Bari, “Emphilìa” starts: workshops, tutoring and volunteering to combat loneliness and youth discomfort

The presentation of “Emphilìa” took place this morning in the council chamber of the City Hall. free socio-educational program promoted by the Univox Ets association which proposes 30 meetings from June to September to help fill the gap educational vacuum and the condition of loneliness that many teenagers and young adults find themselves facing during the summer, through recreational and play workshops, emotional education, educational tutoring and awareness-raising and volunteering orientation activities.

The new features of the third edition were presented by the president of Univox Ets Serena De Sandi, the'Councillor for Justice and Social Welfare and Civil Rights Elizabeth Vaccarella, the president of the Municipio I Annamaria Ferretti, theto president of the Municipio II Alessandra Lopez, Giuseppe Del Grosso in representation of the office of the Regional Guarantor of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of Puglia, Angelica Bilotti Communication San Nicola Volunteer Service Center.

“Today we are not just presenting a summer program, Today we affirm a vision: that of a city that recognizes the centrality of the new generations, that takes care of their mental health, their relationships, their freedom to live the summer with lightness, dignity and a sense of community – he declared Councilor Vaccarella -. In a time when young people are too often portrayed as problematic and passive, this project reverses the perspective: it puts them at the center, involves them, listens to them, offers them spaces, tools and possibilities. Above all, it takes them seriously. This cycle of over 30 events is part of what, for us, is a political priority: the mental health of young people, which must be protected with the same seriousness with which one protects the body. And so the invitation I extend to everyone today is to participate in large numbers. Participate in the meetings, activities, and moments of discussion. But above all, don't miss out. Sunday 22nd June, at Parco 2 Giugno, where Univox has organised a party open to all, with picnics, recreational activities, networking, art and sharing".

"Emphìlia was born three years ago with the idea of ​​creating places for 'peer' socialisation for children, adolescents and young adults, to combat the social isolation that worsens with the end of school - has explained President De Sandi -. Social pressure is also increasing in the university context and often leads young people to refuse places of aggregation. This is why our association, made up mostly of under 35s, started from this very need. Every year we ask ourselves new goals: for the third edition, for example, we added the free educational tutoring for secondary school students, also making available expert pedagogists special educational needs and learning disabilities. As always, our black, namely i socio-educational workshops organized with psychologists, nutritional biologists, psychiatrists, doctors, activists, and all those who want to lend themselves to creating useful meetings not only for young people, but also for adults who are involved in an intergenerational relationship. Finally, I would like to invite boys and girls to discover ActiveYoung, the pilot project we imagined to promote youth volunteering, because we can always do something, each in our own small way and together in our own big way”.

"The best way to be close to our kids is to join forces – commented the President Ferretti – . The synergy between the municipal administration and the two Municipalities serves to demonstrate the fact that we are here and that we want perceive their fragilities. Starting from the understanding our youth, we can find all the possible solutions to include and integrate them into a mechanism that must see them as protagonists. In a social context in which feelings and emotions take a back seat to growing aggression, even on the international scene, there is a need to meet again, together, to start again from simple things, because that is where the biggest problems are solved”.

"The project is commendable and of high qualitative profile from a socio-educational point of view. – underlined the President Lopez -. The kids have the opportunity to follow training courses and reflect on themes such as self-education and care for others, the breaking down of stereotypes and the relaunch of equal opportunities. This is a wonderful initiative, spread throughout the city, which addresses young people as new forces for the future of our society. Within the project we want to stimulate the sense of duty that must characterize the new generations and anyone who wants to build the future not with slogans but with concrete commitment. Through education in the value of volunteering, contact and care for others, we can produce the quality and well-being of a better society starting from the young generations, protagonists of change”.

 The project

 The Emphilia project offers the proposal of three services:

• educational tutoring, aimed at middle and high school students who need to recover an educational debt or improve their subject matter, with the possibility of being supported by pedagogists who are experts in specific learning disabilities;

• socio-educational laboratories, open to all citizens, to support social relations 'between peers', with a view to peer to peer;

• ActiveYoung, established as a pilot project for the promotion of youth volunteering and aimed at those who wish to experience it speed volunteering, that is, fragments and glimpses of volunteering experiences of various kinds to spread its value in personal and social growth.

The project is free: to participate, just get in touch with the association via social channels or by writing to the email address ppgad@pucrs.br.

Below are the next appointments, the complete list can be found on the association's website at this link:

·        June 22nd 16-21pm Parco 2 Giugno: “EstàBari”, a party to honor the arrival of summer and for the inauguration of “Emphilia”, created in collaboration with Daniela Sersale, artist, and the IncontrArte collective. The event is accessible without reservation and includes the creation of a community picnic and recreational activities, such as a dance area, spaces for socializing and music. Infopoint areas and solidarity markets will be set up to support the partner associations, and the first registrations for the Easyoung project will also be collected.

·        June 25th 19.30:21-XNUMX:XNUMX pm: “Being parents today”, meeting with Roberta Cavalli (pedagogist) and Alessia Lopriore (psychologist) via the online platform Google Meet. The meeting was created for parents in contemporary society, who are living a wonderful and complex experience, made of love, effort, doubts and expectations. In a time that runs fast and proposes unattainable models of perfection, the need to stop, reflect and rediscover the value of one's parental authenticity grows. This introductory meeting will offer a space for listening and discussion to look at the parental role from two complementary perspectives: the psychological and the pedagogical. Emotions, myths, difficulties and resources that characterize the parent-child relationship will be explored, with the aim of supporting more conscious parenting.

·        June 26th 18.30-20pm Parco 2 Giugno: creative workshop to write together questions to ask guests, with a focus on the role of art as a tool for activism, created by Kreact APS, with the aim of stimulating civic activism, youth empowerment and social participation through local and European projects. Kreact will involve young volunteers in the experience of writing a podcast through two events: a workshop for co-writing interviews (June 26 at Parco 2 Giugno) and a public recording (July 5 at Caffè Portineria). The activities are part of the project “Radici – Racconti di attivismo civico in Puglia”, funded by the European Solidarity Corps.

·         June 29th 18.30pm-20pm Parco 2 Giugno: “Effective communication: are words windows or walls?”, with pedagogists Serena Zianni and Benedicta Rizzi. The meeting is aimed at exploring the values ​​of authentic and effective communication, based on assertiveness and empathetic listening in contrast to the passive-aggressive attitude, which very often causes conflicts between peers and non-peers.

 The project, which enjoys the patronage of the Municipality of Bari, the Municipalities I and II, the Guarantor of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Equality Councilor of the Puglia Region, is implemented by Univox Ets in partnership with the Volunteer Service Center San Nicola Ets, Agedo Odv, Animal Law Italia, the Italian Red Cross – Bari Section, CUAMM – Doctors with Africa, Global Shapers Bari, Incontra Odv, Kreact Aps, Move on Ets, Progetto Itaca Bari Odv, Retake Odv, Seconda mamma Odv, Start net young Ets, Terreno Cycling Ets and Università Popolare Scienze Creative Evolutive Ets, Wikimedia.

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