A cultural, artistic and aggregative container completely aimed at minors in the heart of Torricelli, an at-risk neighborhood in the city of Cerignola. AND “Open space-Multipurpose Community Center for aggregation, expression and active participation of young people”, the project presented on 23 April at the Searched of Cerignola and supported by With the children, a non-profit company that finances programs to combat child educational poverty. A real one Territorial Educational Pact with the Educating Community of the city, signed together with the Municipality, represented at the conference by the official Mariapia Berardi, of the Department of Social Policies. “The idea is to enhance a neighborhood on which we have been betting for some years – declared Berardi herself – which will allow us to identify and combat cases of minors at risk, abandonment and school dropout, while at the same time enhancing youth protagonism” .
Theatre, cinema, music, books, comics. Art courses with particular attention to the world of graffiti, trying to create contests street art and impromptu exhibitions on site. But also photography And videomakerpassing through more manual workshops such as ceramics, stage costumes, scenographywithout forgetting education courses legality and citizenship. Open space it will be all of this, “giving full citizenship to people with social disadvantages as well as disabilities – as he added Marco Sbarra Of Escoop, the project’s lead body – hoping that it will become a point of reference for the entire city”. The place designated to host the activities through professionals and sector specialists is precisely the Cercat in Cerignola (in via Urbe, corner of via La Spezia): “it will be here that the same kids involved – he explained Giuseppe D’Agostinoproject coordinator – will give their contribution in planning the activities, also thinking about how to refunctionalize the structure”.
A decisive role will be that ofDon Bosco-Battisti Comprehensive Institute: “Our task will be to hook up the kids and bring them here – said the teacher Irene Guercia – this is because we are present as a nursery, primary and secondary school, we know our students and we often do not realize their hidden talents which they simply do not have the opportunity to bring out”. The contribution of the cooperative will also be important Alicewhich will guarantee a service of mini-buses for users, creating a network between the neighborhoods of Cerignola. In addition to the aforementioned entities, the following partners complete the picture of the Educational Community: aps OltreBabele; aps RESURB; Liberarti Association; the L’Albero dei Fichi bookshop by Marianna Longo; REUNITED CINEMA; Verderamina Association; Waste Stone Social Cooperative.
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