Ratiu Center for Democracy - Turda
The Ratiu Center for Democracy is a non-profit organization which seeks to further the ideals of the late Ion Ratiu, a life-long advocate for democracy. The Center's mission is to encourage non-partisan promotion of the values and behaviors associated with democracy. This mission is accomplished through a wide range of activities at local, national and international levels.
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Shattered dreams - Ratiu Center for Democracy, Turda.wmv
Promoting material of Shattered Dreams (Vise spulberate) theater play.
Distribution: Bianca Bizga, Raluca Otvos, Horatiu Man, Catalin Man ( Ion Ratiu Theater Workshop, Turda).
Some of the stages and lines of the play can be considered violent.
Further information at: notforsale.ro
Raţiu Center for Democracy
Pamela Ratiu s-a alăturat Centrului Rațiu pentru Democrație în 2004, ulterior căsătoriei sale cu Indrei Rațiu, fiul cel mare al lui Ion Rațiu și Elisabeth Pilkington Rațiu. A inițiat numeroase programe ale CRD; o parte dintre acestea sunt continuate până în prezent, în special datorită contribuției pe care o au în comunitatea locală.
Pamela a susținut activ parteneriatul cu think-tank-ul american Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars alături de care fundațiile Rațiu oferă Premiul Ion Rațiu pentru Democrație, activiștilor care luptă pentru cauza democrației în lume.
Ca director executiv al Rațiu Family Charitable Foundation în Romania, Pamela a dezvoltat și implementat modele inovative de sustenabilitate pentru CRD. A încurajat educația în domeniul ospitalității pentru tinerii din Turda, propunându-le sesiuni de specializare și apoi angajare în proiectele de sustenabilitate ale CRD: cafeneaua culturală La Papion și Casa Rațiu.
Cele două inițiative localizate în casa istorică a familiei oferă o bucătărie transilvăneană reinterpretată, design contemporan, evenimente culturale și atmosferă relaxată, precum și o gradină în stil britanic.
Este membru al Consiliului Director al Centri lui Rațiu pentru Democrație, președinte al Consiliului Director al Rațiu Foundation USA, visiting Fellow al Oxford Brookes și Oxford Cultural Collective.
The Ion Ratiu Democracy Award and Lecture 2009
The Ion Ratiu Democracy Award and Lecture 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009, 16.00 18.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Flom Auditorium, 6th Floor, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
On Thursday 3 December 2009, Adam Michnik, the well-known Polish democracy campaigner, will be presented the 2009 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award and deliver the 2009 Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington , D.C. He will be introduced by Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 1977-81. The welcoming remarks are by Wilson Center President and Director, Lee Hamilton and by Ratiu Foundation Chairman, Nicolae Ratiu.
The 2009 Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center is the fifth event in a series begun at Georgetown University in 2005 and held at the Woodrow Wilson Center since 2006. Past awardees include Sergio Aguayo (Mexico, 2005), Saad El-Din Ibrahim (Egypt, 2006), Anatoli Mikhailov (Belarus, 2007), and Eleonora Cercavschi (Moldova, 2008).
The 2009 Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center is the fifth event in a series begun at Georgetown University in 2005 and held at the Woodrow Wilson Center since 2006. Past awardees include Sergio Aguayo (Mexico, 2005), Saad El-Din Ibrahim (Egypt, 2006), Anatoli Mikhailov (Belarus, 2007), and Eleonora Cercavschi (Moldova, 2008).
The Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture is organised by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, the Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation in London, and the Ratiu Center for Democracy in Turda, Romania.
The Ion Ratiu Democracy Award 2010
Ion Ratiu Democracy Award 2010 goes to Russian Democracy Activist OLEG KOZLOVSKY
Oleg Kozlovsky, a political activist and co-founder of Solidarnost, United Democratic Movement in Russia, will receive the 2010 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award on Thursday, 2 December, as part of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Workshop Democracy: New Tools for the Struggle at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC.
The purpose of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award is to bring visibility and international recognition to the ideas and accomplishments of individuals around the world who are working on behalf of democracy. The event expresses the deep commitment to democracy of the late Ion Ratiu through his contributions as a Romanian politician as well as his interest in democratic change worldwide.
The purpose of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award is to bring visibility and international recognition to the ideas and accomplishments of individuals around the world who are working on behalf of democracy. The event expresses the deep commitment to democracy of the late Ion Ratiu through his contributions as a Romanian politician as well as his interest in democratic change worldwide.
