EPILOGUE Dear Network, Dearest Community of ELSA Friends, With this Annual Report, we officially conclude our term as the International Board of ELSA 2021/2022. A year that can definitely be described as atypical, filled with challenges and new experiences, where we learned to consider different perspectives and think outside the box. At the very beginning of this journey, we settled on our main goal, the goal of taking the responsibility of making a difference for those who believe “in a just world”, the goal to #BeTheChange that we wanted to see in our Community. A year later, looking back on our work, we can safely say that we put all our efforts into achieving what we set out to do, by taking it upon ourselves to organise the first physical ICM since the COVID-19 pandemic, by the rebranding of some of our most important flagships, by bringing our ELSA Law Schools and Moot Court Competitions back to their physical format, by focusing on providing concrete and valuable benefits for our members and by welcoming a new Patron of ELSA in order to strengthen the credibility of the Association. But those changes were not only aimed at improving the work of the International Board itself. This was only the starting point. What is way more important is the significant impact that those changes aimed to have on our Network. A Network that now can find the inspiration to begin once again organising International Internal Meetings and projects, where they can spread the ELSA spirit among members of new generations. A Network of people able to count on ELSA to open its door for them, when finding a place to feel at home seemed too hard or almost impossible. This was our first primary goal, reflected on each step we took throughout the year, and which is now our last message to all of you. Do not wait for things to get better, do not postpone the realisation of that dream that you have been waiting to follow, and do not be afraid to be the first one to do something that was never done before. We encourage you to do it in the best way that you can. Be the change. ELSAfully yours, Francisco, Lucy, Ainoa, Tony, Samira, Mathieu, Susanna and Val.
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