The question asking what your personal opinion on homophobia is was the main focus of the first online consultation by policy officer E.G. that took place this week. The topic was not kept so much on personal opinions but did open up for many interesting areas in which AEGEE can progress on the topic of homophobia. A mentioned before, combating… Read more →
Should doping be allowed? This was the question raised to the Sports Working Group members shortly after Lance Armstrong, America’s former professional road racing cyclist, confessed his use of doping to media mogul Oprah Winfrey not so long ago. The first response was not surprising: a member asking if it was a joke asking to allow doping? If you cheat, you do… Read more →
Determining how to make AEGEE a more active organisation thus contributing to combating physical inactivity in Europe is on the agenda of the Sports Working Group (SWG). Part of the key to the answer is to organise events, loads of events to reach as many members as possible. Let’s move it – Lets Shake it up Europe – Sport as… Read more →
If you have not heard about the Member of The Month articles that The AEGEEan publishes every month, then it is about time you get to know it better, and what could be a better way for that than looking back at the 12 members who stood out from the crowd in 2012. Being very active on the European Level… Read more →
Europe on Track. For 27 days I have been travelling on the tracks of Europe with this amazing project, going from Brussels to Istanbul. Interviewing young people along the way, on their ideas about the future of the European Union, politics, and youth participation, but also sustainability, non-formal education, and entrepreneurship. The perfect opportunity as Policy Officer on Sustainability to… Read more →
Borrowing and having quality conversations with living books? Even though it sounds quite unrealistic this was exactly what AEGEE-Debrecen put into practice – presumably for the very first time ever – at the University of Debrecen. A short history of Human Libraries Having been invented for its visitors and also organised for the first time at the famous Danish Roskilde Festival… Read more →
The Chair Team has recently issued an Open Call for workshops to take place during Spring Agora Rhein-Neckar and there are many reasons to apply for hosting a workshop at a statutory event. Giovanni Circella shares his experience from his workshop in Agora Budapest last year. “Change-Maker Lab!” was a cool note in Agora-Budapest that gathered 25 interested participants in… Read more →
Léa Charlet is no stranger to AEGEE and no stranger to The AEGEEan since she used her great photographer skills during Agora Enschede and Agora Budapest for the magazine. However, for EBM Valletta Léa will have to put the camera aside just a bit because she will be busy focusing on the AEGEE fair for which she has become responsible… Read more →
Did you see the survey? Did you answer the questions? Did it make you stop and think about how homophobia affects the world? It is not only the Policy Officers of Social Inclusion who work on homophobia, the Sports Working Group touches upon the area as well in the first Activity Plan of the Sports Working Group (SWG). When discussing… Read more →
Have you ever thought about the effect you can produce with an update of your Facebook status? A workshop delivered by Nikolay Kazantsev from AEGEE-Moscow covered one of the most important parts of peacemaking for conflict zones in Europe – resistance to nationalistic propaganda and information pressure from the official media, and declared a way that AEGEE members could contribute to… Read more →
