Push LAB - Zagreb, Global PACT, Rutgers University - New Jersey and OSI alumni
invite you to participate in
*INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL: "Rebuilding the Community"*
LOVE, PEACE AND HOUSES WITHOUT ROOFS: HOW CAN WE HELP VUKOVAR?
*WHERE?* Vukovar, Croatia
*WHEN?* July 13 – August 2, 2008
WHAT? Rebuilding the Community (RTC) is a civic activism training focused on mobilizing citizens to act for social change. It is deigned as an intense, fully experiential, and team-based immersion course, intended to help individuals learn how to initiate positive transformations in the society through developing their own social change project. In small teams in cooperation with local youth, students will initiate and develop projects that will contribute to resolving social problems identified by students as priority. This course will take you through this process step-by-step from issue identification to a live press conference.
(The full course syllabus can be downloaded at www.pushlab. org)
* WHY VUKOVAR?* The siege of Vukovar in 1991 in which the town was almost completely destroyed became the emblem of Croatia's War of Independence. Now, nearly seventeen years after the siege of Vukovar began and thirteen years after hostilities in the region ended, Croatia is a country in transition, famous as top tourist destination, with fast developing capital city of Zagreb that is becoming a flourishing regional center. Croatia is moving on, while Vukovar and alike cities are stuck, unable to cope with economic instability and by war divided communities. The reality of Vukovar
is unemployment, low salaries, "war wounds" still visible on every corner in ghostly rundown buildings. Its' reality is that Croat and Serb children and youth enroll in separate classes in school and hang out on separate places, with little hope for prosperous or even decent future if they stay in their hometown. On the top of that there's no man or woman in the town who hasn't lost someone dear and close in the war.
*WHO?* The program will gather around 40 university students from different cultural backgrounds (Croatia, USA, Balkans and EU countries). The teaching team will be a mix of Rutgers University (USA) professors and Croatian and American trainers.
*HOW TO APPLY?* In order to participate, you need to fill out the application form which you can download at www.pushlab. com and send it to info@pushlab. org by June 6, 2008.
Participation fee is 600€ for EU participants, 300€ for southeast European participants. Participation fee covers all costs during three weeks (accommodation in hotel, two meals, teaching materials, weekend excursions).
A limited number of stipends are available. If you are not able to pay the full fee amount, write to us on one of the contacts and let us know what would be an affordable fee for you. We'll see if we can work it out within our budget and let you know.
*ABOUT THE HOSTS*
Push LAB is a non governmental, non profit and apolitical organization formed to gather, educate and activate mainly the young, but also citizens of all age groups. The organization was founded with the idea of promoting creative and informed inclusion of citizens in shaping of the social life through educational programs. The practical trainings we organize are designed to help people empower themselves by using real-life challenges to teach personal, project, and organizational development skills.
For any additional information please visit www.pushlab. org or contact us at
info@pushlab. org
*Application deadline – June 6, 2008
You can find the application form in the attachment of this message.
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We hope to see you soon in Vukovar!
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