Church of Scientology Initiatives in Europe Emphasize Civic Responsibility

Churches and missions of Scientology throughout Europe are continuing several neighbourhood-level social betterment initiatives connected to human rights education, drug prevention and volunteer action. As reported in Scientology Communities Across Europe Highlight Civic Responsibility and EU Values, these activities include educational initiatives helping young people make informed choices, programmes promoting understanding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and practical values-based education for social cohesion. Together, these programmes reflect an effort to support communities through education and responsibility.

The article also highlights the Church’s Europe’s Values, Your Rights campaign, which presents the civic foundations of European democracy in plain language, including human dignity, freedom, equality, democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Ivan Arjona, representative of the Church of Scientology to the EU, OSCE, Council of Europe and UN, said that European values are strengthened when citizens take responsibility for their communities. Inspired by the work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, these initiatives are presented as voluntary contributions news european elections to the common good across Europe.