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Newsletter

Tuesday, 06 June 2017 - No. 13

ISSN 2696-9734

News & Interviews
Refugees about to sink. Photo: Wikimedia
“Come Now!” campaign will pressure institutions to ensure the reception of refugees

The purpose of the campaign is to make sure Spain welcomes at least the 17,337 refugees to which it committed itself.

Eduard Vallory
“The biggest risk that scouting faces is to believe that what we do is what we are”, Eduard Vallory

Do scout groups educate? Do they indoctrinate? Are scout groups a space for the upper and middle classes and are they unable to accommodate families living in less favourable social and economic situations? The expert in education Eduard Vallory goes through the current challenges of scouting.

Leila Khaled
Leila Khaled: “Boycotting oppression must be a culture”

Refugees, homeland, class and gender awareness, disobedience and boycott. The Palestinian activist visited the Fira Literal in Barcelona.

Girl using a tablet
Is the digital gap growing or shrinking?

Over 50% of the world population uses the Internet. 2016 is the year this incredible hallmark was reached. But what happens with the other half? 

Person holding smartphone taking picture of bridge. Photo: Pexels
10 useful Apps and online resources for non-profits

There are plenty of companies that offer free tools to non-profits to help them out in the noble causes.

Isabel Baixeras, the legal expert who drafted the injunction
Isabel Baixeras: “We are the first European nonprofit organisation to denounce the failure to comply with the commitment to receive refugees”

Stop Mare Mortum, and Isabel Baixeras at the helm, demands that the Spanish Government adopts precautionary measures to guarantee the relocations imposed from Brussels before the month of September.

Opinion
The cornerstone of diversity in the workplace

One of the basic premises from which we approach the Management and Measurement of Cultural Diversity in the Workplace Awareness Programme is the consideration that ‘culture’ is a wide and transversal concept that defines, encompasses and relates to different variables of diversity. 

Soup kitchens: Autonomy or Assistance-based?

The director of Arrels Fundació shares his thoughts on the true role of soup kitchens and their virtues and consequences.

European-style networking?

Networking is deeply integrated into European Union's DNA. Daniel Ferrer shares with us some thoughts on how it's developed in the non-profit sector.

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