(ffm) Under the motto "Living together, keeping together", the Frankfurt Adult Education Centre is setting an example on Friday, 20. September, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. with its "Long Night of the Adult Education Centres" a sign for diversity, openness and social cohesion. Around 20 hands-on activities, various information stands and discussion events await visitors on two floors at the VHS in Ostend, Sonnemannstraße 13. Admission is free.
How adult education can help to promote civic engagement and social cohesion is shown right at the beginning by two discussion events with Sylvia Weber, head of integration and education.
What is the cement of our society? What keeps us together and what threatens common values and togetherness in our increasingly complex world? These fundamental questions will be explored by social scientist and book author Hubert Kleinert and city councillor Weber from a scientific and local political perspective starting at 6 pm. All interested parties are also invited to join in the discussion from 7 p.m. onwards, when Matthias Emde from Transition Town will be talking about how civic commitment to climate protection is shaping our social future.
"How much climate protection and education belong together has become clear in the last few months through Fridays for Future," says Education Officer Weber: "Climate protection starts in the head, with people - younger and older - thinking about the impact of our actions on the planet and also demanding sustainability politically." Good examples of this can be found a few doors down, where committed Frankfurt residents present their initiatives and projects and invite visitors to inform themselves and join in.
Whether playing a ukulele, singing and dancing together, Japanese tea ceremony or Tai Chi: in keeping with the motto, the Long Night focuses on communal experience and trying things out. Film fans can watch short films to make them laugh, cry and be scared. Hands-on introductions invite you to learn about social networks like Twitter and Instagram. Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" will be read in simple language with the LEA Reading Club. A collaborative work of art is created as many interested people work together that evening. And how to reach sustainable decisions as a group without power struggles can be tried out during the Long Night in the workshop "Systemic Consensus". In between, simply enjoying is announced: various stands offer culinary delights of different kinds.
The Long Night of the Adult Education Centres is an action of the German Adult Education Association on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the VHS and its associations, in which about 400 adult education centres nationwide participate.
At https://vhs.frankfurt.de you will find detailed descriptions of the individual offers.
