Citizen Participation University

Making Sense of Current Hungarian Politics

ACORN ACORN International Community Organizing International Organizing July 5, 2017July 6, 2017 by digital

Kunbabony, Hungary The opening session of the 8th meeting of the Citizen Participation University began with the traditional welcome by Mate Varga, the head of Civil College Foundation. Varga is an open-handed and open-hearted man with a ready ability to laugh, often seeming to be chuckling to himself, so his welcome would normally be met …

ACORN ACORN International Community Organizing International July 4, 2017 by digital

Outside Budapest There are a lot of great ways to celebrate Independence Day. There are picnics, barbecues, parades, fireworks, and good times and sober reflections throughout the land. For me this year, it has meant flying across the world to arrive in Budapest and then catch a lift to somewhere about an hour out of …