JRS Hungary inaugurated their new offices in Budapest by hosting a U-CHANGE (Understanding CHANGE) event where a discussion about how European, including Hungarian, high school students’ perception of refugees has changed in recent years took place. The assistant to the provincial head of the Hungarian Jesuits, Zoltán Koronkai SJ, participated at the event and highlighted: …
On March 21, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, from Alboan we carried out the online training session “Transformative education: keys to promote critical thinking, empathy and participation in students”. The key elements we presented are the result of extensive research carried out by the University of Comillas within the …
Coinciding with the International Day of Migrants, on December 18, we carried out an activity with young people from the Loiolaetxea Association aimed at reviewing and sharing their own migratory story. Within the Change Environment project, the students meet people who have gone through different migratory processes. This activity is highlighted by the students as …
From 27 – 30 June, 6 students and 2 teachers in the 2nd year of ESO at the ASSA Ikastola (Lapuebla de Labarca), accompanied by the Alboan Foundation, visited Brussels to present their work on migration and refugee issues that they have carried out throughout the school year. This work was presented at the European …
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A testimony from a CHANGE participant from Malta, wishing racism away.
The School “Isacco Newton” in Rome has participated in Change by organizing a workshop focused on an often forgotten entry area to Europe, the Balkan route.
Among the many stories that have arrived for Centro Astalli’s literary contest Writing Does Not Go Into Exile , the story written by Lia Yuan shows very clearly the different motivations and destinies of those who decide to leave their country: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states this in the first two paragraphs of …
Many Student Ambassadors of project CHANGE have carried out activities at their schools. Here are some examples from Italy.
If you have been lucky enough to meet a refugee, you know very well that body, journey and history are central words. Strade di Cicatrici, the winning story of the 2021 edition of the Centro Astalli’s literary contest Writing Does Not Go Into Exile , opens with a sentence that recalls these words and the text …
October 3rd has become the Day of Remembrance and Hospitality in Italy, a day that commemorates all the victims of immigration and promotes awareness-raising initiatives.
