From October 2018 to December 2019, Un Ponte Per initiated the Italian project 'YA Monza - Youth in Action Monza', in cooperation with local partners ARCI Scuotivento and Fondazione Parada. "YA Monza" is a project of active and multicultural youth participation, of mutual acquaintance and elimination of barriers and walls given by prejudices, of strengthening of social ties and removal of fears and extremisms. It is the creation, through the use of different artistic disciplines, of a series of communicative bridges between young people coming from different backgrounds and living in the Brianza area, under the banner of peaceful and respectful coexistence.
The aim of the project is to stimulate and raise awareness among young people in the Monza area (with a focus on the suburban district of San Rocco) to social and cultural participation and active volunteering, reducing the risk of the emergence of violent extremism, using the tool of art as a reading of the social context and a vehicle for peer comparison.
The project is aimed at about 100 young people between the ages of 16 and 25 and plans to encourage participation in activities by young people from the different communities in the Monza area. The planned activities are:
Activities will be proposed to address issues of particular relevance to young people: starting from their experiences, they will reflect on their relationship with their peers and their vision of the city of Monza. Artistic and creative disciplines, catalysers of emotions, will be the tool through which the young people will convey their emotions and experiences.
