Let’s Come Together: Peace Walk in Prague

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/05/lets-come-together-peace-walk-in-prague/

Rights matter most the moment someone realizes:

this applies to me.

Not just in courtrooms or politics.
In school, at work, online, in everyday life.

This final episode is about that shift — when rights stop feeling abstract and start becoming personal, usable, and real.

Because the Charter matters most when we know it is ours.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/know-your-rights-eu-citizenship-courage-charter?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#HumanRights #KnowYourRights #EUCitizenship #EUCharter #CivicEducation #ActiveCitizenship #RightsLiteracy #Democracy #Citizenship

Active civic engagement through philanthropy empowers communities to take part in real change—building stronger voices, informed citizens, and shared responsibility for society’s future. Discover how giving can fuel participation and impact: https://www.susanaureliagitelson.com/philanthropy-org/philanthropy-for-active-civic-engagement/

#CivicEngagement #Philanthropy #CommunityImpact #ActiveCitizenship #SocialChange #Democracy

Learn how philanthropy strengthens civic engagement and empowers communities to create positive change and promote democracy.

Read more: https://www.susanaureliagitelson.com/philanthropy-org/philanthropy-for-active-civic-engagement/

#Philanthropy #CivicEngagement #SocialImpact #ActiveCitizenship #GivingBack #SusanAureliaGitelson

Explore how philanthropy can empower communities, strengthen democracy, and inspire active citizenship. Learn more: https://www.susanaureliagitelson.com/philanthropy-org/philanthropy-for-active-civic-engagement/

#Philanthropy #CivicEngagement #SocialImpact #ActiveCitizenship #GivingBack #SusanAureliaGitelson

We tend to talk about disengagement as if it were a personal failure or a generational mood.

However, school has a bigger role to play in civic agency and political capacity than we assume.

This essay explores a concrete example of what changes when classrooms are designed differently and what that unlocks.
https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/the-gym-for-future-citizens-ceb?r=6l8ed8

#democracy #education #youthempowerment #school #Civiceducation #criticalThinking #politicalLiteracy #Civiceducation #activeCitizenship #participation

Greens in Chile and in Europe: It is the Same Struggle

In this insightful talk, Dr. Alfredo Sfeir Younis (former Chilean presidential candidate) discusses the necessary paradigm shift toward global sustainability and environmental justice, emphasizing the shared struggles between Chile and Europe. Dr. Sfeir Younis argues that sustainable development must be the governing principle to which all economic, social, and political policies must adjust, insisting this is the only option we have. Key points include the need to move from simple competitiveness to eco-competitiveness, which requires internalizing the abatement cost (cleanup cost) of environmental destruction. Crucially, he stresses that we cannot allow the benefits received in one region to come at the expense of environmental or social destruction somewhere else, directly challenging the notion of a "green economy" built on a "dirty economy." He concludes that a strong fiscal policy is central to the future of sustainability, while citizenship demands active participation in both government and market decisions.

🔗 https://youtu.be/RCvAN0A2oRc

#EcoCompetitiveness #EnvironmentalJustice #GreenFiscalPolicy #AbatementCost #GlobalSustainability #ActiveCitizenship

We often think change requires heroism. But in our work we keep seeing the same truth:

Big systems don’t break all at once. People do. And the smallest human repairs often prevent the largest civic fractures.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/micro-repair-for-macro-change-a-toolkit

#EmotionalIntelligence #Resilience
#MicroRepair #MentalHealth
#SystemsThinking #CivicEngagement
#Democracy #YouthEmpowerment
#ActiveCitizenship #CivicResilience

For the last two years, we’ve watched more than a thousand young people step into carefully designed spaces and show us what thinking looks like when the environment supports it.

Today’s post is about that architecture. How curiosity becomes possible. How disagreement becomes humane. How a space designed with intention can help people think again.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/what-youth-debates-teach-us-about

#YouthDebates #CivicEducation #DemocraticSkills #CriticalThinking #YouthEmpowerment #ActiveCitizenship #FutureOfDemocracy