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For years, I have been actively involved in community work area. It started with holding the position of chairman of the school students commitee in primary school and then during college, followed by establishing one of the first local young people community groups in the 90s in my hometown under the name Cultural Initiatives Association.<\/p>\n
I believe my mission of working pro publico bono was inherited from my late father, Adam, who was an activist in the early Solidarity movement Strike Committees in Lower Silesia.<\/p>\n
The empathy and good rapport with people were instilled in me by my mother Jasia, who always loved people.<\/p>\n
After completing my master’s studies in Szczecin and working in Social Welfare Office in Polkowice, I acquired numerous new skills that proved beneficial later during my time abroad and continued to develop consistently.<\/p>\n
\u00a0I was also the one who brought Social Workers Union to my region.<\/p>\n
I have also cultivated activism beyond the borders of Poland, particularly here in Ireland.<\/p>\n
Since my arrival in Ireland, I became active immediately after joining the MyCork Polish Association in Cork. I took up the role of Chairperson and later was elected to lead the Together-Razem Centre.<\/p>\n
In 2012, I joined Forum Polonia CLG and have held the position of Director since then.<\/p>\n
Locally, I represented migrant communities in the Cork City Council special committees from 2019 to 2024, sitting and advising in the International Relations Committee.<\/p>\n
My activism in Ireland has been recognized; I received the Voluntary Ireland Award in 2013 and was honored with the Polish President’s Cross of Merit.<\/p>\n
On a broader scale, I am active in European and worldwide affairs since joining the European Union of Polish Diaspora, where I currently serve as the General Secretary.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, I am a member of the Steering Committee in the World Polonia Council.<\/p>\n
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My journey started many years ago My backgroundFor years, I have been actively involved in community work area. It started with holding the position of chairman of the school students commitee in primary school and then during college, followed by establishing one of the first local young people community groups in the 90s in my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n
For years, I have been actively involved in community work area. It started with holding the position of chairman of the school students commitee in primary school, followed by establishing one of the first local young people community groups in the 90s in my hometown under the name Cultural Initiatives Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe my mission of working pro publico bono was inherited from my late father, Adam, who was an activist in the early Solidarity movement Strike Committees in Lower Silesia. The empathy and good rapport with people were instilled in me by my mother, Jasia, who always loved people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After completing my master's studies in Szczecin and working in Social Welfare Office in Polkowice, I acquired numerous new skills that proved beneficial later during my time abroad and continued to develop consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have also cultivated activism beyond the borders of Poland, particularly here in Ireland.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"2880","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/17yearsjourney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}