Voices of Tolerance: Marius Gorochovskis, Lithuania
Marius Gorochovskis is one of the Promoting Tolerance Fellows 2017 from Lithuania. He is a human rights activist and Head of the Human Rights Committee of Lithuanian Liberals’ Movement, a pro-European, pro-democratic party of Lithuania. Gorochovskis is a communications and public relations expert. Academically, he holds a Master’s degree in Politics and Media from Vilnius University.
The lack of power and courage to do reforms is the biggest threat.
The topic of the 25th edition of the Promoting Tolerance Programme is “Confronting Bigotry and Intolerance in the Face of Rising Populism”.
Lithuania is in need of reforms, but the situation with unresolved challenges remains frozen for years, shared Marius Gorochovskis. Hear the opinion of the Promoting Tolerance fellow for the challenges of populism in the video below.
All solutions must come from grass roots movements.
Watch below ideas of what NGOs, ordinary people and celebrities can do to confront intolerance.
“Tele-voters society” is a new form of a society that we live in, which wants to see constant drama, competition, for the sake of entertainment.
Learn more about the concept of "privatization of politics" and "tele-voters society" from the video with the Lithuanian felllow below.
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