Italy - CGS Training Weekend 2023
Rome, Italy - November 2023 - 12 local clubs from all over Italy took part in the formation weekend for young animators and leaders organised by the national association CGS - Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali APS, held between 3 and 5 November. Are we capable of dreaming? This was the question that started the meeting. Fr Elio Cesari, national president of CNOS, together with Cristiano Tanas, national president of CGS, put a fundamental issue before all the 50 or so participants: dreams are vocations that are cultivated in today's world, otherwise they remain just illusions. Dreaming always helped Don Bosco to follow his heart, and in particular his childhood dream at nine years of age guided him. Underlying the activities proposed by the CGS, in fact, from theatre to cinema, from art to music, there is always the concreteness of a dream: the desire to make young people realise their dreams. Journalist Marta Rossi stated in her address that today we are used to believing any appearance without testing its depth; we must therefore counter the irrational bubble of disinformation by learning to communicate in the right way. Based on these reflections, a practical communication workshop was held. Another stage of the formation was dedicated to cinema, with Irene Sandroni, cultural anthropologist. Raffaella Zoppi, a social educator, was entrusted with the concluding remarks of the three-day formation event focusing on the topic of education, with debates and reflections.
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