FRAGILITY AND WORK: BELIEVING IN OUR YOUTH

Organized by Famiglie per l’Accoglienza and Cdo Opere Sociali

Carlo Carabelli, Director of ASLAM Cooperative; Cristiana Poggio, Vice President of Fondazione Piazza dei Mestieri ETS; Alessia Toia, Head of Institutional Partnerships, e-Work Spa. Moderated by Rossano Santuari, Vice President of Famiglie per l’Accoglienza. Testimony by a welcomed young person now integrated into the workforce

Work experience marks an important moment in adult life.It is both a verification and an expression of one’s value, as well as an opportunity for socialization and growth. As Saint John Paul II wrote, “work bears the particular mark of man and humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons.” In our country, there are welcoming initiatives that accompany many young people—often with histories of wounds and fragility, suffering and loneliness—into a path of growth and responsibility. Sometimes it is a slow and painful journey, filled with fear and a sense of inadequacy; other times, it is precisely the hardship endured that becomes a source of sensitivity and renewed motivation. The connection between fragility and work, between the experience of lack and the desire for redemption, between the fear of not measuring up and the capacity to share, is often surprising. We wish to tell this story also through the direct testimonies of young people who have experienced it firsthand.