Community & Advocacy
Mangia Minnesota: A Food Bridge Built on Ancestral Roots
Support Mangia Minnesota: An ancestral fundraiser connecting Abruzzo to South Minneapolis to feed hungry children and provide winter warmth
Life in Abruzzo
Community & Advocacy
Abruzzo is a region worth caring about — and that means staying informed, getting involved, and sometimes speaking up. Community & Advocacy covers the issues that shape daily life here: local governance, environmental challenges, social initiatives, and the rights and realities of living in Abruzzo as a foreign national. We report with balance and context, but we won’t shy away from calling things out when communities are being let down, overlooked, or pushed around. Because belonging somewhere means more than just living there. It means showing up for it.
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Celebrating Rural Women: The Heartbeat of Abruzzo’s Sustainable Agriculture
Across Abruzzo’s 4 provinces, women are shaping the future of farming. In Abruzzo, 15,545 farms are run by women, making up 35% of all farms.
Defunding of Abruzzo’s Nature Reserves
Across the globe, populist governments with extractive policies have increasingly sought to defund protected natural areas, Abruzzo is no exception and its mayors need our support to counter this regional initiative
Silence of the Birds: Abruzzo’s Government Authorises 27,000 Songbird Cull
Abruzzo’s 2025–26 hunting plan controversially allows killing thousands of protected songbirds like starlings and finches, sparking conservation concerns
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The Impact of Climate Change on Collelongo’s Santa Maria Nuova Church
Vasto: The Surfers Saving Our Seas to Save Ourselves
Keep Lago di Bomba Green
Abruzzo’s Right Nocturnal Land Grab: The Shredding of the Borsacchio Nature Reserve
Petition to Save La Riserva Naturale del Borsacchio
Begging for Marsican Bears: The Path to Justice and Co-Existence
