Past Workshops and Events

Guest speaker: Giovanni Visone, Director of Communication and Fundraising at INTERSOS

When: Monday, February 17, 6.00 p.m - 7.30 p.m.
Where: T.1.2, Frohring Campus (Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio, 12)

Guest speaker: Ginevra Marinucci, Vice President Outgoing Global Volunteer, and Crina Furdui, Vice president of Outgoing Global Entrepreneur and Talent at AIESEC

When: Tuesday, February 25, 1.30 p.m - 2.45 p.m.
Where: C.2.5, Critelli Campus (Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, 11)

When: Tuesday, March 17, 1.30 p.m - 2.45 p.m.
Where: C.2.5, Critelli Campus (Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, 11)

Guest speaker: Rodolfo Mesaroli, Coordinator of Emergency Shelter "Zero Center" for unaccompanied minors and children on the move

When: Thursday, March 26, 1.30 p.m - 2.45 p.m.
Where: C.2.5, Critelli Campus (Piazza Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, 11)

Guest speaker: Marianna Occhiuto, JCU Alumna and Head of Fundraising and Communication at Casa Scalabrini 634 and Head of Fundraising at ASCS

When: Friday, March 27, 11.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Where: T.1.2, Frohring Campus (Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio, 12)

When: Tuesday, June 11th, 2019; from 6.00 to 8.00 PM
Where: Aula Magna, Guarini Campus (Via della Lungara 233)

Read the 'Leading Imperfectly' article on the JCU website.

When: Monday, June 3rd, 2019; from 6.00 to 8.00 PM
Where: GK11, Guarini Campus, Kushlan Wing (Via della Lungara 233)

Read the 'ONE Campaign' article on the JCU website.

When: Thursday, April 18th, 2019; from 6.00 to 8.00 PM
Where: GK13, Guarini Campus, Kushlan Wing (Via della Lungara 233)

Read the article on the JCU website.

When: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019; from 6.00 to 8.00 PM
Where: GK13, Guarini Campus, Kushlan Wing (Via della Lungara 233)

The body, a place of memory and emotional experiences of an individual, occupies a physical space and inhabits an internal space. Through movement, we draw paths and emotional maps together with the other people, developing into a relationship. Through the conscious use of the body and movement, one can build meaningful empathetic relationships in different contexts of social disadvantage.

When: Thursday, March 21st, 2019; from 6.00 to 8.00 PM
Where: GK13, Guarini Campus, Kushlan Wing (Via della Lungara 233)

Read the article on the JCU website.

When: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019; from 6:00 PM
Where: GK11, Guarini Campus, Kushlan Wing (Via della Lungara 233)

Prof. Alessandro Signorini, Assistant Professor in Marketing here at John Cabot University, will share his experience and knowledge on Social Marketing and Fundraising for Non-Governmental Organizations.

Read the article on the JCU website.

When: Thursday, February 14th, 2019; from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Where: GK13, Guarini Campus, Kushlan Wing (Via della Lungara 233)

Prof. Gina Siddu Pilia, Lecturer and Coordinator of the Foreign Language Resource Center here at John Cabot University, will be the speaker for this special workshop on Mindfulness in emergency situations.

When: Monday, February 11th, 2019; from 12:45 to 1:30 PM
Where: T11, Frohring Campus (Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio 12)

An introductory seminar on the Service Learning - Combining Fieldwork and Education project with Prof. Lanzone and other members of the Service Learning Team. Read more about the project.

WHEN:Tuesday, November 20, 2018; from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
WHERE: room C22, Critelli Campus
Hummustown helps refugees in Rome gain economic independence by providing them with a dignified income generating job opportunity: to cook, package and deliver delicious Syrian food around Rome. Special Guest Shaza Saker will how it all started.

WHEN:Thursday, November 8, 2018; from 6:30 to 8:00 pm
WHERE: Aula Magna, Guarini Campus

Arpjtetto Onlus is a volunteering organization based in Rome since 1953. Their work focuses on assisting women, minors and young adults in disadvantaged conditions. Their goal is to offer them the opportunity to become protagonists of their own future within their communities.

Guest speaker: Ulderico Daniele, Vice-President of the Association.

Evento di presentazione ufficiale del modello EaSY: Il nostro lavoro di valorizzazione delle soft skills ha raggiunto un nuovo risultato: il modello EaSY (Evaluate Soft Skills in International Youth Volunteering).

