Community Centers
for Afterschool Activities

The community centers provide:

• individual or small group educational support activities for the development and remediation of gaps in different materials in the curriculum, in coordination with the relevant teachers in local schools
• artistic, educational, and athletic workshops and entertainment
• L2 Italian courses for adults and minors
• personalized guidance for educational tracks: periodic monitoring, high school and post-graduation guidance in collaboration with the ASAI Employment Center, support for end-of-school term papers
• local events: festivals that support and engage local communities, joint planning of initiatives, street fairs

People from restorative justice and MAP (“messa alla prova” or probation) programs, university interns, and School-to-Work students also actively participate in our community centers.

The main activities include: Italian language classes for minors and adults, after-school programs for elementary, middle, and high school students, workshops in self-expression and music, capoeira, choir, entertainment of the pedestrian section of via Lombroso, and community engagement initiatives.

The center is open from Monday to Saturday, depending on the times of the various activities.

• Elementary School After-school
  Saturdays 9:00-12:30 in Via Sant’Anselmo
• Middle School After-school
  Tuesdays and Fridays 15:00-18:00
• High School After-school
  Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 15:00-19:00

Contacts: 011 657114 – info@asai.it

In addition to elementary, middle, and high school after-school programs, Via Genè hosts Italian courses, theater courses for adults and adolescents, youth groups, reading groups, and the community library. The library named Tra le Righe (Between the Lines) was established in 2022 as an initiative by our volunteers.

Every year, at the beginning of June, the community center takes to the streets for a big party open to the city, organized and managed by the youths and adults who frequent Via Genè.

• Elementary School After-school
  Wednesdays and Thursdays 16:30 – 18:30, Saturdays 9:30-12:00
• Middle School After-school
  Mondays and Tuesdays 15:00-18:00, Fridays 14:30-18:00
• High School After-school
  Tuesdays and Thursdays 15:00-18:00
• Tra le Righe (Between the lines) Community Library
  Every afternoon from 15:00 to 18:00

Contacts – viagene@asai.it

The large courtyard also hosts RadioLinea4’s “little house.” The community internet radio was created and is supported by ASAI, and it hosts moments of discussion, exchange, and musical experimentation.

• Middle School After-school
  Tuesdays 15:00-18:00, Fridays 15:00-18:00
• High School After-school
  Mondays 15:00-19:00, Thursdays 15:00-19:00

Contacts – barriera@asai.it

Educational support and entertainment activities for adolescents are offered alongside activities for children and their families, as well as a program for intercultural facilitators that has become a recognized tool for social workers in training. In addition, there are cultural events open to the local area and the city.

• High School After-school
  Project Youth Center
  Tuesdays and Thursdays 15:30-19:30
• Elementary Workshops
  Project Bimbi al Centro (Children in the Center)
  Saturdays 15.00-18.30

Contacts – valeria.sainato@asai.it