WHO WE ARE
Project Pluralist is a youth focused non-profit working at the intersection of design and technology to tackle the issues of prejudice, discrimination and hate by cultivating the next generation of pluralist citizens and social innovators.
learning by doing
Our experiential, social and emotional learning curriculum engages students in deep learning—developing creative and critical thinking.
WHAT WE OFFER
Workshops
Introductory immersion on prejudice, intolerance and extremism by engaging in creative thinking exercises, collaborative work, and problem solving.
Courses
During-school curriculum designed to deepen the understanding of prejudice, intolerance, and extremism with creative thinking exercises, collaborative work, and projects.
Collaborative Projects
Partnership projects with colleges on various aspects of tackling intolerance and extremism, with real world implementation.
What students get out of the program
Pluralist SKILLS
Cultivates a culture of empathy, inclusion, equality and belonging in the classroom. Early research has shown a relative increase in empathy among the participating students.
Resilience against hate
Creates awareness and understanding of conscious and unconscious bias, discrimination, prejudice and stereotypes.
creative Leadership
Builds creative thinking and critical thinking abilities to analyze, evaluate, connect information, make meaning, ask new questions and generate innovative ideas and solutions.
MICRO GRANTS
Opportunity to submit innovative ideas to tackle intolerance and extremism. Winning ideas receive a small social innovation grant to make it a reality. (Applies only to summer camp)
why its needed
Bullying has long been a problem in schools. In recent years this has been exacerbated by the growing cases of hate crimes committed by juveniles. While school and college campuses are reported to be the 3rd most common location for hate crimes.
Targeted online, and on alternative media platforms by extremist narratives—the online-self-radicalization phenomenon is fueling hate among the youth.
PLURALIST skills
The program cultivates Pluralists. Defined as those who values human diversity and differences, are empathetic to those unlike themselves, are cognizant of their and others’ emotions, and are able to collaborate with others.
These traits are not only imperative to building an inclusive world, but are pertinent skills for the 21st century workforce.