A Call for Stories
Illustrating Principles of Tolerance

THOUGHT-PROVOKING STORIES ABOUT TOLERANCE

The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, in conjunction with UNESCO, is seeking good stories that illustrate principles of tolerance – particularly (though not exclusively) stories about religion. The stories we are seeking may be suitable for any age level, and they may be drawn from works of great world literature, or a local newspaper, or even written especially for this project. The stories may be true accounts of real events or entirely imaginary. They may be copyrighted or in the public domain. The story can be in English or any other language as long as a translation is available.

We plan to collect the stories, edit them, and publish them as a resource for teachers and others.

We welcome your suggestions. Please send your recommendations (either the story itself or the citation to a place where we can find it) in any language to: ToleranceStories@gmail.com

We are looking for stories that might, for example:

- reveal the harmful consequences of intolerance
- show how an important experience helps someone overcome a prejudice
- describe the benefits of cooperating with people who at first seem different
- explain how intolerance hurts the person who is prejudiced
- illustrate how intolerance may be based on false assumptions.

For additional information on this project, please see the formal call for papers at http://www.oslocoalition.org/html/project_school_education/CallStories.htm

For additional information on the Coalition’s larger project Teaching for Tolerance and Freedom of Religion or Belief, of which this call for tolerance stories is a part, see http://www.oslocoalition.org/html/project_school_education/index.html

Please send your recommendations (or questions) to: tolerancestories@gmail.com