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Informal youth group · Greece · Non-formal education
We are young people in Greece who share knowledge and help each other become active citizens — through workshops, discussions, creative work and youth-led action.
τόλμησον φρονεῖν · Sapere aude
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We create spaces where young people can learn, exchange ideas, question existing systems and find the confidence to act in their communities.
Sapere Aude Greece is an informal youth group dedicated to spreading knowledge and encouraging young people to become active citizens through non-formal education.
Our work focuses on democracy and human rights, gender equality, activism and ecology. We work through workshops, discussions, creative activities and youth-led initiatives.
We believe education should do more than pass on knowledge. It should give young people the confidence to think critically, stand up for their rights, and help build a more inclusive, democratic and sustainable society.
The Pnyx
Human rights education and democratic participation. Our members have completed Council of Europe training in human rights education and democratic activism, working with the COMPASS manual.
In ancient Athens the citizens’ assembly met on the Pnyx hill. Athenians often voted with small pebbles, and the Greek word for a vote, ψῆφος (psephos), literally means “pebble”.
Your pebble counted. A key rises from the jar.
Key on your ring
The Circle
Workshops on gender equality, gender-based violence and sexual harassment — and learning spaces where everyone gets the same seat in the circle.
Greek women won the right to vote in national elections in 1952. The next year, Eleni Skoura became the first woman elected to the Greek Parliament.
Every seat has the same light. A key rises in the middle.
Key on your ring
The Square
Advocacy, mobilisation and grassroots civic initiatives. We practise public speaking, campaigning and organising, so that young people take action instead of only talking about it.
Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”
Voices raised. A key hangs above the square.
Key on your ring
The Greenhouse
Environmental education and nature-based youth activities that connect what we learn with the places we live in.
The windmills of the Cyclades turned wind into bread for centuries. The wind is still here — the question is what we do with it.
The greenhouse is humming. A key floats above the dome.
Key on your ring
The Camp
No open calls right now. The next one is in preparation — check back soon, or follow us on social media.
The Agora
Non-formal learning sessions on democracy, human rights, gender equality and ecology, built on dialogue and creative methods.
Our members take part in, and help design, Erasmus+ youth exchanges and training courses that bring young people from different countries together to learn by doing.
Awareness-raising activities, campaigns and community initiatives started and run by young people themselves.
The Assembly
Looking for a partner for a project, want to apply, or just want to talk? Write to us.
The gate is locked. Find the four district keys to open it.
You found all four keys, so you have walked through every part of what we do: rights, equality, action and ecology.
That is the whole idea of Sapere Aude. Knowledge is the key; action is the hand that turns it.
If you want to turn it with us, write to us or follow @sapere.aude.greece.
Sapere aude — “dare to know” — comes from the Roman poet Horace (Epistles, Book I, around 20 BCE). In 1784 the philosopher Immanuel Kant made it the motto of the Enlightenment in his essay What is Enlightenment?
Our crest writes it in Greek: τόλμησον φρονεῖν — dare to think.
