As you may tell from some of my past posts, I am really thrilled about this lecture at Stanford tomorrow: Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona (“Barça”), is giving a lecture about the club’s vision. He will talk about how Barca has become a global brand with global commitments, while continuing to identify Europe's largest and most developed non-state culture. FC Barcelona was one of the first soccer clubs to be founded in Spain, and it became a haven for Catalan sentiment when Catalan self-government and Catalan culture were proscribed during the dictatorship.
Joan Laporta was elected president of FC Barcelona in June 2003 and won a second presidential term in summer 2006. Under his leadership, the club has striven to promote the values that have traditionally been associated with Barça: Catalan nationalism, civilian duty, and universality. FC Barcelona has since become a club with an enormous public resonance. The club's ecent partnership with UNICEF is a statement of the club's continuing efforts to be at the forefront of solidarity projects with a global reach.
Event details
FC Barcelona web site
Barca channel on YouTube
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