Ignasi Carreras Fisas
Ismael Palacín
From Fundació Bofill to Equitat.org: When the world trembles, we make our commitment explicit.
If we have been working for equity for 57 years, why not put it in the name?
That is why, from this Tuesday, the Fundació Jaume Bofill is now called Equitat.org.
It was the year 1969, in the midst of the Franco dictatorship, when Teresa Roca and Josep Maria Vilaseca created the Fundació Jaume Bofill with one conviction: a prosperous and democratic society is only possible if it guarantees educational and social opportunities for everyone.
Since then, we have promoted new proposals with more than 2,800 research studies and projects. We have not done it alone, but thanks to the collaboration of thousands of people, organizations, and municipalities. Because we believe that the world improves when we build a demanding and constructive civil society.
Equity is not a luxury or an abstract desire. It is a shared social project that must move forward, which is why we defend that quality education for all is the best path towards equity.
Universalizing and expanding access to education for children and young people from all social backgrounds has been one of the great achievements of recent decades. It is a milestone that has allowed each person’s talent and effort to flourish, but it is also a collective success that brings cohesion and prosperity to all of us.
But guaranteeing the right to education is still an unfinished goal today: we need to reduce school dropout, segregation, improve low levels of reading and learning, and strengthen family and community education.
Today, when equity is more questioned and more necessary than ever, the Fundació Bofill reclaims its mission by placing it in the new name: Equitat.org.
A new name to make our commitment to building quality education and ensuring real equal opportunities more explicit. In times of hatred and inequality, committing to equity and educational quality is clearly defending the kind of society we want to be.
We place ourselves at your service to build new alliances. We want to thank you for your trust and support over all these years, and we offer you, as always, our commitment to rigor, independence, innovation, and cooperation.
Thank you for being there.
