Giolli cooperativa sociale - centro permanente di ricerca e sperimentazione teatrale dei metodi Boal e Freire

Giolli cooperative (http://www.giollicoop.it) is an italian private non profit organisation based on cooperative values. Its mission is to empower groups of citizens with less power and voice in the society, in order to promote democracy and social justice and fighting against every discrimination.
Giolli is supporting the social integration of disadvantaged groups, trough developing and conducting specifc projects, courses and spectacles with prisoners, psychiatric patientes, youth at risk, drug addicts and people working with such groups like social workers, educators, policemen, psychologists, and so on.
Giolli started some years ago to collaborate with some movements and Municipalities to promote project concerning civil participation, elaborating process ad hoc, to increase the citizens activism and engagement on the community issues.
The cooperative functions also as an adult education provider, in fact we have had several accredited Trainings in Service for teachers and social workers under Grundtvig programme.
The main theoretical references are these four (http://www.giollicoop.it/index.php/it/il-metodo):
1. Theatre of the Oppressed,
2. Freire's approach of conscientization,
3. No-violent approach,
4. Community Development Approach.
Affiliations
Giolli has its own network connecting people and groups trained by it and it is also member of different networks:
1. International Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) movement,
2. ENAR (European Network Against Racism),
3. Legacoop Italy - one of the powerful meta-organisation that gathers many cooperatives,
4. Theatre in prison regional coordination,
5. Theatre in prison national coordination,
6. DES - Solidarity Economy District of Reggio Emilia.
7. Peace school of Reggio Emilia.