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Autumn Agora Salerno 2019 Another Brick Off The Wall Written by Sonia Della Sala President of AEGEE-Salerno & Content Director of Autumn Agora Salerno 2019
Agora, the general assembly of all local branches of AEGEE-Europe, twice a year gathers its members from all across Europe in order to discuss, learn and share objectives and opinions. Agorae are important not only to learn about the European values such as the respect for human dignity and rights, but also to put into practice the idea of equality and democracy. Designed, organised and administered by 9 young active students and European citizens of Salerno, “Autumn Agora Salerno 2019 Another Brick Off The Wall” has aimed at achieving integration, student cooperation and social inclusion in full respect of European cultures and diversity. The aim of Agora Salerno 2019 was not only to demolish the cultural borders, but help the flourishing and development of new contacts with other foreign countries. The objectives of the Autumn Agora 2019 focused on freedom of choice, displacement and expression. Divided into “bricks”, each day of the Agora, participants had the opportunity to deepen into the importance of: Self Expression, through a shared space where to discuss and exchange different points of view on the
importance of art as a means of communication; Mobility, by encouraging educational and professional mobility with regards on visa issues still delimiting most borders; Professional Growth, as the job market evolves fast and cross-training guarantee a more serene approach to it; Education, by raising awareness on non-formal education and informal learning as an opportunity to acquire fundamental transversal skills fundamental for future work environments. Autumn Agora Salerno will always be AEGEE-Europe special one. Remembering that in November 1989, one day before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Autumn Agora Salerno 1989 took place. It had been a coincidence that awoke the European spirit, not only in AEGEE, but also in Europe. Tearing down frontiers by opening the Network to the East had given hope for the better to the few, but changed the lives of most. 30 years later, Agora Salerno witnessed another historical event: the lockdown of Europe. Being the last Agora before the Spring Online Agora 2020, Autumn Agora Salerno strengthened the importance of the initiatives of AEGEEans.
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