On May 16th and 21st, we invite you to Primavera Verda, a series of activities, workshops, and talks related to artificial intelligence and social justice Organized by Justícia Climàtica, the environmental activism group of SCI Catalunya, Primavera Verda is held again this year with the intention of fostering a critical view of how our society functions globally and locally, and to propose challenges and alternatives for living in a sustainable and more just world with our natural and social environment. PROGRAM Friday, May 16th | 17-20h Mapping IA: capitalism, colonialism and systems of oppression With echo [education for collective horizons and organising], a political education collective focused on issues such as climate justice, degrowth, decoloniality, nonviolent communication, and utopias....
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New chapter of the Entreterres Guide on environmental migrations and ecological emergency
We present the new chapter of the Entreterres Guide on ecological emergency and environmental migrations that we have done in collaboration with Ecologistes en Acció The Entreterres Guide is an educational guide on migrations in the Mediterranean. The objective of this set of materials is to provide tools to educational entities, schools and institutes in order to address the subject of migrants with young people and children, from a perspective of peace building and social transformation. Precisely, the name of the resource aims to rescue the etymological meaning of the Mediterranean word (mediterraneus) and a vision of the old Mare...
We publish the action-research on violence, rights violations, and inequalities in the Mediterranean and Abya Yala
The report “The Youth and the Right to the City. Reflections from Barcelona, Cali, and Nazareth“, prepared by Lorenzo Gabrielli (senior researcher at GRITIM-UPF) and featuring illustrations by Yorgos Konstantinou (Imagistan), is the result of the participatory process and international forum of the project “Catalonia, the Mediterranean, and Abya Yala: articulating transformative youth alliances and strategies” developed by the International Civil Service of Catalonia (SCI-Cat), GRITIM-UPF, and the Youth Council of Barcelona (CJB), with the support of the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD), the City Council of Barcelona, the Provincial Council of Barcelona, and the Catalan Youth Agency of...
Workcamps in Catalonia 2025
We present the Workcamps that will take place in Catalonia this summer. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in a transformative volunteering project! VALL DE SIARB: Recovery of old roads and dry stone building in an unusual valley in Pyrenees 1 (5th – 15th May) Description: The local organization Balmes Blancs, a non-profit association was created in 2010 to offer unique activities in nature located in The Vall de Siarb mountains, they host this special camp with us another year. With their shelter located in Llagunes, one of the smallest villages in the valley. They host this camp about...
Mohammed’s Story of Resilience and Activism
During the month of November, as part of the “Activist in Residence” programme, SCI Catalunya hosted Mohammed, a Kurdish Human Rights Defender who carried out advocacy activities to raise awareness of the current situation of the Kurdish people. Here we share his inspiring story. I am Mohammed Mohammed, a 28-year-old from a Syrian Kurdish family. I have five brothers and grew up in Afrin, a small Kurdish city in northern Syria. I lived there until I was 16, when the situation in Syria, with violence and bombings, made me fear for my family’s safety. I witnessed missile strikes and saw...
We present the protocol to address colonial and patriarchal violence
Continuing with the process of feminist transformation, we extend the protocol to also address colonial violence from an intersectional perspective SCI Catalunya has had a protocol to address sexist and LGTBIQ-phobic aggressions since 2021. However, the protocol is a living tool that must be worked on and expanded. In 2023 we expanded it to include all areas of the entity. This year, continuing with the process of feminist transformation, we have continued to work to expand the protocol so that it also addresses colonial violence from an intersectional perspective. We have done so with the support of the Espai La...
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