about-bani-adam

Discrimination and hate hurt the whole of society.

Bani Adam is the Persian term for human beings. Literally, it means "children of Adam." Arseh Sevom named this project for the poem by Sa'adi which reminds us that we share our humanity with each other. We are not alone. Our destiny in entwined and that love and shared responsibility are absolutely necessary for us to ensure the future.

This project addresses the hate and discrimination spreading in Persian-speaking communities.

We plan to work together with you to create powerful counter-narratives to the hate speech, guiding both the public and private conversation from exclusion to inclusion.

We encourage people to speak out against hate speech and take more responsibility for ensuring the rights of systematically oppressed communities are guaranteed.

We know that looking at the ways we ourselves contribute to discrimination and hate can be hard. We are determined to become comfortable with discomfort.

Embracing difference is the enlargement of the community.

We won’t always get things right, and we are prepared for that. We promise to keep learning, to keep sharing, and to keep holding ourselves accountable for our own mistakes and misjudgments. We hope that you will join us.

For years, we have been seeing how hateful and dehumanizing messages have been spreading in our community. We've noted how those messages are used to persecute and oppress. And we've seen how groups of people are dehumanized.

Project Bani Adam is going to be a challenge. We’re glad you’re joining us.

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