March

21

Time for more Visibility

Breaking Down Syndrome Stereotypes one cup at a time

March 21st 2023 marks the official 16th World Down Syndrome Day and the EU for Trisomy 21 network of course hosted our own unique celebration.

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In 2023, we started our celebration by hosting an online event on the 16th of March with the title "Time for More Visibility" as part of our "The Future is Ours" project. This event featured self-advocate speakers from all over Europe, talking about how visibility alone could make a huge difference in breaking down (syndrome) stereotypes in people's minds. All of our speakers worked in inclusive restaurants or coffee shops and told us about their lives and the conversations they had with their customers.

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Coffee, Socks and
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Cluj, Romania on 21st of March

Cluj, Romania on 21st of March

Iasi, Romania on 21st of March

Iasi, Romania

Events hosted by ACIC Iași

18.03.2023: 10am-12am, Chez Les Amis (coffee house) Details

20.03.2023: 2pm-4pm, Cafeneaua Piața Unirii (coffee house) Details

21.03.2023: 2pm-4pm, CUIB cafe Details

23.03.2023: 2pm-4pm, CUIB cafe Details

Bydgoszcz, Poland on 16th of March

Bydgoszcz Poland

Bucharest, Romania on 21st of March

Bucharest, Romania on 21st of March

Galați, Romania on 21st of March

Galați, Romania

16.03.2023: 16pm, Paris Cafe

Csodavár Development Center and Playhouse, in Budapest, Hungary March 21st 2023

Csodavár Development Center and Playhouse, in Budapest, Hungary March 21st 2023

City of Hamm, Germany on 21st of March

City of Hamm, Germany on 21st of March

City of Zossen, Germany on 20th of March

City of Zossen, Germany on 20th of March

City of Duisburg, Germany on 21st of March

City of Duisburg, Germany on 21st of March

Prague, Czech on 21st of March

Prague, Czech

21.03.2023: Restaurant of Vocational school Vysehrad located at Vratislavova 31/6, Prague 2, from 2pm to 4pm.

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Vienna

Austrian Parliament, Vienna on the 21st March

Down Syndrome Association in Valetta, Malta on the 21st March

Down Syndrome Association in Valetta, Malta on the 21st March

Train Inc. Café, Niolon in France on March 21st

Train Inc. Café, Marseille in France on March 21st

Rescaldina in Italy on March 20st

Rescaldina in Italy on March 20st

European Parliament, Brussels Belgium

European Parliament, Brussels Belgium on the 21st March

And then on the 20th and 21st of March, inclusive coffee shops and restaurants that had employees with Down Syndrome served coffee in places of political power such as the European Parliament, national governments, senates and parliaments, regional assemblies, and municipalities.

This gave decision-makers from all over the EU the opportunity to talk to people with Down Syndrome and learn to see things from their perspective. This was especially important that year as preparations were underway for the EU Parliament elections of 2024, where many people with Down Syndrome would be allowed to vote for the first time.

To make our celebration a success, EU for Trisomy 21 collaborated with local coffee houses that employed people with Down syndrome and vocational schools. We also worked with local, regional, national, and international politicians to ensure that this celebration reached as many people as possible.

People were already celebrating all around Europe (see on the map) -  here you can read a Press Release with the details.

 

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A platform for the collaboration of associations, citizens and politicians working together for the celebration of World Down syndrome Day, to make visible the intellectual disability in general and persons with trisomy 21 in particular (most common intellectual disability of genetic origin, also called Down syndrome).

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