Dopo 2 anni di lavoro, presentiamo i risultati del progetto europeo finanziato da Erasmus Plus + a cui Elidea - Psicologi Associati ha partecipato come partner tecnico insieme a Focsiv, La Guilde Européenne du Raid e FEC | Fundação Fé e Cooperação.
Il progetto si è concluso con la realizzazione di un sistema metodologicamente strutturato per la valorizzazione delle competenze sviluppate dai giovani che hanno partecipato ad un programma di volontariato all'estero.
Durante l'evento sarà possibile sperimentare il test di valutazione delle soft skills EaSYTest e comprendere come le aziende, in particolare i referenti delle HR possano trarre vantaggio dall'uso del modello. Il test può essere un aiuto efficace per chi voglia assumere giovani che hanno svolto un'esperienza di volontariato, traducendo la complessità dei vissuti in un linguaggio più immediato per il selezionatore e maggiormente spendibile per i giovani.

L'evento si svolgerà in lingua italiana in partnership con Elidea - Psicologi Associati.

Info e prenotazioni: [email protected] oppure www.elidea.org/com/index.php/progettoeasy-1/
A margine dell'incontro è previsto un aperitivo per scambiare idee e condividere esperienze.

WHEN: Friday, October 19, 2018; from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
WHERE: room T13, Frohring Campus

Gaia Mormina, Humilitas Coordinator, will be presenting her professional experience in the humanitarian filed in the context of Professor Antonella Salvatore's course "Professional Skills for Career Development".

"In Cammino... Catering Migrante" is a humanitarian project that fosters social inclusion and professional development for migrant and refugee cooks in Rome. JCU Service Learning partner Humilitas, the ASCS Onlus program for the Latin-American Mission to Rome, launched the initiative three months ago in collaboration with Gustamundo, a restaurant that runs fundraising dinners with the help of refugee centers and not-for-profit organizations.

Gaia Mormina, Humilitas Coordinator, will be presenting the project as a case study in the context of Professor Antonella Salvatore's "Service Marketing" course.

WHEN: Wednesday, February 7, 2018; from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
WHERE: Aula Magna, Guarini Campus

PROGRAMME:

Prof. Isabella Clough Marinaro – John Cabot University
Rome as a city of slums

Angela Tullio Cataldo – Human Rights Researcher, Associazione 21 Luglio NGO
Living in Rome's slums: Issues of gender equality

Driton Berisha – Project Coordinator, Kosova Education Centre NGO
Experiences from the Balkans

WHEN: Saturday, December 2, 2017; 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Aperitivo to follow)
WHERE: Aula Magna, Guarini Campus

FOCSIV (Federazione Organismi Cristiani di Servizio Internazionale Volontario) will be hosted at John Cabot University to celebrate the International Volunteer Day. The event will include speeches from international volunteer organizations representatives and the award ceremony to nominate the best volunteer in Italy for 2017. Following, there will be an aperitivo in Library Study Room for all participants.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 15th, 2017; 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
WHERE: T.1.2, Frohring Campus

Human rights and gender equality are sensible issues for police forces. Especially when trainings are imposed on law enforcement authorities by external actors, the risk of generating in participants a punitive idea and, consequently, a negative attitude that undermines the efficacy of the lesson is high. Professor Silvia Scarpa will discuss how in the last few years she dealt with complex scenarios while being engaged in training law enforcement authorities from all over the world.

WHEN: Thursday, October 19th, 2017; 6:00 - 7:30 PM (Q & A Session to follow)
WHERE: G11, Guarini Campus

WeWorld's Index analyzes the wellbeing and social inclusion of children, adolescents and women. The topic of this report is based on the assumption that the progress of a country should be measured not only according to economic parameters but also analyzing the life conditions of vulnerable individuals.

Compared to other reports, the WeWorld Index identifies a strong connection between the rights of young girls and boys, and gender equality. Although women, children and adolescents should remain distinct, with their own specific rights, there is a strong interdependence among them, and the Index attempts to analyze it.

WeWorld is an Italian NGO operating in the field of international cooperation and development, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. WeWorld operates in Italy, Asia, Africa and Latin America to support children, women, and local communities, in the struggle against poverty and inequality, towards a sustainable development.

