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The COFA podcast is a five part series that explores community organising with migrants across four European national contexts: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK. Episode 1 addresses the question:...
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The COFA podcast is a five part series that explores community organising with migrants across four European national contexts: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK. Episode 1 addresses the question: ‘What is community organising?’ Each of the following episodes features local and migrant community organisers in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK discussing their experiences, challenges and the change they are making. Join us to learn how migrant communities are organising in Europe.
Links
Community Organising For All Facebook page
COFA project partners
Giolli Cooperative, Italy
Zavod BOB, Slovenia
POKAZ, Croatia
English for Action, UK
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Links
Community Organising For All Facebook page
COFA project partners
Giolli Cooperative, Italy
Zavod BOB, Slovenia
POKAZ, Croatia
English for Action, UK
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27 SEP 2023 · In this first episode, Dermot Bryers, community organiser at https://www.citizensuk.org/ and founder of English for Action, talks to Roberto Mazzini (https://www.giollicoop.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=219&Itemid=101, Italy), Adela Belecova (https://efalondon.org/, UK), Metka Bahlen Okoli (https://www.zavod-bob.si/, Slovenia) and Doria Jukić (https://www.pokaz.hr/, Croatia) about what community organising is, the forms it takes in their respective national contexts and their own involvement in community organising initiatives.
Although the term 'community organising' is not widely used in Italy, Slovenia or Croatia, our speakers agree that the method of bringing about social change by coming together as communities, and putting 'people before programme' is common to each of their national contexts. You will hear how historical legacies of socialist self-management and worker organising in former Yugoslav countries shapes organising there today and the risks associated with organising under contemporary capitalist conditions.
Adela, Roberto, Metka and Doria also share how the traditions of radical critical pedagogy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Oppressed inform their work as they bring together adult language education and Forum Theatre to strengthen and develop their organising.
Jingle created and edited by: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h4maOf0CZfx5uoRIS9pnBe0NJXQ0u8eV/view?usp=sharing
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27 SEP 2023 · In the last episode of the Community Organising For All podcast, Adela Belecova, English language (ESOL) teacher and community organiser at English for Action talks to migrant language learners, Adiam, Ania, Lian, Pawan and Maria Elisa about the barriers they face as migrants in London and the organising they are involved in, including struggles for better housing and more accessible English language provision. The ESOL students share how their involvement in organising actions and meetings has improved their language skills and confidence and enabled them to win change for themselves and their communities.
Iris Breward, community organiser at the Centre for Progressive Change also shares her reflections on how organisers can make training and activities more accessible to migrants with developing language skills.
Jingle created and edited by: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1deGC1QiVHQc5evP6XQMIrc_p3MQzlevD/view?usp=sharing
Links
https://efalondon.org/
https://loveesol.co.uk/
https://housingactionsouthwarkandlambeth.wordpress.com/
https://efalondon.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/the-esol-podcast-community-organising-series/
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3 OCT 2023 · This episode gathers examples of different forms of community organising with and within migrant communities in Slovenia. It introduces four different communities and community organising initiatives, presents their activities and explains how the involvement benefits lives of their members.
Speakers are members of:
A musical group from Latin America countries gathering to play cumbia music, Sevdah Choir Rosa from former Yugoslavia counties singing traditional Bosnian music, both aiming to preserve and spread elements of their culture. Zavod Tri, an NGO supporting migrant women with integration to new environment trough Slovene language courses and projects like textile threading community, etc. Ambasada Rog, a bottom up organization and community centre of refugees, workers and activists from all over the world running on a volunteer basis and struggling against all forms of exploitation.
The episode consists of fragments of interviews with members of listed communities, talking about their lives in Slovenia, their (political) struggles, challenges and positive effects of being members of supportive communities.
