The Poetry of Resistance Transnational Forum was surely the most emotional moment experienced by all the partners throughout the project. It’s hard for us to describe this moment in Aveiro in cold terms, not only because we felt a huge unity between all the partners, but also because we saw all the moments we’ve been preparing for some time for the Transnational Forum come to fruition.
At this Transnational Forum we were able to remember some of the moments of all the resistance movements in the four countries, we celebrated democracy, freedom, Europe and, above all, active citizenship among young people. It’s moments like the Transnational Forum, which took place on May 9 in Aveiro, that make us believe that if we work together, through non-formal education, through the arts but, above all, through listening to everyone’s ideas, we can keep this Europe of ours a home of democracy, freedom, critical thinking and one that doesn’t forget that it has already lived through difficult times that it doesn’t want to go through again.
Now that we are closing Poetry of Resistance, we want to do more and more projects, with these and other European organizations fighting for love, culture and the arts and for all the intergenerational crossings we can make. Everyone is very important and we are all needed to build this Union that has brought us this far. For us, as leaders of the consortium, it is an immense victory to know that we have had so many people involved in our project and, above all, so many young people who appreciate the work of their peers and our work.
