Giovanni Falcone, Vito Schifani, Antonio Montinaro and so on. The steps of the staircase of the Municipality of Calimera are tinged with the colors of the flag of peace and on each of them the name of an innocent victim of the mafia is written.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himGiovanni Falcone, Vito Schifani, Antonio Montinaro and so on. The steps of the staircase of the Municipality of Calimera they are tinged with the colors of the flag of peace and on each of them the name of one is written innocent victim of the mafia.
Thirty-seven steps for 44 people, men and women who lost their lives in the name of legality. The initiative is promoted by the Apulian municipality in view of the cultural review "Human facts", an initiative that from 22 to 29 May retraces the memory of the victims, through shows, debates and concerts.
Climb the stairs to remember the sacrifice made by many and taken on by this administration in the name of justice, legality, democracy. Memory because we have the duty to remember, paths of citizenship because we need to invest in a widespread culture of legality, capillary, which touches every age group. The Municipality of Calimera has made a clear choice, it has chosen which side to take, he says Francesca deVito, Mayor of the Municipality of Calimera.
Each step, therefore, a memory to keep alive the attention on those who died in the name of one democracy denied. A small sign that surrounds the exhibition which includes meetings, book presentations, debates and the public display of the Fiat Croma of the escort agents Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifani and Rocco Dicillo, who died together with judge Giovanni Falcone and his wife Francesca Morvillo in the Capaci massacre of 23 May 1993.
From today every citizen crossing that threshold feels the responsibility of this collective choice, the choice to be on the side of legality and civil rights, continues the mayor.
At the same time, the annual appointment with the Festival of Little Readers Reading makes you great scheduled from 26 to 28 May. The Festival, now in its sixteenth edition, this year will mainly develop the themes that revolve around legality: comics, books, creative workshops and much more. Educating to legality from an early age is one of the objectives that institutions, associations and individual citizens should pursue across the board - underlines Francesca De Vito, mayor of the Municipality of Calimera. To achieve this goal, the Municipality of Calimera has adopted the bottom-up sharing method, involving various local actors and all associations right from the design stage. We imagined a unique path that would hold together the growth and cultural needs of the little ones with the issues related to civil democracy and social justice, says the mayor de Vito.
Honorary citizenship will then be conferred during the event a Don Luigi Ciotti, founder and president of Libera. Associations, names and numbers against the mafias.
Dominella Trunfio
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