Association “Young Roma” from Vitez was founded on March 7, 2011 as a social, non-party, non-profit organization. It was founded on the initiative of a large number of young people. As an incentive for founding the organization, there is a great deal of discrimination against Roma, especially young people, poor education, non-education, begging, as well as the uncomfortable life of Roma, as well as the initiation of the establishment of the folklore section. Within the association there is the KUD “Roma”, whose existence is complemented by the activism of the association itself.
The basic constructive goals of this association are:
- education of Roma youth (through the introduction of their own cultural forms and basic categories of different cultural identities of a certain spatial domain)
- the fight against discrimination (the introduction of a marginalized group in the context of equality)
- the inclusion in the social, cultural and social domains of coexistence (taking up certain positions in the sphere of public life)
In the context, work on the set goals, the mission of this association refers to the way in which they are realized. Accordingly, this association aims to realize the objectives of the project categories. The mission is related to the analysis and systemic inclusion of the Roma population in the context of public life. The path to this is the path of educational, cultural and enlightenment, because the only knowledge of one’s own cultural identity enables knowledge of another cultural identity.
The vision refers to a long-term, prototype plan of our state and activity in a particular area. Of this, the most significant is the inclusion in general cultural discourse, emancipation, material, existential devotion and, most importantly, awareness of itself as a key moment in the recognition of all cultural categories.