Student Union of the Catalan Countries

The Student Union of the Catalan Countries (Catalan: Sindicat d'Estudiants dels Països Catalans, SEPC) is a student union based in the Catalan Countries. It was created in May 2006 as a merge of Alternativa Estel [ca] and Coordinadora d'Estudiants dels Països Catalans [ca] in the context of the Bologna Process.[1] It initially had significant presence in the Valencian Country, Catalonia and Northern Catalonia.[2] As a left-wing pro-independence organization, it's part of the Esquerra Independentista [ca] movement, thus usually linked to the Popular Unity Candidacy political party. Its main values are feminism, socialism, independentism,[3] and it strongly advocates for Pan-Catalanism.[4] It also stands against capitalism and LGBT-phobia.[5] In fact, it pursues a new educational model as follows: secular,[5] publicly funded, popular, Catalan-language, antipatriarchal, and good quality education.[6] It organizes annual meetings such as the Trobada d’Estudiants dels Països Catalans (lit.'Meeting of Students of the Catalan Countries') and the Congress of Catalan Philology Students [ca].[6][7]

Student Union of the Catalan Countries
Sindicat d'Estudiants dels Països Catalans
FormationMay 2006; 18 years ago (2006-05)
Merger ofAlternativa Estel [ca] and Coordinadora d'Estudiants dels Països Catalans [ca]
Websitehttps://www.sepc.cat/

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  1. ^ "Es dissol el SEPC al País Valencià". Diari La Veu (in Catalan). 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  2. ^ Pérez, Moisés (2019-11-09). "El procés convulsiona l'independentisme valencià". El Temps (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ^ Palós, R. (2023-05-17). "La Junta Electoral ordena retirar el mural independentista de la UAB". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  4. ^ Ridaura Martínez, María Josefa (2016). "El proceso de independencia de Cataluña: su visión desde la Comunidad Valenciana" [The Catalan independence process viewed from the Valencian Community]. National University of Distance Education (in Spanish). ISSN 1139-5583.
  5. ^ a b "El SEPC ensilicona els panys de quatre instituts de Manresa i Santpedor per la vaga feminista". NacióDigital (in Catalan). 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  6. ^ a b "2, 3 i 4 de maig: V Cinquena Trobada d'estudiants dels Països Catalans al Maestrat". NacióDigital (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  7. ^ "Tarragona acollirà el XIII Congrés d'Estudiants de Filologia Catalana". Tot Tarragona (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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