"THINKING OUR COMMUNITIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS"
Ciudad Emergente developed an online chat series between April 21 and 30. The webinar was attended by social leaders, academics, representatives, NGOs, artists, entrepreneurs and specialists in different subjects, who contributed from their knowledge to generate a dialogue on the challenges we need to face.
Tuesday April 21
"What we do in Barrio Yungay, is to try to return to the essentials of community life, which is something that our parents and grandparents brought."
Isabel Cayul, President of the Junta de Vecinos Barrio Yungay
Wednesday April 22
"We must take into account the lessons of COVID-19 and change our way of life, change our way of the city, we are all responsible. COVID's humanitarian crisis is overcome with another bioethical attitude. ”
Cristián Parke, Doctor in Sociology and Vice-Rector for Postgraduate Studies at the University of Santiago
Thursday, April 23
"The crisis on mental health in Chile and the world began long before the coronavirus and that there are 3 ways to tackle it."
Alberto Larraín, Psychiatrist and Executive Director of the Procultura Foundation
Tuesday, April 28
"It is a process of collaboration between citizens created by citizens for citizens, but which are enriched with the contributions of public institutions and NGOs."
Julia Sanchez and Esteban Paredes, Stop the Santiago Curve
Wednesday, April 29
“Rethinking the way of consumption is going to take us one step further, not just stay in the recycling of using something, crush it and take it to a clean point. Let's try to dig into the 7Rs, Redesign, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Renew, Recover, Restore. ”
Shaida Vera, Ecoenlace, Pan Mostacho and Hugo Tapia Berardi.
Thursday, April 30
“History has taught us that change occurs when a small group of people do different things, that it can demonstrate to others that different things can be done, and when those things become mainstream, changes begin to happen much more. quicker than one might expect. ”
Javiera Roa, Villa Olímpica, Javier Vergara and Rocío Nuñez.