Every year, in summer, we train more than 20 young people to equip future pro-life leaders with the cognition and skills needed.
Every year we organize an intensive training cycle, the summertime Academy Pro-Life. It is simply a five-day workshop and lectures in Krakow for those who want to deepen their cognition on bioethical topics and the defence of human life, and peculiar teachers, educators, catechists and community leaders.
The basis of the summertime Academy is workshops. We work utilizing activation methods that make creativity and critical reasoning skills, grow our position and deepen communication – says Magdalena Guziak-Nowak, manager of Education in PSOŻC. We learn to talk to those who have different views. The key here are 2 things: sensitivity and openness to another man, the desire to perceive to him with respect and to build a affirmative message to delight the beauty of life.
Sometimes you can get the impression that the defence of human life is only crucial to a fistful of people, activists from foundations and associations, and we, as average people, cannot do much. Hence the initiative of the Pro-life summertime Academy, or workshops for current leaders and those who want to work to defend human life – emphasises Marcin Nowak, organizer of the summertime Academy. – Life must be defended wisely. Not to halt on emotion, but to talk on argument.
Marcin Nowak
Participation in the Pro-Life summertime Academy is an chance to establish relationships with another pro-lifers and build networks of people working together to defend human life. 3 years of experience in organizing workshops show that participants support each other, share experiences or ask for help. The concrete fruit of the last summertime Academy are the 2 Pro-Life Clubs, which founded participants of the erstwhile edition.
Despite the large fascination with defending human life and the large joy of taking the first steps on this road, I had many doubts. The pro-life subject was not received positively in my surroundings – both home and school. I'm a fifth-year med student. Unfortunately, in this environment, the alleged "women's rights" are frequently referred to as "free choice", while fewer people are full aware that the choice ends where the another person's injury begins. – describes Sandra Wcisło, a associate of the Academy.
Among the invited guests who met with participants, were professionals in their fields, including Dr. n. med. Ewa Slizoń-Kuczapska – specialist obstetrician-ginecologist, med. Dorota Jarczewska – household medicine specialist and doctor Łukasz Cichocki A psychiatrist and a psychotherapist.
Records for next editions will be possible Here..
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What are the examples of the costs of organizing the Academy?
- 50 PLN – cost of materials for 1 associate of the Academy;
- 100 PLN – 1 hr of workshops at the Academy;
- 1000 PLN – cost of participation of 1 individual in the Academy.
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