No Border Fest 2023: an Italian festival about migration and borders

Activity description

The hosting organization "La Città dell’Utopia" was born in 2003 and is today a social and cultural laboratory. It tackles the central themes connected to a new model of local and global development that is balanced, sustainable and fair. Every year La Città dell'Utopia hosts the "NO BORDER FEST", a two day long festival consisting of discussions, music, workshops and cultural events dedicated to the topics of migration, freedom of movement and resistance against any type of racism, as well as the central thematics of interculturality, a sustainable way of life and active citizenship. The volunteers will be involved in: The support of the construction and preparation of the scenography and the spaces; The logistic preparation of the festival such as cooking, cleaning, gardening; The promotion and visibility of the event through leafleting, spreading posters, preparing signs for the festival; Have an active role during the event-days and cleaning and closing of the spaces after.

Konaklama, yemek ve yol ayarlamaları

The volunteers will be hosted in the social hostel of Casale Garibaldi run by "La Città dell'Utopia". There will be mixed rooms, with a maximum of 7 volunteers per room. Pillows and blankets will be provided by the hostel (bring your own towel), the bathrooms will be shared between the volunteers, and there will be a kitchen at disposal where the volunteers will cook and eat together. We believe in the values of sustainability and climate justice, why the food will be vegetarian/vegan, and why we also ask you to choose sustainable travel (train, bus) if possible to reach the venue.

Training during the activity

The Festival is focused on the most pressing topics that have emerged during the last months regarding the context of international migration, with a particular focus on Rome and Italy. The study part provided will focus on questions connected with migration and rights, and during the duration of the camp the volunteers will interact with the local organization Laboratorio 53, a partner of the festival, that since multiple years back has involved itself actively with asylum requests and refugees in Rome.

Participant profile

Be between 18 and 30 years old; Have an interest in the thematics of migration and social justice; Be prepared and motivated to be active in the organization of the events; Have a capacity to work in group; Artistic and manual skills; Motivated in cooking and gardening; Be capable of manual work like setting up spaces, transport chairs, tables, boxes, etc.

Activity dates

10/10/2023 ila 25/10/2023 arasını kapsayan sürede toplam 2 hafta

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Activity location

Via Valeriano 3f, 00145 Rome Italy

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 Teams volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Cezayir, Avusturya, Belçika, Bosna Hersek, Bulgaristan, Kıbrıs, Hırvatistan, Danimarka, Estonya, Finlandiya, Fransa, Almanya, Yunanistan, İrlanda, İtalya, Litvanya, Letonya, Lüksemburg, Malta, North Macedonia, Karadağ, Hollanda, Polonya, Portekiz, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Romanya, Slovakya, Slovenya, İspanya, İsveç, Macaristan, Türkiye, Kosovo * UN resolution

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Activity topics

Sosyal zorluklar

Mülteci ve göçmenlerin alınması ve entegrasyonu

Vatandaşlık ve demokratik katılım

Eğitim ve öğretim

Yaratıcılık ve kültür

Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)

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Deadline for applications

Son başvuru tarihi: 10/09/2023

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