Youth, activists and social organizations around the Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia (IFE) in San Francisco, Córdoba.

Abstract

This article presents a brief analysis of the relationships that are built between youth, leaders and social organizations in La Milka neighborhood in the city of San Francisco, Córdoba, around the Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia (IFE). This program was implemented as a palliative measure in the face of the crisis that implied the preventive and obligatory social isolation in the sectors with the lowest resources in Argentina. This isolation was a measure adopted by the National State in response to the pandemic caused by Covid-19. Based on some experiences in the field participating in the IFE registration process, I try to analyze what it means for some young people in the neighborhood to register in the program. I ask how the social relationships built before the social isolation between these youths and particular social and militant organizations are maintained, reinforced and updated. Also, I try some reflections about the role of a former political militant, of social and/or political organizations that work and worked in the neighborhood, and of the National State regarding the requirements, the ways of applying and the conflicts around the inscriptions to that program.