July 18th, 2011 @Milan, Italy
Visited Milan-based street magazine, Terre di Mezzo again, and happened to meet Miriam, one of the founders.
When I came here a few days ago, an editor Andrea told me that most of the vendors were from Senegal. Migrants are prone to be a political issue everywhere these days, however, Miriam are expecting that Terre di Mezzo will be a tool for encountering and having a dialogue with a vendor and a reader as human beings.
I popped up the question, “Isn’t it hard to work with somebody with different language and culture?”, but Miriam replied with her proverb she learnt from the street, “Respecting each other is the start of communication.”
Terre di Mezzo began hosting an annual event of Fa’la cosa guista!, where producers of fair trade, alternative energy, and organic vegetables got together with citizens. In 2008, they say 50,000 people visited there. This Milan-based street magazine will be making a bigger circle of community from now on too.