Jonathan Mack
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Born | Ravensburg, Germany | January 10, 1984
Alma mater | Free University Berlin |
Occupation(s) | Human rights activist and educator |
Employer | Council of Europe |
Organization | ternYpe International Roma Youth Network |
Jonathan Mack (born 10 January 1984 in Ravensburg, Germany) is a German human rights activist, educador and scholar. Mack has a diploma in political sciences of the Free University Berlin, and currently works as political advisor at the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma.[1]
He established with various Roma youth organizations the ternYpe International Roma Youth Network[2] in 2009, and developed the Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative[3] to commemorate and lobby for the political recognition of the porajmos; since 2006 he supported various local, national and international Roma youth organizations to develop youth strategies and programs for the empowerment and active citizenship of Roma youth, and to combat Antigypsyism. From 2012 until 2015 he worked as the managing director of the Phiren Amenca International Network[4], based in Budapest. In the past five years he worked as freelance trainer and facilitator on issues of Antigypsyism, human rights, remembrance and Holocaust education with the Council of Europe, and various international youth organizations. He has a long time experience regarding youth policies and programs on UN, EU and German federal level.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma". Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Home | TernYpe". www.ternype.eu. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "The Roma Genocide | Roma Genocide Remembrance Initiative". web.archive.org. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Phiren Amenca". Phiren Amenca. Retrieved 2024-08-02.