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Presidents of School Parliaments organized by Amalipe will visit on April 21 (Thursday) National Assembly to participate in the meeting of the Commission on Education and Science and to discuss with their "colleagues" current youth and education issues, including 'What is to be tolerant "and" What patriotism means "today in Bulgaria. Children and young people from different ethnic groups of the schools included in the program of Center "Amalipe" "Each student will be a winner", will take place in the meetings. The Program covers nearly 200 schools throughout the country.

The visit of school parliamentarians will begin at 12.30 with a visit to a meeting of the National Assembly. From 2.00 pm. they will participate in a special discussion with deputies of the Commission on Education and Science, which will be held in "East" hall.

The meeting was initiated by Ms. Galia Zacharieva, Vice-President of the Commission on Education after she joined Parliamentary control organized at the School of Tolerance in Sliven in the first week of April. The School of tolerance brought together over 200 representatives of school parliaments. During the event, the students presented their campaign "The challenge to be tolerant" and consequently sent their challenge to Ms. Zaharieva to help this message reach more colleagues of her. She was highly impressed by the active citizenship of young people, some of them - from small unknown villages, and decided in turn, along with Milena Damianova, Chairman of the Commission to enable young people to participate in this challenge along with other members of the Commission.

During the visit, students will have the opportunity to see the National Assembly, to learn about the mechanisms of its work and to follow in turn how policy makers work in the Chamber. They will explain to the members of parliament the activities organized by the Student parliaments. Youth members will present the campaign "#We Are Equal" initiated by them in connection to the violence against their mate Mitko. They will urge MPs to join the campaign.

Information about the campaign "#WeAreEqual" see on http://amalipe.com/index.php?nav=news&id=2576&lang=2