WHEN: Thursday, October 5th, 2017; 6:00 - 8:00 PM
WHERE: Aula Magna, Guarini Campus

Civico Zero is a not for profit organization funded by Save the Children, to operate with children in the city of Rome. Its mission is to support and protect migrant minors (mostly unaccompanied), suffering a condition of social exclusion.

Civico Zero representatives will illustrate their daily operations to address the many issues related to the increasing number of minors within the current migration flows (15% of the migrants who reached Italy in the past 6 months are minors); and the numerous long term projects and initiatives promoted by the organization to facilitate and support social inclusion.

WHEN: Thursday, September 21st, 2017; 12:45 - 1:30 PM
WHERE: T.G.4, Frohring Campus

An introductory seminar on the Service Learning - Combining Fieldwork and Education project with Prof. Lanzone (Project Coordinator) and other members of the Service Learning Team. Read more about the project.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 14, 2017; 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
WHERE: Aula Magna Regina (Guarini Campus)

Open to students of all majors.

Guest Speaker: Flavia Cuniolo, Croce Rossa Italiana Representative

Flavia Cuniolo, representative of Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross), will share the organization's experience in sheltering refugees. Ms. Cuniolo will explain CRI's daily activities as well as who are the refugees it deals with and how it helps them.

WHEN: Monday, April 24th, 2017; 11.30-12.45 pm
WHERE: Guarini Campus (G11)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 25 participants).

Guest Speakers: Flavio Di Giacomo, Head of Communications and Spokesperson, Coordination Office for the Mediterranean, International Organization for Migration

Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. With 166 member states, a further 8 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017; 4.30-5.45 pm
WHERE: Guarini Campus (Mimose 1)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 25 participants).

Guest Speakers: Gioacchino Campese, General Director, and Marianna Occhiuto, JCU Alumna and Communication and Fundraising Manager

JCU Service Learning – Combining Fieldwork and Education - is proud to present Casa Scalabrini 634 as one of its most valuable partners participating in this Spring 2017 Career Fair #2 (Friday, April 21st). Casa Scalabrini 634 is a program of the Scalabrinian Agency for Cooperation and Development (ASCS Onlus) and executive center of the program for "Welcoming and Inclusive Community" (programma CAI "Comunità Accogliente e Inclusiva") of the Scalabrinian Congregation, serving migrants and refugees in 32 countries worldwide since 100 years. Their mission is the promotion of the welcoming and integration culture among refugees, migrants and the local community. In fact, the program welcomes refugees, both families and young adults, and promotes activities open to everyone. General Director Gioacchino Campese, former Director of the House of Migrants in Tijuana at the border with USA and currently Professor at the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI), will give an overview on the activities of the Scalabrinians worldwide. Following, JCU Alumna Marianna Occhiuto, Head of Communication and Fundraising at Casa Scalabrini 634, will present more in detail the activities of Casa Scalabrini 634 in Rome.

WHEN: Thursday, March 16th, 2017; 4.30-6.30 pm
WHERE: Frohring Campus (T22)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 25 participants).

Guest Speaker: Alessio Di Carlo, Founder and Vice President of CooperAction Onlus, supporting human rights and working to improve life conditions of populations that face deep economic, social and political crisis. He has been and is very active in Abruzzo for example, but historically also in Afghanistan. He has an extensive experience in professional training as Development Project Trainer and Expert Founder, with a specific focus on project management for non-profit organizations.

The workshop "Project Management in Non-Profit Organizations" aims at improving the knowledge of project management in non-profit organizations. The workshop will present a non-profit sector overview underlying similarities and differences with the for-profit model. The workshop will focus on the intervention logic and the main causes of failure validating the Project Cycle Management as a more suitable methodology to reduce risks. The workshop will end with a presentation of the most important and useful approaches, such as LFA and ToC, for all of new professionals dealing with international development.

WHEN: Monday, February 13th, 2017; 6.00-8.00 pm
WHERE: Frohring Campus (T11)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 20 participants).

Professor Clough Marinaro has been doing fieldwork with vulnerable ethnic minority groups for 20 years. She will present some of her experiences and the challenges she has faced and will guide students in developing their own strategies for doing ethical and sensitive practical research with and among vulnerable people.

Professor Clough Marinaro is the head of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at John Cabot University. Her current research interests include immigration to Italy, Romani political activism, urban development and its social consequences in Rome, changing forms of crime and the informal economy in Italy.

