BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:Europe/Vienna X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:VEVENT UID:404@buendnis2025.at DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260624T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260624T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T080041Z URL:https://buendnis2025.at/veranstaltungen/ashoka-demokratie-muttankstell e/ SUMMARY:Ashoka Demokratie MutTankstelle DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Solutions in Action!\n \;\nOverview\n\n\n\n\n\n Fuel up with new ideas\, projects\, and people. Let us learn together and transform powerlessness into collective action.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Ashoka f or the fifth edition of the Demokratie MutTankstelle in Vienna. Under th e theme “Celebrating Solutions in Action”\, we will bring together lea ding social entrepreneurs\, changemakers\, and engaged citizens to explore how innovative ideas and courageous leadership can strengthen democracy a nd civic participation across Europe and beyond.\n\n \;\n\nThis gather ing is designed to spark meaningful conversations and foster collaboration . Whether you are a social entrepreneur\, activist\, student\, policymaker \, or simply curious about positive social change\, this is your space to meet like-minded people and recharge with fresh inspiration.\n\nAnd becaus e solutions also deserves celebration\, we’ll continue the evening with a relaxed get-together\, including drinks\, networking and space to connec t.\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Guests\n\n \;\n\nWe are excited to we lcome an inspiring group of Ashoka Fellows:\n\n Diana Filimon - Founder of “Forum Apulum”\n\nDiana has developed a new approach that sparks yo ung people’s curiosity and empathy for those with different views and ex periences\, increases their appetite for complexity and nuance\, and conti nually challenges their unfounded and dangerous sense of certainty produce d by – among other forces - algorithmically tailored media consumption.\ n\n Javier Pérez González - Founder of “Political Watch”\n\nJavier Pérez is redefining the relationship between civil society and the execut ive\, legislative and judicial Powers of the State—shifting it from peri pheral influence to a model of structured\, sustained\, and collaborative governance. Through Political Watch\, he is building the civic architectur e—tools\, alliances\, and norms—that enable civil society to move beyo nd fragmentation and reactive protest\, and instead operate as a coordinat ed and strategic ally shaping public decisions from within.\n\n Bernardo Gonçalves - Founder of “Mypolis”\n\nBernardo is igniting the spark of democratic participation in young people by creating a new architecture t o work with their local political representatives to make a real\, tangibl e impact on their community.\n\n Kristina Krömer - Founder “metro_poli s”\n\nAmid growing polarization and distrust in Germany and Europe\, Kri stina is reimagining transportation – a forum that reaches citizens from all walks of life – as a modern day\, mobile agora by facilitating dial ogues that foster empathy and connection. Through metro_polis\, Kristina i s bringing democratic participation into the daily lives of citizens – i ncluding those who are particularly hard to reach – and offering a path to revitalizing civic participation and the foundations of democratic soci ety.\n\nTogether\, they will share insights\, stories\, and solutions from their work strengthening democracy\, participation\, inclusion\, and soci al innovation across different contexts and communities.\n\n\n\n \;\nM ore information\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://buendnis2025.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/ 06/ashoka-scaled.png LOCATION:The Social Hub Vienna\, Nordbahnstraße 47\, Wien\, Wien\, 1020\, Österreich GEO:48.222736;16.390002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Nordbahnstraße 47\, Wien\, Wien\, 1020\, Österreich;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Social Hub Vienn a:geo:48.222736,16.390002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR