Tag: volunteering
“Let’s be useful” Campaign (Costa Rica)
Each year, the Costa Rica Headquarters coordinates the campaign to collect donations of school supplies to support the Chumico Unidocente School in Baja Talamanca. This yearly initiative supports children in […]
Volunteering Festival (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala)
We celebrated our Acropolitan Volunteering Festival. As a school of practical philosophy, based on the content of our “Philosophy for Living” course, we brought together those attending our courses and […]
Knitting for Solidarity (Coimbra, Portugal)
In our civilised world, communication is often lacking, precisely in the age of communication; empathy is lacking, precisely in the age of the welfare state; and there is a lack […]
Lecture: “The Gospel according to Mary Magdalene” (Porto, Portugal)
New Acropolis held a lecture on the theme of the Gospel according to Mary Magdalene. In a combined in-person and online session, the lecturer João Ferro began by contextualising the […]
An Evening with Giordano Bruno (Porto, Portugal)
Giordano Bruno was an unforgettable philosopher of the 16th century who paved the way for a new way of thinking that characterized both the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and he […]
Pilgrimage (Portugal)
Towards the end of April, members of New Acropolis Portugal took part in their traditional Peregrinatio, now in its fifth year. Over four days, they walked to different places with […]
Philosophical Café: “Victory” (Braga, Portugal)
New Acropolis organized a talk inspired by the chapter “Victory”, from the book “Path to Victory”, written by Delia Steinberg Guzmán. In this activity, we talked about how the effort […]
Book presentation: “Apontamentos de Simbolismo Arturiano” (Porto, Portugal)
New Acropolis Porto presented the new book by José Carlos Fernández, writer and director of New Acropolis Portugal, on Arthurian Symbolism. This work, born from the various sessions of […]
In support of the homeless (Rouen, France)
Last December, a group of volunteers from New Acropolis went through the streets of Rouen to distribute gifts prepared by members of the association. It was a beautiful moment of […]
Talk: Why the World Needs Volunteers (Santa Ana, El Salvador)
A shared discussion on the importance of volunteering actions for the development of a better world, highlighting the training in values for a human sensibility, and the technical knowledge to […]
