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EMBRACING DIVERSITY T.I.M.E. EDITION

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Embracing diversity is essential for developing the talent of everyone and for promoting creativity and innovation in academic, social and corporate environments. Our Massive Open Online Course “Embracing Diversity”, produced by Politecnico di Milano together with TU-Berlin and Université Libre de Bruxelles, is aimed at understanding what the roots of biases and stereotypes are, what…

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC AWARDED PAROLE O_STILI

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The President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, awarded a medal to the second edition of the Parole O_Stili project. This recognition was a great honor for our Association. The award recognizes the work of all of us – communication professionals, politicians, journalists, trainers, teachers, public administrators and volunteers – who have passionately designed, written…

1200 TEACHERS MOBILIZE THEIR SKILLS AGAINST HATE SPEECH

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On February 9 1200 teachers gathered in Milan to share practices aimed at fighting hate speech. The convention was opened by the Italian Ministry of Education. 50 workshops were devoted to training solutions to engage students in a language&inclusion awareness program. The Manifesto of Non-Hostile Communication was written and signed by a wide online community…

WORKPLACE: ENGAGING PEOPLE IN DIVERSITY & INCLUSION PROGRAMS

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Imagine creating a movement in your company for inclusion in a Facebook-like environment. Thanks to Workplace and other internal social media, many companies have started transforming their culture change programs in social media activities with which their employees are already familiar. Connecting people is the main goal of D&I projects. Promoting a cross-cultural discussion is…

DAVID MIXNER IN ITALY

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David Mixner, human rights activist and a key figure of the US panorama, worked side-by-side with millions of unknown people and with the likes of Bob and Ted Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. He started fighting for civil rights in 1964, five years before I was born. Here we are at…

“PAROLE OSTILI”: BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING PANEL

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Watch this video of the panel “Business and advertising” on the YouTube Parole Ostili Channel. I had the pleasure of hosting the workshop during the kick-off event of the non-Hostyle Communication Manifesto.

WEWORLD AND NEWTON: EMPOWERING WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE

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On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Newton Management Innovation and WeWorld promoted “Change Leader Companies,” a workshop at Unicredit Pavillon about gender stereotypes in the workplace. Change has always been the outcome of our thoughts and our willingness to take risks. Together, we want to promote a new…

THE PIRELLI CALENDAR 2018: PROMOTING INCLUSION

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Our Newton Lab artistic director, Lucio Furlani, directed the kick-off event for the 2018 Pirelli calendar in New York. The Ghanese-British activist Adwoa Aboah, the Gambian feminist Jaha Dukureh, the Mexican-Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o and the Sudanese-Australian “Alice in Wonderland” Duckie Thot are the protagonists of The Cal 2018 aimed at promoting inclusion, equality and…

POLITECNICO DI MILANO: MASSIVE ONLINE OPEN COURSE “EMBRACING DIVERSITY”

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Each individual is unique. Embracing diversity is essential for promoting creativity and innovation in academic, social and corporate environments. We have to ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions favorable for the development of all individuals. Because of prejudice or discrimination, some people are given fewer opportunities in life and they have to…

HOSTYLE WORDS

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I hosted the “Business and Advertising” panel of HostYle Words, the event in Trieste that presented the program to encourage non-hostile communication on the social media. Even if social media ‘has given the right to speak to legions of imbeciles’ (Umberto Eco), they are a resource we are not willing to do without. To get…
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