ALF in Motion – Mobility for Knowledge Media Literacy for Women Empowerment “You are only free when you comprehend, otherwise you are a slave. Given the tools to understand, you can no longer be controlled.” Hadhami Henia “Women empowerment is a constant, lifelong journey to awareness, and media literacy is an undeniably important vessel.” Aspasia
26 March ’24 – The House of Europe in Rhodes in collaboration with the Chamber of Dodecanese and Europe Direct South Aegean organized the Europe, Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Development (EESD) Forum 2024, on “Culture, Social Innovation and Tourism”. As part of the EESD Forum 2024, Dr. International Relations Stefanos Vallianatos, co-founder of Fotoessa PC and
Intercultural dialogue is all about building “bridges”. Ethical photography and artivism are excellent tools to make those bridges visible. Following this principle, and true to its mission to bridge Academia and Civil Society, Fotoessa organized the “Visual Bridges” transnational workshop on Ethical Photography, Intercultural Dialogue and Artivism, in Athens, 7 & 8 March 2024. This
The House of Europe in Rhodes and Fotoessa PC, in collaboration with the Linguistics Laboratory of the Department of Primary Education at the University of the Aegean, under the auspices of the Greek Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, and on the occasion of the Mediterranean Day, organized an event to present the tools and
Is there any greater happy feeling for an Intercultural Trainer and youth worker than to witness her young participants’ ranking as their top values empathy, friendship and will to be better? That was one of the positive outcomes Fotoessa’s John (Yannis) Sourelis and Aspasia Protogerou enjoyed on the 29th of November 2023, while facilitating the
Fotoessa was in the city of magnolias, Serres, on November 17-19, for another national meeting of the Greek Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. In a city full of life, Praxis Greece, a member of the Network, hosted us, along with dozens of organizations from all over Greece, from Thrace to Crete. The meeting offered
On the 4th of November 2023, Fotoessa’s co-founder, Yiannis (John) Sourelis, and Intercultural trainer, Aspasia Protogerou, participated in a four-hour online session organized by the Gender Alliance and specifically, from George Nikolaidis, Adult Educator and Coordinator of the organization Gender Alliance and Andriana Nikoloulia, Psychologist – MSc Social Psychology – Gender Alliance. The training session
On October 6, Fotoessa organized an intercultural workshop for the volunteers of the non-profit organization “People of Love” (https://www.lovepeople.gr). In the hospitable space of the “Hatzivei School”, volunteers shared the experience of intercultural dialogue, by participating in original interactive activities, under the guidance of intercultural trainer Aspasia Protogerou and coordinator Yiannis Sourelis. The creative group,
More than ever, the power of image, as a means of influencing either positive or negative, is evident. Visual communication and storytelling is a great tool to bring focus to vital issues and to stimulate positive social change, but also bearing great responsibility, especially in the hands of civil society organizations like Fotoessa. Yannis (John)
The Portuguese organization Aequalitas, and fellow ALF member, led an innovative 12hrs training course aiming to empower civil society organisations by providing the necessary skills and competencies in the fields of media literacy and interculturality. Trainers, Monica Corrigan and Leo Zbanke, welcomed participants from 11 countries: Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Greece, Finland, France, Palestine, Lebanon
