In Eng­lish:

I recently dived into the world of civil soci­ety, and I was imme­dia­tely met with power­ful expe­ri­en­ces that have beco­me defi­ning moments in my life. I heard a simil­ar account today from a par­ti­ci­pant at an eva­lu­a­ti­on mee­ting orga­ni­zed for tho­se who took an active role in the April elections.

This per­son was engag­ing in civil acti­vism for the very first time, yet they imme­dia­tely invol­ved the­ir part­ner and even the­ir dog. They recoun­ted the­ir expe­ri­en­ces as a pub­lic space obser­ver with the same pure enthu­sia­sm a child has when tal­king abo­ut the­ir favo­ri­te toy! This is exactly the effect I want to see in all my fel­low citi­zens: this exci­te­ment, this com­mit­ment, the recog­ni­ti­on of our own roles, and that sen­se of wonder.

‘Wow, so this exists too?’

The­re is a clear paral­lel bet­ween recent events and the shift in the gene­ral pub­lic mood, and I beli­eve this is the beg­in­ning of a won­der­ful sha­red futu­re — one that we must all con­ti­nue to invest energy into. We must do this toget­her, hel­ping one anot­her, adapt­ing to the mem­bers of our com­mu­nity, recog­ni­zing our res­pon­si­bi­lity, and ack­now­led­ging our achievements.

This is what the CKA (Civil Col­l­e­ge Foun­da­ti­on) has been sup­port­ing for 31 years now. I myself became a com­mu­nity orga­ni­zer after comp­let­ing one of the­ir long-term train­ing prog­rams. Soon after, the asso­ci­a­ti­on I foun­ded in my own neigh­bor­ho­od joined the CKA Net­work, and we also par­ti­ci­pa­ted in the­ir men­tor­ing prog­ram. I beli­eve the know­ledge gained from them pla­yed a sig­ni­fi­cant role in the succ­es­ses we achi­eved locally, and it will con­ti­nue to be a gre­at asset in our struggle for tran­spa­rency and equ­a­lity. In recent years, the crack­down on the dom­es­tic civil sec­tor has made sus­tain­ing orga­ni­za­tions par­ti­cu­larly difficult.

The­re­fo­re, I ask you to ple­a­se sup­port CKA’s work with a finan­cial donation!