Residential initiative for meeting, debate and policy development for Arcigay Giovani volunteers under 28
“Educate yourselves, for we will need all our intelligence. Agitate yourselves, for we will need all our intelligence.” our enthusiasm. Get organized, because we will need all our strength.” Gramsci
Young people are often effectively excluded from the political and social life of the country, which tends to be dominated by older generations, particularly in Italy: the difficulty of emerging and being heard in a concrete way is a typical problem of the presence of young people in the political and associative world.
Arcigay believes that the youth voice is fundamental in particular to encourage the association to maintain a moving vision of the future and of change, even internally, convinced that otherwise its marginalization becomes a problem for everyone.
It is in this perspective that Agorà was born, a national collective residential experience of meeting, debate and political development dedicated to* only* young people under 28 from Arcigay, with the aim of:
- Create a national forum for discussion, analysis, and reflection on youth and student issues related to the LGBTI movement;
- Develop your own perspective on the national role of Arcigay and the contribution that young people can make;
- Plan communications and campaigns for the Youth Network;
- Provide training opportunities;
- Develop internal guidelines, when necessary.
In Agora, usually, Volunteers, male and female activists from associations affiliated with Arcigay will participate., exclusively under 28 years of age, with priority to:
- Coordinators of local youth groups;
- Local youth leaders;
- Leaders of LGBTI university associations.
Agorà is generally organized every year, over the course of a weekend, in different locations based on local availability.
The initiative has been supported to date by specific projects and by financial participation from the children themselves.
