If you choose to start a discussion prior to the activities here are some questions about citizenship and rights you may ask the participants. These questions can also pop up during the activities: • • • • • What is citizenship? How would you explain it to someone else? How can a person get citizenship when they are born? Can a person only have the citizenship that they get at birth? How else can a person get citizenship? What rights does a person have as a citizen of a country? What happens if you are not able to have a citizenship? How would it feel if you were not able to belong to a country via having citizenship, but everyone else around you did? Do you know what country you are a citizen of? How did you become a citizen of that country? What rights do you have as a result of being a citizen of your particular country? Key Takeaways of this theme: 1. Citizenship may be something we cannot see or touch, but it makes a big difference in our lives. Understanding the role of a passport and what life would look like without access to one helps us to understand the impact statelessness can have. 2. Communicating with stateless people is a great way to show support and better understand their position in society. 3. Statelessness can be portrayed in different ways throughout the media so it is important to be a critical media consumer. 4. There are different ways to advocate for the rights of stateless people around the world. It can take a lot of time and hard work but we can all make a difference. Key words Citizenship/Nationality; Rights; Participation; Discrimination; (In)equality; (In)tolerance. 30