WHEN: Monday, November 7th, 2016; 6:30 - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Aula Magna Regina

Guest Speakers: Silvia Scarpa, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, John Cabot University
Sabika Shah Povia, Freelance Journalist, Corriere della Sera and The Post Internazionale

Moderator: Pamela Harris, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, John Cabot University
A diverse group of professionals comes together as a panel to discuss the infringement of human rights related to the recent and past strong migration movements throughout the world. Our distinguished guests will help us examine this phenomenon from different perspectives, and understand how it is possible to make a difference today.

WHEN: Monday, April 24th, 2017; 11.30-12.45 pm
WHERE: Guarini Campus (G11)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 25 participants).

Guest Speakers: Flavio Di Giacomo, Head of Communications and Spokesperson, Coordination Office for the Mediterranean, International Organization for Migration

Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. With 166 member states, a further 8 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017; 4.30-5.45 pm
WHERE: Guarini Campus (Mimose 1)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 25 participants).

Guest Speakers: Gioacchino Campese, General Director, and Marianna Occhiuto, JCU Alumna and Communication and Fundraising Manager

JCU Service Learning – Combining Fieldwork and Education - is proud to present Casa Scalabrini 634 as one of its most valuable partners participating in this Spring 2017 Career Fair #2 (Friday, April 21st). Casa Scalabrini 634 is a program of the Scalabrinian Agency for Cooperation and Development (ASCS Onlus) and executive center of the program for "Welcoming and Inclusive Community" (programma CAI "Comunità Accogliente e Inclusiva") of the Scalabrinian Congregation, serving migrants and refugees in 32 countries worldwide since 100 years. Their mission is the promotion of the welcoming and integration culture among refugees, migrants and the local community. In fact, the program welcomes refugees, both families and young adults, and promotes activities open to everyone. General Director Gioacchino Campese, former Director of the House of Migrants in Tijuana at the border with USA and currently Professor at the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI), will give an overview on the activities of the Scalabrinians worldwide. Following, JCU Alumna Marianna Occhiuto, Head of Communication and Fundraising at Casa Scalabrini 634, will present more in detail the activities of Casa Scalabrini 634 in Rome.

WHEN: Thursday, March 16th, 2017; 4.30-6.30 pm
WHERE: Frohring Campus (T22)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 25 participants).

Guest Speaker: Alessio Di Carlo, Founder and Vice President of CooperAction Onlus, supporting human rights and working to improve life conditions of populations that face deep economic, social and political crisis. He has been and is very active in Abruzzo for example, but historically also in Afghanistan. He has an extensive experience in professional training as Development Project Trainer and Expert Founder, with a specific focus on project management for non-profit organizations.

The workshop "Project Management in Non-Profit Organizations" aims at improving the knowledge of project management in non-profit organizations. The workshop will present a non-profit sector overview underlying similarities and differences with the for-profit model. The workshop will focus on the intervention logic and the main causes of failure validating the Project Cycle Management as a more suitable methodology to reduce risks. The workshop will end with a presentation of the most important and useful approaches, such as LFA and ToC, for all of new professionals dealing with international development.

WHEN: Monday, February 13th, 2017; 6.00-8.00 pm
WHERE: Frohring Campus (T11)

Open to students of all majors. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE (max. 20 participants).

Professor Clough Marinaro has been doing fieldwork with vulnerable ethnic minority groups for 20 years. She will present some of her experiences and the challenges she has faced and will guide students in developing their own strategies for doing ethical and sensitive practical research with and among vulnerable people.

Professor Clough Marinaro is the head of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at John Cabot University. Her current research interests include immigration to Italy, Romani political activism, urban development and its social consequences in Rome, changing forms of crime and the informal economy in Italy.

WHEN: Monday, November 7th, 2016; 6:30 - 8:30 pm
WHERE: Aula Magna Regina

Guest Speakers: Silvia Scarpa, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, John Cabot University
Sabika Shah Povia, Freelance Journalist, Corriere della Sera and The Post Internazionale

Moderator: Pamela Harris, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, John Cabot University
A diverse group of professionals comes together as a panel to discuss the infringement of human rights related to the recent and past strong migration movements throughout the world. Our distinguished guests will help us examine this phenomenon from different perspectives, and understand how it is possible to make a difference today.