Giving back to the community. Educare città che imparano a restituire

According to the Global Solidarity Report, in 2024 the world scored just 36 out of 100 on the Global
Solidarity Scorecard, indicating a dangerously weak level of solidarity, far below what is required
to build an effective trajectory toward a united world. This data invites us to rethink the
transformation of the places we inhabit as spaces and times of existential affirmation, capable of
strengthening opportunities for education and lifelong learning. The essay questions the forms and
modalities through which formal education can be returned to the community through both formal
and non-formal educational spaces. What is at stake is an active commitment on the part of
institutions, which must know how to make their mission a pervasive process, capable of involving
every member of the community and contributing to their individual and collective growth, in the
service of the common good. The Performing project is an emblematic example of this, adopting
service-learning as a powerful device to foster the interconnection between education and
community.