A small celebration of Europe — Vangelis Pappas

On Thursday, October 10th, as the leader of the MAKE USE team, I returned to Larissa to meet other members of the team and celebrate our experiences and participation in the Generation Europe – The Academy network. Over the last three years, we have had the opportunity to travel and exchange with young people from different countries, discussing the place of young people in Europe. This time, however, we were not alone, as we waited for members of another Greek team from Thessaloniki, Kids in Action, to join us as the two Greek teams within this particular network.

We set up the event space so that people felt comfortable, learning about our achievements, and hearing about our experiences. Throughout the duration, we invited the audience to fill in a large poster on the wall with their thoughts on things that need to change in Larissa and some related actions they considered useful, as well as their perception of inclusion. Through a guided discussion, we covered all the points added to the poster and had good discussions and interesting debates. The event concluded with the presentation of some short videos from our activities, which we ourselves, the team, don’t get enough of seeing again.