October 31 – November 1, 2009 Seminar “Migrants and The Local Community: prevention and resolution of local ethno-religious tensions on the basis of labor migration”, St. Petersburg

October 31 – November 1, 2009 in a boarding house “Sea Surf” (Zelenogorsk City) non-commercial partnership “Center of Social Assistance “Trust” with the support of the Committee on Youth Policy and Interaction with civil society organizations held a scientific-practical seminar “Migrants and the local community: prevention and resolution of local ethno-religious tensions on the basis of labor migration. The seminar was attended by representatives of various youth and social and political organizations of St. Petersburg, as well as representatives of ethnic communities, student government bodies. Panelists: * Nikolay Yakovlev – Lawyer of The Russian Red Cross Committee (project “Information campaign on the prevention of human trafficking in Russia, with special attention to the region of St. Petersburg”, in conjunction with the International Organization for Migration); * Marina Nosova – advocate for human rights NGO “Anti-Discrimination Center” Memorial “; * Denis Filimonov – Assistant Commissioner for Human Rights in St. Petersburg; Guest seminar: * Anna Khaldin – project coordinator for the adaptation of migrant children in the school community “Discover the world!”, RSDUY St. Petersburg Section: * Legal protection: “Prevention of trafficking in persons”; – Senior Section: Catherine Dikovsky (lawyer ADC “Memorial”), co-host: Angela Toure (Project Coordinator) * Master class for the outdoor cultural events; – Senior Section: Alexander Nizhinsky (artistic director of the theater “Mimigranty”), co-host: Daria Sharaborina (volunteer project, RSDUY St. Petersburg) * Practice session on the theme “Politics of ethnic conflict”; – Senior Section: Ivan Krasnov (graduate of Russian State Social University, RSDUY Moscow), co-host: Lydia Belkevich (co-coordinator of the project, RSDUY St. Petersburg) * Practice session on the image of migrants in the media – Major sections: Sergey Simonov and Andrey  Soshnikov (representatives of the youth education project in the Faculty of Journalism SPSU “Polit-Gramota”)