RAP in the Media

For Roma, a Steppingstone to Graduate School

In this article published by The New York Times, Roma Access Programs is mentioned and its dedication to address the issues that blocks Roma students' access to higher education.

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Neighborhoods: Exploring Budapest's Gritty 8th District 

CEU Roma Access Programs (RAP) alumna Andrea Ignacz ('15) is quoted in an AP article about educating people on Budapest's 8th District and Roma life and culture there.

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To Battle Racism, Roma Scale Europe's Ivory Tower

The Christian Science Monitor article highlights CEU's Roma Access Programs and how participation in the programs has helped alumni reach their goals.

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Empowering Through Community Organizing

In order to share experiences and exchange strategies, CEU's Roma Access Programs (RAP) invited American community organizing expert David Beckwith and Hungarian experts to the lecture "Empowering Vulnerable Communities Through Grassroots Organizing: Examples from U.S. and Eastern Europe." 

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Hungarian Political Daily Profiles Roma Access Program Student Kata Nemeth

Hungarian news portal nepszabadsag.hu interviewed Roma Access Program Student Kata Nemeth about her life, how she got involved with CEU's Roma Access Program, and future plans. 

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RAP Program Student Facilitates Dialogue Among Roma, Non-Roma Students 

Joci Marton, who completed the Roma English Language Program and is now graduating from the Roma Graduate Preparation Program, volunteers with Uccu, a Hungarian NGO that facilitates dialogue between Roma and non-Roma elementary and middle school students. Marton's involvement with Uccu, which promotes an informal education method rather than an effort to teach about Roma culture in a top-down fashion.

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Hungarian Political Daily Profiles Roma Access Program Student Rudolf Sandor

Hungarian news portal nepszabadsag.hu interviewed Roma Access Program Student Rudolf Sandor about his life and how he got involved with CEU’s Roma Access Programs.

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International Roma Day Celebrated at CEU

International Roma Day on April 8 is a day to celebrate Romani culture and language, to honor and remember ancestors, reward the achievements of current generations, as well as to raise awareness of the issues Roma people face nowadays.

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Roma Access Program Student Speaks of Key Teachers and the Will to Succeed 

Laszlo Jakab, a student in CEU's Roma Access Programs in 2013, spoke of his path from the poorest part of the small town of Kistelek, Hungary, to a college degree and enrollment in RAP in an interview published in the Oct. 6 edition of Nok Lapja, Hungary's biggest-selling weekly magazine, with a circulation of 217,000. 

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From Genocide to Serial Murder: CEU Student Csaba Olah Comments on Roma Issues 

As Hungary awaits the verdict in the trial of four men accused of murdering six Roma, the country's Roma community is reflecting on the 69 years that have passed since the mass murders of Roma at Nazi concentration camps and wondering what, if anything, has changed.

"When we speak about the Roma Holocaust, I would like to say 'never again,' but I cannot," said Csaba Olah, a graduate of CEU's Roma Access Programs (RAP) and a newly admitted master's student in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, speaking ahead of the Day of Remembrance for Roma Holocaust victims on August 2. "It's not the past but the present. The shootings were very shocking to us and threatening. Many of my family members and friends felt unsafe and it was quite a difficult period for many Roma people."

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