Audio recording/editing and general technical support: Sašo Puckovski
Jingle created and edited by: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/140owxuOEU-BoyiJK4rRRgfeU6jRFrWau/view?usp=sharing
6 OCT 2023 · In this episode of the "Community Organising for All Podcast," we explore the dynamic landscape of community organising in Croatia. Our guests, each with their unique experiences, come from diverse backgrounds and share their remarkable journeys of bringing people together to address local issues. Sunil Bam is a driving force behind the formation of a Nepali organisation in Croatia. He has been a catalyst in connecting his community with unions, media, and other organisations, and he sheds light on the challenges of language barriers and worker issues. Chandrelle Salamiat's story is one of resilience. She faced the daunting challenge of navigating the Croatian bureaucracy and the intricacies of the language - her determination led to the establishment of a new organisation. Representing the Roma community in Croatia, Rosa Oršuš's journey focuses on the struggles of Roma youth in the education system. She created a forum theatre performance to address the specific barriers faced by Roma girls, and she emphasizes the importance of building alliances for the community's advancement. All of the stories focus on challenges, successes and paths we need to forge while moving forward. The individual stories are connected by Dinko Kreho’s political and historical analysis of community organising in Croatia.
Jingle created and edited by: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/199SGuO4ZS1E_KBzChThz8NW-Jq4CFFxO/view?usp=sharing
17 OCT 2023 · What is Community Organising? Who is Saul Alinsky? A short journey into the history and development of Community Organising through the voices of the Giolli Cooperative, which deals with Theater of the Oppressed, the urban planner Alessandro Coppola, the Community Organiser Maria Sara Cetraro and the community development expert Ennio Ripamonti.
Jingle created and edited by: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Mz1PO5KgpGDAypOjNYVlsQQqI4JG7ru/view?usp=sharing
21 NOV 2023 · Come nasce il Community Organising? Le testimonianze raccolte dalla cooperativa Giolli di alcuni esperti italiani: Alessandro Coppola, urbanista e docente presso il Politecnico di Milano, Maria Sara Cetraro di Community Organising Italia e lo studioso di sviluppo di comunità Ennio Ripamonti della società Metodi.
Il podcast è stato realizzato dalla Cooperativa Giolli.
Testi: Giulia Anita Bari con la revisione di Erica Raimondi e Roberto Mazzini
Interviste: Giulia Anita Bari, Erica Raimondi
Voce narrante: Giulia Anita Bari
Con il contributo di: Alessandro Coppola, Maria Sara Cetraro, Ennio Ripamonti
Jingle creato e modificato da: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Mz1PO5KgpGDAypOjNYVlsQQqI4JG7ru/view?usp=sharing
16 FEB 2024 · This episode gathers examples of different forms of community organising with and within migrant communities in Slovenia. It introduces four different communities and community organising initiatives, presents their activities and explains how the involvement benefits lives of their members.
Speakers are members of:
A musical group from Latin America countries gathering to play cumbia music, Sevdah Choir Rosa from former Yugoslavia counties singing traditional Bosnian music, both aiming to preserve and spread elements of their culture. Zavod Tri, an NGO supporting migrant women with integration to new environment trough Slovene language courses and projects like textile threading community, etc. Ambasada Rog, a bottom up organization and community centre of refugees, workers and activists from all over the world running on a volunteer basis and struggling against all forms of exploitation.
The episode consists of fragments of interviews with members of listed communities, talking about their lives in Slovenia, their (political) struggles, challenges and positive effects of being members of supportive communities.
Audio recording/editing and general technical support: Sašo Puckovski
Jingle created and edited by: Sašo Puckovski
https://drive.google.com/file/d/140owxuOEU-BoyiJK4rRRgfeU6jRFrWau/view?usp=sharing
The COFA podcast is a five part series that explores community organising with migrants across four European national contexts: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK. Episode 1 addresses the question:...
show more
The COFA podcast is a five part series that explores community organising with migrants across four European national contexts: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK. Episode 1 addresses the question: ‘What is community organising?’ Each of the following episodes features local and migrant community organisers in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and the UK discussing their experiences, challenges and the change they are making. Join us to learn how migrant communities are organising in Europe.
Links
Community Organising For All Facebook page
COFA project partners
Giolli Cooperative, Italy
Zavod BOB, Slovenia
POKAZ, Croatia
English for Action, UK
show less
Links
Community Organising For All Facebook page
COFA project partners
Giolli Cooperative, Italy
Zavod BOB, Slovenia
POKAZ, Croatia
English for Action, UK
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