He found the courage thanks to the courses at the Ipm in Catanzaro
From the day he was arrested and taken to the Paternostro juvenile penitentiary institute in Catanzaro, he had never been able to apologize to his mother for having taken the wrong path.
A courage that he has found now, thanks to the music and the support of educators and other boys and girls during the rap workshops of the permanent cultural Presidium within the Institute as part of a Cco project, Crisis as an opportunity.
And so, on the occasion of Mother’s Day, Davide, aka Davo, composed a song entitled “Sorry Mom”.
“I had never managed to apologize to my mother for the crimes committed – explains Davide – not at the time of the arrest, not at the trial and not even during the interviews in Ipm.
I don’t know why I couldn’t say it. I was too ashamed of the pain I had made her feel… or maybe a part of me, knowing that my mother would forgive me, thought she didn’t deserve it. Rap set me free.”
“Now I will be better” is Davo’s promise to his mother. “A perfect example – explain the project promoters – of the importance of having an outlet for those who find themselves in difficult situations: a positive weapon, music, which Cco and the institutions with which it collaborates use to offer new opportunities for young people who think they no longer have them”.
“Music – explains Lucariello, rapper, trainer and member of Cco – has a great capacity for sublimation and therefore a therapeutic value. The moment something is told it’s like looking at it from the outside: he is able to judge it and understand it. When the strongest and most negative emotions and experiences remain unexpressed, they become time bombs destined to explode.”
According to Kento, rapper and senior trainer of the rap workshops in Cco’s Ipm, “Music is an extremely positive weapon, which Cco and the institutions with which it collaborates use to offer new opportunities to girls and boys who think they no longer have them”.
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