How Everything Started

When we are children, we all want to do great things, like change the world and explore unknown territories; we dream of goals as big as world peace and we value our colleagues, friends, and family above anything else.

The Free Conversations Movement was started in 2017 by Adrià Ballester.
It was on a Thursday in early summer when
Adrià, after a bad day at work, decided to go for a walk in the beautiful city of Barcelona. After walking for hours He made it to the top
of the mountain to watch the Barcelona skyline.

It was cold and foggy as it was late at night. Then, he saw an elderly man around
80 years old and was also enjoying the skyline views.

Some minutes later, Adrià and Ramón started a conversation that lasted for around 30 minutes. Finally, Ramón concluded “When you will become 80 years old
all those problems seemly huge problems will look
so small” and left.

At that moment, Adrià realized how right Ramón was.

Since then, Adria became aware of the need to talk with people who have a different point of view. He decided to offer free conversations in the city center once a week

The goal was to create a safe space in the city of Barcelona where people could come and talk whenever they needed or wanted. In addition, he also wanted to offer the public a place where people could freely express themselves without fear of being judged.udged.

Three years later, Adrià has had more than 1400 conversations with people who have very different points of view. Adrià has lived moments of sadness, joy, and of countless emotions on those two chairs but, after all, he learned a lot from these conversations.

The most beautiful thing has been the displays of affection from the people. Since it began, he has not stopped receiving messages of support. It was thanks to this support that Adrià has decided to seek international support with the mission that in all cities there are spaces where people can express themselves calmly and with the freedom of knowing that they will not be judged.

Milestones

01

OUR MISSION

We aim to challenge the current idea of society. We create spaces in cities where everyone can freely express themselves and be heard. As a result great conversations happen. We offer a peaceful, safe and a free of judgment space where people can come and feel listened to by someone who won’t judge them.

02

OUR VISION

That all people, regardless of their origin or gender, have someone to talk to and have a conversation with. People deserve to be listened to.

03

OUR VALUES

Respect, freedom, authenticity, love, humanity

Mission

We aim to challenge the current idea of society. We create spaces in cities where everyone can freely express themselves and be heard. As a result great conversations happen. We offer a peaceful, safe and a free of judgment space where people can come and feel listened to by someone who won’t judge them.

Vision

That all people, regardless of their origin or gender, have someone to talk to and have a conversation with. People deserve to be listened to.

Values

Respect, freedom, authenticity, love, humanity