla, sen jälkeen kynttiläkulkue kiertää keskustaa ja etenee Ystävyyden puistoon. Siellä puhuu JoMonin aktiivi Tiina Sotkasiira.

Järjestäjinä Joensuun rauhanryhmän kanssa mm. Joensuun Seudun monikulttuurisuusyhdistys JoMoni, Vasemmistonuoret

Keskustelutilaisuus – Rasistinen Suomi? Discussion – Racist Finland? marraskuu 7, 2011

Keskustelutilaisuus – Rasistinen Suomi?

Lauantaina 12.11 Klo 15.00

Ravintola Wanha Jokela, Torikatu 26, JNS

Alustaja tutkija Vesa Puuronen

Keskustelu pohjautuu alustajan uuteen kirjaan, jossa analysoidaan rasismin muotoja Suomessa ja esitellään rasismin tutkimuksen eri suuntauksia. Hahmotellaan myös ei-rasistisen ja monikulttuurisen yhteiskunnan mahdollisuuksia. Lähtökohtana ovat monikulttuurisuuskäsitteen eri merkitykset sekä kokemukset monikulttuuristen yhteiskuntien rakentamisesta Suomessa ja muualla maailmassa.

Keskustelu on suomeksi ja tulkattu englanniksi

Lisätietoja:  joensuum@hotmail.com

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Discussion – Racist Finland?

Saturday 12th November at 3 pm

Restaurant Wanha Jokela, Torikatu 26, Joensuu

Introduction by researcher Vesa Puuronen

Discussion is based on the new book by Vesa Puuronen, which is an analysis of the forms of racism in Finland and an overview of the different approaches in the study of racism. The book also outlines the possibilities of a non-racist and multicultural society. Its starting points are the different meanings of the term ”multiculturality” and experiences in building multicultural societies in Finland and elsewhere.

The discussion is in Finnish and it is interpreted into English.

For more information: joensuum@hotmail.com

Syyskokous – annual general meeting marraskuu 6, 2011

Tervetuloa syyskokoukseen!
Paikka: ravintola Wanha Jokela, Torikatu 26, 80100 Joensuu
Aika: lauantaina 12.11.2011 klo 13.00

Syyskokouksessa päätetään koko tulevan vuoden toimintasuunnitelma, valitaan yhdistyksen hallitus, puheenjohtaja, varapuheenjohtaja sekä toiminnantarkastajat. Jokaisella jäsenellä on myös äänioikeus. Yhdistyksessä olevat tehtävät on selitetty tässä. Jos toiminta JoMonissa kiinnostaa, mutta et pääse paikalle, ilmoita meille! vastaavana voit tehdä JoMonissa sitä mikä sinua kiinnostaa yhdessä työryhmien kanssa. vastaavien valinnassa.

Kokouksen jälkeen klo 15.00 Vesa Puuronen tulee keskustelemaan rasismista Suomessa ja kirjastaan Rasistinen Suomi.

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Invitation to annual general meeting!

Where: restaurant Wanha Jokela, Torikatu 26, 80100 Joensuu
When: Saturday 12th of November 2011 1 pm.

The general meeting decides about the action plan of the coming year, the board members, the chair, vice chair and auditors. Each member of the association has the right to vote about the representatives.The tasks in association are explained briefly here. If You are interested in getting active in JoMoni, but you can’t come in Saturday, please inform us! As a responsible you can do what you are interested in together with a working group.

After the meeting at 3 pm. Vesa Puuronen comes to discuss about everyday racism and his book Rasistinen Suomi.