Sensitive Voices - Global Conversations Lelenfant Circles
We invite you to a series of meetings under the slogan “Sensitive Voices and Global Conversations – Circles”. This is a space inspired by the international Lelenfant project and beyond, dedicated to conversations about common values, emotions that accompany us, and searching for our place in the global context.
During these circles, we will share thoughts on current social challenges, such as nationalism, global inequalities, degradation of the natural environment.
Our goal is to pay special attention to children’s rights and the importance of their participation in shaping a better world. We believe that an open conversation will allow us to better understand the world around us and contribute to building a more just future.
Above all, we will look for a connection between us – a space to rest and a chance to build strong, honest and healthy relationships.
We want to create a space for cooperation in which every voice is important and in which you can share your experiences and challenges in an atmosphere of mutual support.
Lelenfant Circles is a place for people who want to co-create a world based on equal and solidary relationships between children, adults and nature.
We organize these meetings once a month, both in person and online, to enable international participation and include voices from the countries of the Global South.
We cordially invite you to co-create this unique space for dialogue, which will help us build a conscious and sustainable global community based on care, cooperation and mutual respect.
Our goal is also to initiate a dialogue that will allow us to better understand these issues and plan next year’s edition of the project, enriched with your voices and involvement.
The mission of our Foundation is to strive to build equal and solidary relationships between children, adults and nature, which allows for the peaceful coexistence of all beings on Earth.
We start with ourselves, which is why we run our Foundation based on democracy and values that we share, such as caring for relationships, honesty and openness to diversity, and caring for the bond with the natural environment. We create educational, artistic and ecological programs that build strong and solidary communities of adults and children, in Poland and around the world. Together, in respect and mutual acceptance, we realize our dreams with care for the natural environment, children’s rights, global justice and the well-being of future generations.
In our opinion, only through openness and community can we really influence the formation of civil society.
Our regular CIRCLES will allow us to respond to current challenges and support the mental well-being of both children and adults. Meetings will take place once a month, and some of them are planned online, which will enable international participation.
Schedule of circles
2025
APRIL
April 4 | 5:30 PM–7:00 PM | GADUŁA Kindergarten Wrocławska 16 , Oborniki Śląskie – We invite you to circles for women, a space for conversation and support around topics close to each of us – relationships with ourselves, others, expectations towards motherhood or awareness of emotions. Meetings take the form of circles, but can also act as a support group, creating a safe place to share experiences.
🎟 Free admission
✉️ Registration: mary@faefoundation.art
Next meetings in the year scheduled for 23.04/ 7.05 / 21.05/ 4.06 / 25/06
2025
MARCH
March 26 | 5:30 PM–7:00 PM | Kindergarten GADUŁA Wrocławska 16, Oborniki Śląskie – We invite you to circles for women, a space for conversation and support around topics close to each of us – relationships with ourselves, others, expectations towards motherhood or awareness of emotions. Meetings take the form of circles, but can also act as a support group, creating a safe place to share experiences.
🎟 Free admission
✉️ Registration: mary@faefoundation.art
2025
FEBRUARY
04 February | 17:30–19:00 – Free yoga nidra with the Przyjaźń Sztuka Edukacja Foundation
A small, calming session of yoga and yoga nidra will take place on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from 17:30 to 19:00, at ul. Krasińskiego 42 (former Barents.pl office)
🎟 Free admission
✉️ Registration: ewa@fae-foundation.aorg
2025
JANUARY
January 23 | 5:30–7:00 PM – New Year’s Lelenfant Circle + Yoga Nidra
In a unique atmosphere, we will meet to start the new year in the spirit of caring for ourselves and our loved ones.
•Part 1: Circle led by Mary, the president of the Foundation – conversations about emotions, plans and self-care.
•Part 2: Yoga Nidra with Iwona – deep regeneration and relaxation.
📍 Location: ul. Stalowa 6a, Wrocław
🎟 Free admission
✉️ Registration: iwona@faefoundation.art
2025
JANUARY
January 26 | 14:00 – 16:00 – Flying HUB Arts – Adults Care | FTT, ul. Krzycka
A meeting of the Flying Hub Arts working group with Ditte Berkeley and Iwona Frydryszak, curators of the program, dedicated to co-creating an artistic program for young people, discovering new languages and tools that allow them to function better in the modern world. We will pay special attention to creating a place and space for young people, where art, cooperation and dialogue can support personal development, degrowth, and above all, building a community.
January 27 | 17:00–19:00 – Young Change Makers – a circle of young people
📍 Location: Grotowski Institute, Rynek-Ratusz 27, Wrocław
We invite young people and young adults (+14) who want to co-create an international community, implement their projects and share inspirations under the umbrella of the Przyjaźń Sztuka Edukacja Foundation. Hosted by: Ditte Berkeley
🎟 Free admission
✉️ Registration: hub@faefoundation.art
2024
OCTOBER
08.10.2024 | Adult Circle – Interculturalism, Nationalisms and the Protection of Cultural Heritage | hosted by: Mary Sadowska-Łakomy (mary@fae-foundation.org), Lelenfant HQs, ul. Stalowa 6a from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
19.10.2024 | Children’s Circle – How to Tame a River? – Floods and Natural Phenomena | hosted by: Agnieszka Mańkowska (biuro@faefoundation.art), Centrum Kowale, ul. Ełcka 34 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Children’s Circle – How to Tame a River? – Floods and Natural Phenomena | hosted by: Złotnickie Centrum Spotkań, ul. Wielkopolska 7
30.10.2024 | 13:00 – 14:300 (CET) Adult Circle – International Lelenfant Council | hosted by: Iwona Frydryszak, registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-qurTItHdfLHh_YR0PhG5TaNZkdruzc
NOVEMBER
19.11.2024 | Adult Circle – Circle of Courage According to Roger Duncan in Lelenfant (Independence) | hosted by: Mary Sadowska – Łakomy, Lelenfant HQs, ul. Stalowa 6a, Wrocław from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 17:00 – 19:00
DECEMBER
10.12.2024 |13:00 – 14:300 (CET) Adult Circle – International Lelenfant Council – presentation of Lelenfant 2025 programme | hosted by: Iwona Frydryszak, registration:
| Children’s Circle – Ecological changes in our city and what’s next | hosted by: Mary Sadowska-Łakomy (biuro@faefoundation.art), Centrum Kowale, ul. Ełcka 34 from 15:00 to 19:00
Children’s Circle – Ecological changes in our city and what’s next | hosted by: Mary Sadowska-Łakomy, Złotnickie Centrum Spotkań, ul. Wielkopolska 7
All activities are carried out as part of the Government Program for the Development of Civic Organizations, for which the Foundation Przyjaźń Sztuka Edukacja received funding for the years 2024 – 2026.
