"Reimagining politics and power relations" with Sarah Durieux, Multitudes | United Citizens of Europe
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10M ago
In this week's episode, Sarah Durieux tells us a bit about her time at Change.org and the lessons she learned during her years there, starting as campaign manager until she became Executive Director. She is now co-director at Multitudes and still working on helping out people in campaign organizing. Many people are precluded from the possibility of running an effective political campaign because of a lack of funding or a lack of connections/networking. Multitudes' goal is to be a facilitator and support future changemakers and give a helping hand to people of all backgrounds.  Sarah is al ..read more
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"Effective activism: from social media to the streets" with Maria Mayrhofer, #Aufstehn | United Citizens of Europe
United Citizens of Europe Podcast
by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Maria Mayrhofer, founder and executive director of Aufstehn. Aufstehn means "Stand up" in English, and the main goal of the organization is to help people manifest their dissent on various issues to their local, national and European elected officials.  The digital-fist organization takes the best of both worlds, and Maria explains why their online presence is fundamental to their in-person demonstrations.  Aufstehn can definitely be considered a success story, which is why Maria is part of the 2022 Obama Foundation Leaders of Eu ..read more
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"Elections in Italy and the role of a possible postfascist government" with Alessandra Santoro and Giuseppe Lipari | United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
In this episode, we discussed the results of the elections recently held in Italy. We focused on the reception of the news by international media and how most of the international press describes as the winning coalition as an extreme right coalition, whereas the Italian press is describing it as center-right. On the International field, we commented the possible European coalitions moving forward and Fratelli d'Italia's ties with Abascal's extreme right party "Vox" in Spain.  The fear of a restriction of civil rights is growing amongst minorities in Italy. The LGBTQI+ community, women an ..read more
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"Putin's forces invading Ukraine and Putin's diplomacy" with Diplomat Guido Lenzi and M.B. |EP. 07, S.03| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
This week's episode is dedicated to understanding what is going on in Ukraine and Putin's decision to invade the country. The invasion of Ukraine by Putin's led forces takes Western countries' diplomatic ties with Russia back to 1945 according to diplomat and former ambassador of Italy to Moscow, Guido Lenzi. The diplomat also added that Russia refused to take EU leaders seriously, their only interlocutors are the Americans. However, Putin's Russia must take the EU seriously, especially when it comes down to diplomacy. Other topics with Lenzi were the Bucharest Treaty, Minsk Agreements, "Compa ..read more
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"Social impact jobs and job fairies" Beatrice Chioccioli | EP. 06, S.03| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
In this episode, we talked with Beatrice Chioccioli about her life working in the humanitarian field and how easy this sector can lead to burnout. We also discussed how and why she founded her Paris-based NGO that helps migrants and asylum seekers in the French capital (and now in Europe). Lastly, we briefly talked about who are the LinkedIn job fairies.  Listen to the podcast to know more. Host of the episode: Luca De Cristofaro Guest: Beatrice Chioccioli Follow United Citizens of Europe: IG: @unitedcitizensofeurope Twitter: @ucofeurope Facebook: United Citizens of Europe www.unitedcitiz ..read more
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"R4pe used as a War Weapon" Loredana Speranza| EP. 05, S.03| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
Trigger Warning: This episode of the podcast discusses r4pe used as a war weapon. This topic might be triggering for some people. In this episode, we discussed with Loredana Speranza this topic which is often overlooked and minimized. Loredana decided to focus her MA thesis research on this issue as she found it was not talked about enough. Her case study was the Syrian conflict. One of the findings of her thesis is that International Courts have only recently recognized r4pe as a weapon of war. Listen to the podcast to know more. Host of the episode: Luca De Cristofaro Guest:  Lored ..read more
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"Access to COVID-19 vaccines: Non-Europeans in the EU and EU nationals abroad" Testimonies| EP. 03, S.03| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
This week we gathered some testimonies on the access to the COVID-19 vaccines of non-Europeans living in the EU and EU nationals living outside EU borders.  Emil Aaji told us about his experience in Sweden. Qingya Wei, a Chinese student living in Groningen, shared with us her experience about booking the vaccine in the Netherlands. Our Graphic Designer, Anton Meshkov, also shared his issues with booking the vaccine as a Russian living in France. Tadiwa Mwash, our first guest of the podcast, also recounts her extensive struggle in getting the right documents to get vaccinated in Milan, Ita ..read more
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"Funding LGBTQI projects in Europe" with Remy Bonny, Forbidden Colours| EP. 02, S.03| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
This week we had a conversation with Remy Bonny, activist and executive director of Forbidden Colours. We talked about being an LGBTQI foundation and funding projects for the queer community in Europe, diversity, and the state of LGBTQI rights in the Union. Host of the episode: Luca De Cristofaro Guest: Remy Bonny, Forbidden Colours Follow United Citizens of Europe: IG: @unitedcitizensofeurope Twitter: @ucofeurope Facebook: United Citizens of Europe www.unitedcitizensofeurope.com ..read more
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"Organizing a Pride march in Europe" with Kristine Garina, Europride| EP. 01, S.03| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
We are back with season 3 of the podcast! We are dedicating the first episode of the season to Pride! We had a conversation with Kristine Garina, president of the European Pride Organizers Organization about what it means to celebrate pride, how a pride parade is organized in Europe, and we briefly discussed how to get the "Europride" license. Don't forget to join Copenhagen 2021, where WorldPride, Europride and Eurogames meet! Host of the episode: Luca De Cristofaro Guest: Kristine Garina, Europride Follow United Citizens of Europe: IG: @unitedcitizensofeurope Twitter: @ucofeurope Facebook: U ..read more
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EP.13, S.02| "EU sanctions and what is going on in Myanmar" with Sabrina Moles| United Citizens of Europe
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by United Citizens of Europe
10M ago
This week, we talk about what is going on in Myanmar and the sanctions on Myanmar by the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union with Sabrina Moles, editor of the Italian database "China Files". On March 22nd, 2021, the European Union sanctioned 11 individuals and 4 entities. But what does it mean to be sanctioned by the European Union? Luca De Cristofaro and Hannah Bludau, co-founders of the United Citizens of Europe, briefly explain the history of human rights as a central part of the EU’s foreign policy and the role of the sanctions. Hosts of the episode: Hannah Bludau, Luca De Crist ..read more
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