New Acropolis
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| Founded | July 15, 1957 |
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| Founder | Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Philosophy, philanthropy |
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| Origins | Argentina |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Culture, volunteerism |
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Key people
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Delia Steinberg Guzmán and Giorgios Alvarado Planas |
| Website | www |
New Acropolis (NA; official name: Organización Internacional Nueva Acrópolis "OINA" - Organisation Internationale Nouvelle Acropole, association internationale sans but lucratif) is a worldwide non-profit organisation founded in 1957 by Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi (died 1991) first as a school of philosophy and later on as an international organization devoted to philosophical studies and practice. Registered in Belgium as international organization since 1981, number 3/12-941/S.
Its founding charter aims :
Aside from regular philosophy courses, lectures, and workshops the organization also involved in social and philanthropic activities, such as food collection campaigns, art workshops, cleaning of monuments and parks, as well as disaster rescues.
The French Commission on Cults (1995) as well as a Belgian parliamentary commission, have, in 1997, registered it as a cult in their respective countries, in an annexed blacklist to their report, along with 171 other associations. On May 27, 2005, the cult blacklists were abandoned by the French government as becoming too quickly out of date and responsibility for keeping an eye on cult groups, and returned to local prefects.
New Acropolis has been widely criticized for cultic activities and practices, including high levels of secrecy and deception.
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