EAPN Italy (CILAP) (July 2012)

EAPN Italy (CILAP) sends bad news from Rome – community worker arrested

26-27/06 – During the “City Conference on Social Affairs”, organized  by the local administration, one of EAPN Italy’s colleagues, Claudio Tosi, an educator, was arrested for no other reason that trying to distribute leaflets outside the conference room. See: http://www.paesesera.it/
The current administration managed by the right-wing mayor Alemanno, coupled with the crisis, have just about destroyed the city where nothing works as it should: transports, social services, garbage collection … but to be put in jail for distributing leaflets is a novelty!
We have known Claudio for more than 10 years. He is a pacifist, a community educator, ironic, absolutely against any form of physical and verbal violence. He met with armed policemen defending the blockhouse where the mayor and his administration had locked themselves in.
Claudio spent the night in jail and today he will be under trial! All of us working in the social field are open to exchanges, ready to fight for everybody’s rights, ready to pay in first person, as it happened to Claudio. We are not proposing anything, we only want to let you know what is going on in Rome since this is what we can do freely”.
Nicoletta and Letizia, EAPN Italy.

Transnational Agora on New European Deal

01/02-06 – Rome, Squatted Valle Theater – “Transnational Agora” organized by Alternative Europe, a coalition of NGOs CILAP EAPN Italia is part of. Theme of the two-day meeting, “New European Deal: A Plan for Sustainable Development”. CILAP EAPN Italia  promoted the discussion on Adequate Minimum Income. For more information: www.cilap.eu (Section: Ultime notizie)

National Seminar on homelessness in preparation of the European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty

04/05 – Trento – National Seminar in preparation of the European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty. Organized by CILAP EAPN Italia and FIOPSD, the Italian branch of FEANSTA. A meeting with 75 operators working in the shelters for homeless and with homeless. For more information: www.cilap.eu (Section: People in Poverty)

Regional Conference on “Family and Poverty”

30/06 – Ariano Irpino – Regional Conference on “Family and Poverty” organized by local and regional associations  belonging to CILAP EAPN Italia in cooperation with local and Regional Authorities. Letizia Cesarini Sforza, Vice-president of EAPN, spoke about “Europe and the fight against poverty: a family perspective” and participated in the debate. For more information: www.cilap.eu

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