Time to (re)act!

What we are up to. And how you fit in.

The days go by, virus-themed memes and videos fill our e-conversations, and the general feeling may be that a collective quarantine equals immobility. Inactivity. A stop.

Well… we’re here to tell a different story. So what’s ALDA up to, in the wake of the coronavirus crisis? First, we organised a webinar.    

It took place earlier this week, with great participation and very fruitful contributions by a variety of ALDA members, partners, friends. The most important input we took from it was, perhaps, that while nothing will be easy to re-adjust and re-adapt to the current conditions, it is our social responsibility to do it, and the only way we can succeed is by doing it together - with combined determination and strength.

...which takes us to the next point: we created a hashtag, #stayEUnited. Look for it on our social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) in the next few weeks to follow our campaign for correct information, solidarity and active citizenship in these unusual times, when our utmost civic virtue is staying at home. We encourage you to use the hashtag for these same purposes, too, and share it among your contacts.

And it doesn't end here: remember, ALDA is a membership-based organisation, i.e. our (re)action is our members' (re)action, and viceversa. For instance, our member association Le Cose che Vanno International, represented by ALDA ambassador Mirko Marangione, let us know about a wonderful initiative it joined:

Together with the Italo-Chinese Associations, the association is fundraising to buy sanitary equipment which will then be handed to the Italian Protezione Civile for distribution into hospitals [click here to join in]. 

This is a veritably admirable gesture that translates into beneficial actions more than many other thousands words and shows impeccably the power of solidarity and community for the greater good. We take it as an inspiration and an example of what it means to serve real membership to the values that stand at the core of our work. 

How do I fit in, then? - are you asking? You tell us!

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