Creating a life towards the common good
We build the Common Good together, to be happy!
Objective
Strengthen our sense of the common good in order to transform our role in our communities. To reawaken the principles and values that support the well being of the community in both young people and adults through reflection and action in their social context and their community. To use our different backgrounds and experiences of individual and collective working, to support productive cultural, environmental, artistic, social and other types of projects and initiatives. To offer spaces to raise awareness of how to help the common good. Finally, to promote the collaboration between youth and adults of distinct communities.
To Kindle and rekindle principles and values
To strengthen different forms of communication and organizations
To generate spaces of knowledge and awareness
To promote collaboration
Our structure consists of collective meetings that revolve around a given central topic. The main themes of the meetings are centered on:
- My person, 2. Our nourishment, 3. Exhibition of community communication 4. Social and community advancement, 5. Our collectivity and community, 6. Our territory
At the end of the formative process, the participants carry out one or various community actions, framed as community initiatives that contribute to the common good. These projects are designed around topics such as: Gender, interculturalism, common good, and intergenerationalism. They incorporate tools of communication and the intentional use of the TICS, which is a useful element in order to share awareness, experiences, and actions that are carried out in each community.
♥ With principles, values, and a vision of the common good that strengthens their identity and their sense of community.
♥ With abilities and skills that permit them to encourage and develop initiatives and actions for the good of the community.
♥ Who value territory as a means of livelihood in terms of collective life and tools for its defense, care and conservation.
♥ With respect and awareness to others. To promote the dialogue and participation of different people in the community.
♥ Who empower and strengthen the roles of individuals as promoters and facilitators of social transformation within their communities.
♥ With a critical perspective on the food system that contributes to valuing local foods in order to change everyday practices in eating habits.
♥ With recognition and strengthening of the different forms of collectivity and organization that exist in their communities, acquiring new tools for their own collective processes, and valuing what this contributes to the common good.
Currently…
The School for the Common Good has taken place throughout the entire state of Oaxaca, before expanding into all regions. In 2014, we started with the regions of the Sierra Norte, and Valles Centrales. In 2018, we started the School for the Common Good in the Mixteca region. In 2019, through collective meetings, participants began to carry out actions in their own communities.
And what’s the “Common Good” to you?
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