Name: Emma Avilés Thurlow
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City: Barcelona
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Date of birth: 18/03/1980
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Educational and other qualifications: Masters degree on "Globalisation, Cooperation and Development"
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Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, Catalan
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Organisation: Debt Observatory in Globalisation (ODG) and activist
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In the organization since: June 2015
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Present position: Media and communication officer, projects and relations with social movements.
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Professional/organisational highlight(s):
I’m an activist based in Barcelona, part of the Spanish 15M/Indignados and the French NuitDebout movements. I have taken part in various European networks and projects, exchanging media activism knowledge and tactics with different European movements, focusing on changing narratives and political practices, and I have participated in the construction of the communication device of #NuitDebout.
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Favourite book(s): many
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Favourite film(s): many more!
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Favourite sport/hobby(s): piles
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Remarks on what I’m hoping to leave this event with: energy and ideas to collaborate with many actors to change narratives and political energies in Europe.
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