{"id":328642,"date":"2016-10-14T08:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T06:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/gen-verde-creating-our-future-together\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:05:23","slug":"gen-verde-creating-our-future-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/gen-verde-creating-our-future-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Verde: Creating Our Future, Together"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gen<\/a><\/strong>LoppianoLab 2016<\/a> opened its doors again this year with the theme: <\/em><\/strong>the poverty of riches and the wealth of poverty<\/em>. Persons, institutions, ideas and experiences all played an active part in building a future based on a culture of unity across all fields. Mileni<\/strong>, Gen Verde<\/a>\u2019s guitarist, described LoppianoLab 2016 as \u201cunique since during it<\/em> we launched \u2018Young people in action\u2019: performing arts workshops dedicated especially to young people looking for a way to build a better future.\u201d<\/em> So 160 young people mostly<\/strong> from Italy but also including a group of 50 from all over the world took part in this enriching experience of intercultural exchange. Mutual listening and trust reigned in an atmosphere free from prejudice. Mileni explains<\/strong> – \u201cThe young people told us that they learned to recognize the needs of those around them and not just their own.”<\/em> They said:<\/strong> “We can choose: either to ignore those who have difficulties or to help them.” They discovered the miracle of ‘being together’ and the richness that comes from sharing in the small things of everyday life.<\/em> When asked,<\/strong> \u201cDid you learn anything new here?\u201d, they replied:<\/strong> \u201cwe understood the value of solidarity, and helping one another.\u00a0 We learned to value team work.\u00a0 We learned the importance of a having a sense of responsibility and the part each can play in the life of a group.\u00a0 We learned that on our own we can achieve small things but together we can do something great.\u201d<\/em> They also spoke about the important experience of working with others from a different culture: \u201cwe learned to go beyond barriers which could have been there because we speak different languages or come from different places.\u00a0 Instead we found a way of communicating which was very deep and sincere.\u00a0 Together we were able to go beyond moments when we experienced discouragement or failure and discover the joy of singing, dancing or creating music together.\u201d<\/em> When asked, what will you take from this to your everyday life?\u00a0 The young people replied:<\/strong> \u201cTo listen to others.\u00a0 To trust them.\u00a0 Not to stop at my own limits.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 And:<\/strong> \u201cWe have learned to trust in ourselves more and that people are not always what they seem \u2013 first impressions can be wrong!\u00a0 In the very positive atmosphere we experienced here, we learned to eliminate prejudice and get along happily with others.\u201d<\/em> The event concluded with a bang in an exciting final performance<\/strong> at the Loppiano Auditorium packed with 900 people. They listened intensely and in the end everyone was on their feet as great joy filled the air. Those in the audience said:<\/strong> \u201cI loved the concert \u2013 it felt like something really new, modern and extremely relevant in that it touched on issues all of us face.\u201d\u00a0 And<\/strong>, \u201cIt was so beautiful, I experienced the strength that comes from diversity.\u00a0 At the end of the concert I would have wanted to say so much, but in the end I remained in silence.\u00a0 In silence to meditate on the values you transmitted to us.\u201d Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The contribution of the international band, Gen Verde, during the seventh edition of LoppianoLab 2016. 160 young people from 50 countries take part in an enriching intercultural experience, performing in front of 900 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}