The aim of Diversi-Date is to create a safe context in which young people can develop a positive self image. We want to empower them and make them resilient. We bring together a diverse group of people (pupils, students and teachers) in a safe and respectful social context, to facilitate an experienced based exchange on world views and identity to increase civic competences and resilience and to foster social inclusion by means of creative and artistic methods. The young people involved are given an accessible and safe forum to enter into a dialogue. It is a way to broaden their (and our) horizons, to hear the story of others, to learn to nuance, to reason critically and to formulate their opinion with respect for others.
Diversi-Date can also lower the threshold to higher education. It offers a playful and direct introduction to the ins and outs of a university college campus. The Family Studies programme of Odisee fits in well with the participating study options (e.g. from TSO Social-Technical and Health and Welfare Sciences, from ASO Human Sciences...)