Football Against Racism in Europe - Campaigning and Events

Campaigning and Events

• The Mondiali Antirazzisti is a unique tournament in Italy that brings supporters groups, migrants and local communitities together to celebrate diversity and popular fan culture. This vivrant anti-racist football festival with 204 five-a-side teams is held every July near Bologna.
• Stand Up Speak Up: some of the income generated from the sale of the wristbands is going to FARE to run a series of activities in central and eastern Europe. The FARE programme seeks to tackle the exclusion of Roma communities in Slovakia and to undertake monitoring and campaigning activities to counter the presence of neo-nazi groups at football grounds in Poland. In the Balkans the key aim is to challenge prevailing ideas of nationalism and xenophobia through working with football clubs and youth teams.
• Building on the success in Portugal in 2004, the FARE network is preparing a programme of anti-racism activities at UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The aim is to promote and convey the positive message of anti-racism and fighting discrimination in and outside the stadiums. FARE intend to engage fans and local communities through Street-kick tournaments, supporter gatherings and distribution of fanzine.