Savona. A group of former conscientious objectors to military service created the “Peace Workshop” initiative with the aim of spreading “a credible narrative of peace”. “We want to express our dissent towards the increase in armament spending in Italy and against any form of war, so that we do not get used to the idea of being able to continuously bomb in areas that are hotbeds of conflict, such as the Middle East”, explains Marcello Tobia, one of the promoters.
“We have no illusions about achieving results, we simply intend to stimulate everyone’s conscience – he underlines – We have no logos or flags and we are not united in an association, even if we are thinking about this together, we are people from all cultural and social backgrounds . We like to be spontaneous, not catalogued, to respect everyone’s identity. Our main idea is to provide counter-information to make up for the shortcomings of the state media.”
To celebrate the birth of the initiative, its promoters have organized a series of events. On Saturday 27 April at 9pm in the Church of Sant’Andrea Apostolo the concert “Note di pace” will be held by the Mal D’estro Ensemble, made up of the singer Marta Giardina and Alessandro Delfino on piano, Claudio Massola on clarinets and recorders, Bruno Giordano on clarinet and saxophone and Marco Pizzorno on guitar. At the end, the participants will move to the premises of the Episcopal Curia, in Piazza del Vescovado, to begin the relay hunger strike. “We will be present day and night – We thank the Diocese of Savona-Noli for giving us hospitality in spaces normally used for temporary exhibitions”.
Also at the Curia on Sunday 28 April from 4pm to 7pm, passages on peace will be read and at 9pm Duccio Facchini, director of the magazine Altreconomia, will talk about “Trade in arms, rights and borders”. On Monday 29 April at 6pm Eleonora Raimondo of the diocesan Caritas of Savona-Noli will discuss the theme of “Humanitarian corridors – An effective salvation strategy” and at 9pm the film “Where we need to be” will be screened. On Tuesday 30 April from 6pm Professor Augusta Molinari, professor at the University of Genoa, will explain “The long history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” and at 9pm you can see the film “Fair tales”.
On Thursday 2 May at 6pm the volunteers of the Colomba Association will talk about “The situation in the West Bank and the role of the civil peace corps” and at 9pm the film “Sarura” will be screened. On Friday 3 May at 6pm “The ongoing conflicts on the African continent” will be at the center of the debate with Bruno Astengo of the Savona nel Cuore dell’Africa association and at 9pm you can watch the films “The dark side of chocolate” and “Shasy chocolate ” on the topic of the “cocoa war”.
On Saturday 4 May at 6.30 pm together with Don Giovanni Lupino, rector of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, some Ukrainian migrants will be welcomed and again at 9 pm you can watch the film “Under the same roof”. All scheduled events are free of charge. For further information, write to the email address [email protected] or follow the profiles facebook.com/officinadellapacesavona and instagram.com/officina_della_pace_savona.
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