Tolerance Posters at the American University of Sharjah, UAE

Last week, the Tolerance Poster show opened at the library of the American University of Sharjah (AUS), UAE. The library is a high-traffic venue, receiving over 19,000 visitors per week. I am grateful to Kevin Badni, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Art and Design, and Riem Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of Art and Design for their efforts in organizing this show, which will run until the end of June. Unfortunately, due to space limitations, not all posters were able to be included.

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Walking Tour at the University of Delaware

To commemorate the International Day for Tolerance on November 16, Mirko Ilic held a walking tour through the Tolerance Poster Show at the University of Delaware 's main campus. The event was attended by students and university professors, including Suzanne Burton, Sr. Associate Dean at the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) , José-Luis Riera, Vice President for Student Life and Blažo Kovačević, who helped organise the exhibition and walking tour. This event was brought to life through the support of the Visiting Speaker Committee of the Department of Art and Design along with contributions from the Margaret P. Allen Endowed Lectureship Fund. Here you can see the videos of the event here and here .

Tolerance on Veterans Day

In commemoration of Veterans Day, November 11th, the University of Delaware has decorated The Green with American flags. Together with the Tolerance Poster Show—"Tolerance on the Green" , it creates quite a striking and powerful scene. "Tolerance on the Green" opened on The Green at the University of Delaware on November 1st and will be on display until November 30th.

2nd Tolerance Posters Show in Zagreb, Croatia

On November 16th, the International Day of Tolerance , the Tolerance Poster Show was displayed in the center of Zagreb on the fence of the Botanical Garden . Here is a link to a short video of the show . Unfortunately only 24 hours later, the show was "attacked" by Neo-Nazis graffitis. On the posters, they wrote "NDH", which is the abbreviation for Nezavisna Država Hrvatska (Independent State of Croatia) a Second World War puppet state of Nazi Germany. On others, they graffitied the letter "U" which is the symbol for Ustaša the Second World War Croatian fascist organization. And they even wrote "Smrt Srbozločincima" (Death to the Serbian criminals). Luckily, the organizers of the show figured out how to remove this hate speech and the symbols. Outrage over this vandalism, was expressed through all news media in Croatia. Here , here , here , and here are some of the local media reactions. You can see the video of the show here . This show...

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