Against The Failure To React

The easy access for information is used by some unscrupulous persons to spread issues on ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group relation and spreading 'hoax' news. If young people is not equipped with appropriate knowledge and critical attitudes, they will be easily deceived. Nowadays there are lots of 'hoax' news scattered in media. Considering the need for improvement both thinking strength and critical attitude of students and young people, Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta held a training on Peace Study: Conflict Management & Resolution at Ngesti Laras Hotel, Kaliurang (8-10/9) attended by 42 participants.

In this training, Stube-HEMAT set a theme of ‘Against the failure to react’. The aim of this training is participants learn peace study, how to manage conflict and propose resolution. Participants are also expected to have understanding and courage against terrorism and radicalism, and ability to analyze actors who take part in establishing peace resolution.

The first session was opened with introduction of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta by Ariani Narwastujati, S.Pd., S.S., M.Pd, the Executive Director of Stube-HEMAT Indonesia. The second session invited participants to understand basic theory of Conflict Management conveyed by Sarloce Apang, S.T, Trustha Rembaka, S.Th and Rudyolof I.M. Pinda, S.Sos. Based on the presentation, the participants are motivated to understand and analyze conflict, find key person, and even learned how to create conflict in order to make it visible and able to find solution eventually.

Some experienced facilitators were invited to complete this three days training. Yoga Khoiri Ali, M.A, from Terrorism Prevention Coordination Forum (FKPT) of Yogyakarta Special Region conveyed understanding on how foreign sides are trying to control Indonesia through various tactics, one of them is religion issue. This issue is 'played' to disrupt us. Based on the research, the main trigger of the conflict in equatorial area, including Indonesia is energy crisis. The religion issue was deliberately played to create conflict as the diversion while energy resource fights were taking place.

As important entry to be smart in facing issues on ethnicity, religion, race and inter-group relation and hoax issues in media, Rifqiya Hidayatul Mufidah and Sarjoko from Gusdurian, equipped participants' understanding with their material. Rifqiya shared about Gusdurian Community and what they do, while Sarjoko gave important exposure on how media really fool us with 'hoax' news and SARA issues that are deliberately made based on client request. Once an issue blown, they get large amount of money. While, we are as consumers of the news can only blame and curse each other.

On Saturday night participants performed role plays on how they practiced to be smart mediators to resolve conflicts occured around them. The conflicts offered by Stube HEMAT team and performed by participants were online taxi vs conventional taxi, full day school, government law on CSO (civil society organization).

The training was finalized with designing follow-up plan. After attending a three-days-two-nights training, participants are expected to be able to share with friends, community, groups wherever they are about the materials. Their follow-up plans become real proof that young people are not just silent, they will not fail to react because they will search valid information and they become peace agents for Indonesia and the world. (SAP).