Meetings for Engaged Citizenship

Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, participated on 11 January 2018 in the "Meetings for an Engaged Citizenship" organized by the Fonds du 11 janvier, hosted by the Fondation de France. The round table was moderated by Serge Barbet, director of the Centre for Media and Information Education (CLEMI).

The theme of these meetings was about media education and critical thinking as well as deconstructing hate speech and conspiracy theories. Emmanuelle Daviet, journalist, head of the Society and d'InterClass department at France Inter and Souâd Belhaddad, journalist and writer, also participated in these Meetings.

Since 2015, insults and racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic acts have continued to increase, displaying with increasing violence. At the same time, it is in middle schools and high schools that "I am not Charlie" have also resounded, sounding the alarm about the need to equip teachers to encourage critical thinking. Initiatives are being set up to reflect on the question: how to react in classrooms, on the net, in everyday life, to decrypt information and images? Behind this question, it is actually about rethinking the way to support young people so that they become informed and responsible citizens.

Review the video of the meetings: