“Circles of Minds and Hearts”: an open space for global change-makers.

In March 2014, Cecilia Milesi carried out the first in-person encounter known as “Circles of Minds and Hearts” which brought together exceptional global change-makers including Aladin, Raj Patel, Madeleine Church, Malou Schueller, Sarah Wykes, Ana Wright, Susi Bascon, Martin Milesi and Mira Bernardi.

In a context where it was a lack of open spaces to share social leaders and professionals in the equality and justice field´s ideas and values, Cecilia came up with the idea of developing informal encounters among change-makers conveying a message of an open space to share what goes through in their minds as well as in their hearts. Considering that bureaucratic practices and a tendency for competition affects the civil society sector, discouraging innovation, she decided to create this space making possible the share of dreams and good ideas of outstanding leaders and colleagues pushing the fight for equality and justice.