New York 25 July Jul 2017 1629 25 July 2017 Phone booths in Times Square tell the stories of immigrants Cristina Barbetta It’s called “Once Upon a Place” and it is the last installation from Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi, who has rewired 3 phone booths and has put them in Times Square. Picking up the phone visitors can listen to stories of immigrants living in New York: oral stories, presented in form of phone calls. In total the project gathers 70 interviews to people coming from countries from all over the world, from Sierra Leone to Tibet.
France 18 July Jul 2017 1540 18 July 2017 HopHopFood, the platform fighting food waste Cristina Barbetta HopHopFood is an association that will launch in mid October the first C2C platform in France fighting food waste. The project puts into contact those who have too much food with those who don’t have enough.
Europe 30 June Jun 2017 1553 30 June 2017 European Commission to work on social enterprises Cristina Barbetta The European Economic and Social Committee (Eesc) has organised the 2nd European day of Social Economy Enterprises (SEEs) in its headquarters in Brussels. The day has gathered actors of the sector and policy makers to create synergies and explore needed measures.
Projects 22 June Jun 2017 1213 22 June 2017 In somebody else’s shoes through virtual reality Cristina Barbetta It’s called The Machine to Be Another and it is a machine allowing couples of people, like Europeans and migrants, to experiment the world from the perspective of the other. The aim? To promote empathy between individuals of different social, cultural and ideological backgrounds.
Experiences 16 June Jun 2017 1414 16 June 2017 Adie, microcredit specialist in France Cristina Barbetta Adie is the pioneering association for microcredit in France and the largest in the country. Born in 1989, it creates more than 200 new jobs a week and counts 450 employees and 13,000 volunteers.