In order to bring people back to their social circles and societies, there are several steps that can be taken. To bring people back to their social circles and societies, it is important to create opportunities for interaction and engagement. This can be done by organizing community events, such as festivals, picnics, or sports activities.Encouraging individuals to participate in group activities, clubs, or hobby classes can also help them reconnect with others who share similar interests. With projects like these we can increase the likelihood of successfully bringing people back to their social circles and societies for the long term.
İpek Rana , KAAL .Hilal KAYA, Türkiye
Excluding people from various groups or whole societies in general is surely a vital problem in today’s world. It usually occurs in turning someone down mostly cause of his looks, skin colour or lifestyle. It definitely is hurtful as the excluded person just wants to be themselves or obviously is not able to change how he/she looks. Fortunately, there are some ways on how to overcome this problem.
Nowadays, people my age appear to exclude others just because they don’t follow popular trends. As we live in a highly computerized world, almost everybody has access to many apps on smartphones like Instagram, TikTok etc. Content there varies from important in our matter daily news to complete useless information. However, some of these things become trends, that a lot of teenagers eagerly follow. Obviously, not everybody does so, generally cause of their personal opinion. Those “different” young people unfortunately end up getting excluded from their social environment and have problems keeping contact with peers . Happily, there are some solutions. For example this could be simply resolved by making a good use of what we got available. By using applications like Facebook, those excluded people can join countless groups with a specific topic that suits them. Then, it is only a matter of time until they can find right users, with whom starting a new relation is worth it.
A part of older people in Eastern European countries tend to have some type of contempt towards people of darker skin. This usually connects with loads of nonsense stereotypes, which might end up causing social exclusion. Personally, this problem doesn’t necessarily happen from racist behaviour of older people, I would consider calling it lack of knowledge. In countries such as Poland, people with dark skin weren’t really common back in the days, so people couldn’t really acknowledge them as a part of society. To tackle this problem we could somehow get older people to know that these stereotypes are completely made up. I thought of making people of darker skin more significant in polish media and television, so they could play a big role in our lives. In my opinion, this would allow older people to realise, that dark-skinned people are nothing different.
Social exclusion is such an extensive topic, that should be talked about more. Many people across the world end up getting socially excluded on a daily basis. I’m pretty sure, that no one wants to be treated that way. In that case, I feel like we are all obligated to help those hurt people, so we can create a world full of respect together.
by Alan Miksa - Secondary School No. 3 in Bydgoszcz - Poland
Solving the issue of social exclusion is a hard nut to crack. There are many ways to tackle this problem. My first idea of dealing with this problem is to educate society about social exclusion. World governments are definitely putting way too little effort into educating people about different races, gender equality and so on. This way, we can better understand problems, that social excluded people are facing everyday. The second way of solving this problem, is to adopt laws that will equalize exluded communities, like disabled people, various cultures or LGBT community with other people. For example, lives of disabled citizens would be improved, when cities infrastructure will suit to disabled people needs (for example, installing wheelchair lifts in public facilities, or helping visually impaired people by installing tacticle paving and audible traffic signals to ensure their safety). To sum up, there are many ways of dealing with social exclusion and helping socially excluded people. Sadly, this problem is really huge, and it only got bigger in 21. century. According to Eurostat, 19% of EU citizens over the age of 16, were at risk of being socially excluded.
by Łukasz Baka - Secondary School No. 3 in Bydgoszcz - Poland
So, social exclusion. Those two simple words may invoke absolutely nothing, or bring us back to the traumatizing experiences that unfortunately many of us have painfully lived through. Social acceptance is still a pressing problem in many communities around the world. Tackling this problem in the first place requires us to take a multidimensional approach to things. There is one especially important word when it comes to social exclusion – education. Educating the masses on the impact of their – theoretically benign – interaction with others is essential to achieve the desired effect, which quite frankly is quite tough to achieve. Many people (mostly younger individuals) may be inclined to believe that there is nothing wrong with making fun of someone who is - let’s say, of a different race or is less wealthy. It's important to promote the concept of diversity and equity. To support those affected, services such as healthcare and mental assistance should be readily available.
by Tymon Gumienik - Secondary School No. 3 in Bydgoszcz - Poland
Probably almost every one of you has ever felt socially excluded due to various reasons. We can list many of them from being bullied because of the skin color to being taken as someone ,,different” by not having a typical behavior. Those people often feel helpless and misunderstood. So, they have no clue what to do. That’s why I would like to share with you two of my simple pieces of advice.
Are you excluded by your friends? They don’t want to hang out with you or you feel invisible and unnecessary for them? You should probably cut them out. Even though it seems extremely hard to do, it will make you feel released. But, before you take this action, try to talk to your friends about how you feel. Sometimes conversation is a key to success. It may turn out that the situation was just your misunderstanding or your friends didn’t mean to hurt you, because they haven’t realized that they were doing something rude. You’ll never know unless you ask them.
The other example of social exclusion is being bullied by having a ,,different” skin color. The most terrifying point is that those people start to hate themselves because of racists that can’t accept their variety. They feel like weirdos who don’t fit into society. What can you do if you relate to that? Of course treat yourself as someone extraordinary. But it’s not so easy. You can also take part in charity events or help some organizations that take care of poor, homeless, ill and other socially-excluded people. It will make you feel like you’ve done something important and as a result it’ll help you get closer into the society.
And last but not least, remember that you’re not alone, even if you feel like you have no one you can talk to. There are many online communities with people that go through the same things as you. They will bring you a little bit of comfort and understanding.
by Julia Sulkowska - Secondary School No. 3 in Bydgoszcz - Poland