Ion Ratiu (1917--2000) was the most outspoken and consistent voice of opposition to Nicolae Ceausescu, whose regime he opposed for years from London as the democratically elected leader of the World Union of Free Romanians. Journalist, broadcaster and author, he was also a successful businessman in shipping and property, while simultaneously operating as a kind of Scarlet Pimpernel, assisting in the rescue of many who fled from Ceausescu's dictatorship. After fifty years in exile he returned to his homeland in 1990 to contest the presidency. Although he won a seat in Parliament, and was to serve his country for his last ten years, his failure to win the presidency was a disappointment to many. Even nowadays, on Romanian streets, Ion Ratiu is remembered fondly, often referred to as the best president Romania never had.
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Democracy as a Challenge - The 2007 Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture, with Anatoli Mikhailov
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History and Public Policy Program
On November 15, 2007, the Woodrow Wilson Center co-hosted the third annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture in collaboration with the Ratiu Family Foundation and the Ratiu Democracy Center. The recipient of this year's award, Dr. Anatoli Mikhailov, Rector of the European Humanities University, currently in exile in Vilnius, Lithuania delivered a speech on Democracy as a Challenge. An introduction by former ambassador to Belarus, David Swartz, preceded Professor Mikhailov's address.
Even speakers: Dr. Anatoli Mikhailov, David Swartz, Aung Din,
Elisabeth Ratiu at the Ratiu Foundation
On the evening of Thursday 5 May, Elisabeth Ratiu, co-founder and Trustee of the Ratiu Foundation, took part in an open discussion with Dr Mike Phillips OBE, convenor of the Culture Power series, and Nicolae Ratiu, Chairman of the Ratiu Foundation. The discussion touched on subjects from personal recollections of her early life to the establishment of Romanian cultural associations in the 1960s, the Ratiu Foundation in 1979, and the World Union of Free Romanians in 1984, as well as her contacts with Romania.
The discussion was followed by a Q&A with the audience.
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Vise spulberate(Second part).mpg
`Shattered dreams` theater-play was written by Carmen Bogdan, Crisatian Ban and Eugen Wohl. The young actors are members of the `Ion Ratiu` Theater Workshop (Ratiu Center for Democracy, Turda). The play has the role to emphasize the real danger and effects of human traffic. Further information at notforsale.ro website.
Jessica Douglas-Home at the Ratiu Foundation
The evening of Wednesday 5 May 2010 brought a very special talk at the Ratiu Foundation / Romanian Cultural Centre: 'The Last Jew of Sighisoara', by the British artist and writer Jessica Douglas-Home.
Jessica Douglas-Home recalled the personality of Erich Raducanu, known as the last Jew of Sighisoara, who cared for his synagogue for over 50 years, and who became an inspiration for the Mihai Eminescu Trust in its work of conservation and preservation of heritage and crafts in Transylvania. The evening was hosted by novelist, historian, and curator Dr Mike Phillips OBE, and also benefited from the presence of Andreea Valean, grand-daughter or Erich Raducanu, whose memories of her grandfather helped give even more contour to his personality.
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Transylvania Volunteering 2011 [High Res].mp4
Video presentation of the volunteering programme in Transylvania for Tourism and Hospitality students from Oxford Brookes University,UK.In collaboration with Ratiu Centre for Democracy in Turda,Romania.
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Transilvania Volunteering 2011 [low res].mp4
Video presentation of the volunteering programme in Transylvania for Tourism and Hospitality students from Oxford Brookes University,UK.In collaboration with Ratiu Centre for Democracy in Turda,Romania.
Vise spulberate(First Part).mpg
`Shattered dreams` theater-play was written by Carmen Bogdan, Crisatian Ban and Eugen Wohl. The young actors are members of the `Ion Ratiu` Theater Workshop (Ratiu Center for Democracy, Turda). The play has the role to emphasize the real danger and effects of human traffic. Further information at notforsale.ro website.
I Am Not For Sale 2013
We need to be aware of the violation of children's rights in today's world.
Street children face various risks and are particularly exposed to human trafficking.
The Not For Sale- Choose For Your Own Sake Program of the Ratiu Centre for Democracy held a number of workshops with youths in the Turda area in Romania. Following this they celebrated the International Day for Street Children was celebrated on the 12th of April 2013 in correlation with the Hope Foundation Ireland.
The I Am Not For Sale video aims to create awareness of the issues surrounding human trafficking, particularly child trafficking and street children. It discovers the reasons why Turda youths feel they are not for sale and highlights how much fun it is working together to fight for children!
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