A school that preserves and regenerates the memory of all and all those who have lost their lives due to criminal violence. It is the one that will meet in Palermo, today, Monday 23 May, on the occasion of the XXX anniversary of the Capaci and Via D’Amelio massacres: about a thousand students, from the territory and from all over Italy, will be present at the commemorations, together with the minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, and to the president of the Falcone Foundation, Maria Falcone.
The delegation of young people who will take part in the initiatives will not be the only sign of the school’s willingness to be present and to testify to the essential link between education and the fight against the mafia. The city of Palermo will host 1,400 sheets made by 1,070 schools that accepted the appeal of the Ministry of Education and the Falcone Foundation, launched through the #LaMemoriaDiTutti call. Rita Atria, Peppino Impastato, Don Pino Puglisi, Libero Grassi, Pio La Torre, Lia Pipitone, Piersanti Mattarella, Rocco Chinnici: students in recent weeks have deepened the story of some women and men killed by mafia violence and have decorated the sheets whites – which the Palermitans used in 1992, in the aftermath of the massacres, to demonstrate their rebellion – with illustrations and messages deriving from their reflection. They arrived in Palermo from all over Italy, from Como to Favignana, from Rivoli to Lampedusa. They will be posted in the Foro Italico Umberto I, the place where the official celebration will be held, and on the balconies of the citizens who have agreed to exhibit them during the project period. “Education in legality is and must be the pivot of our school – declares the Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi -. In recent years the girls and boys have wanted to know and participate. This year they do it through the symbol of the sheet , which means civil conscience but also solidarity and citizenship. As a Ministry we have also decided to strengthen the activities in this area, making available one million euros. educational courses on the issues of legality and the fight against mafias in our schools – underlines the Minister -. Italy has preserved the memory of women and men of the State, who have fought against the mafias. And it has done so in these thirty years also through schools, the place where the seed of a society germinates that must be ever more equitable and just “. “Thirty years is the time of a generation. Today’s children – declares Maria Falcone, president of the Falcone Foundation – in 1992 they were not yet born, so now more than ever it is important to cultivate the memory of facts and people who have changed the history of our country. We wanted to dedicate this special occasion to them. Also this year we had at our side the Italian schools, the teachers who, despite a thousand difficulties, worked to bring the culture of legality and respect for the values of democracy and justice and have accepted our invitation: to give life to their creativity by creating a sheet dedicated to a victim of the mafia. Over 1,000 have arrived at the Foundation, a sign that once again the school has responded with enthusiasm to the our appeal and that these thirty years have not passed in vain “. Minister Bianchi will participate together with the students in the institutional event “The memory of all.
Italy, Palermo thirty years later “, which will take place, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, tomorrow, Monday 23 May, at the Foro Italico Umberto I in Palermo, from 10 to 11.30, and will be broadcast live on Rai Uno. To the initiative in memory of the judges Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino, Francesca Morvillo and the escort agents Agostino Catalano, Walter Eddie Cosina, Rocco Dicillo, Vincenzo Li Muli, Emanuela Loi, Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifani and Claudio Traina, killed from Cosa Nostra in 1992, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, the Minister of Justice, Marta Cartabia, the Minister of University and Research, Maria Cristina Messa, the Head will also be present of the Police, Lamberto Giannini, the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor, Giovanni Melillo, the Prosecutor of Rome, Francesco Lo Voi, the President of the Falcone Foundation, Maria Falcone. In the afternoon, after 5 pm, Minister Bianchi will be at Capaci, at the Giardino della Memoria Quarto Savona Quindici, to participate in the moment of Silence, which will be played at 17.58, the time of the massacre, together with Tina Montinaro, wife of agent Antonio Montinaro, to the students.
At the same time, under the Falcone Tree, in via Notarbartolo, in front of what was once the judge’s house, a trumpeter of the State Police will play the Silence in honor of the victims and the names of those killed in the attacks of Capaci and of Via d’Amelio. Will be present, together with students and citizens, among others, Maria Falcone and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Roberto Fico. It will be possible to follow the story of the day and listen directly to the voices of the young people who will participate in the event through the social channels of the Ministry of Education and the Falcone Foundation via the hashtag #LaMemoriadiTutti. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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