LEGALITY PARTY – From Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th May 2024 at Parco Coletta with seminar on 18/5 in the Municipal Palace
It reaches its fifteenth edition “Festival of Legality, Responsibility and Rights” organized by the Mediation Center of the Municipality of Ferrara and carried out in collaboration with the Emilia-Romagna Region, Urban Security and Legality Area. Three days of scheduled initiatives from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 May 2024 with free seminars and events and open to all citizens on the topics of Legality and Rights and which will host professionals and experts from all over Italy. The events will all be held at Coletta Parkat the foot of the skyscraper, except for the seminar aimed at journalists and citizens on the right to report illegalities, scheduled for Saturday 18/5 morning in the city council hall in Piazza Municipio 2 in Ferrara.
The Festival, officially presented today, Monday 13 May, in the Tapestry Room of the municipal residence by representatives of the Mediation Center of the Municipality of Ferrara and the associations involved.
The representatives of the Mediation Center Giulia Bonora and Nicola Bogo, Virginia Garbellini of the municipal Urban Security Office, the head of the New Generations Operational Unit Sabina Tassinari, the members of the Guarantor Authority for people with disabilities spoke at the meeting with journalists. Davide Conti and Carlos Dana, the president of the Lo Specchio association Maria Teresa Graziani and the provincial delegate of the Italian Paralympic Committee Giuseppe Alberti.
Many themes will be covered by the guest speakers of the initiative: from the mafia, to the relationship between young people and legality, up to addressing the issue of the rights of people with disabilities in the field of sport.
As in previous editions, there will be a seminar (in the City Council room), with accreditation, dedicated to the professional category of journalists, on the phenomenon of “whistleblowing” organized by the Press Office of the Municipality of Ferrara. The meeting includes ethical training credits for registered journalists.
The Festival of Legality will open at 10 am with institutional greetings from the Prefect of the province of Ferrara Massimo Marchesiello and the deputy mayor of the Municipality of Ferrara.
Following this, there will be the presentation of the graphic novel of Notice Pubblico “Women and anti-mafia – Ten courageous protagonists of the fight against the mafia” (BeccoGiallo Editore, 2022), edited by Valeria Scafetta.
During the presentation Giulia Migneco (Responsible for Public Notice Communications of local authorities and regions against mafias and corruption) and Isabella Masina (Public Notice Coordinator for the province of Ferrara) will dialogue with some witnesses who have reported and directly fought the crimes perpetrated by the mafias, such as : Tiziana Ronzio, health worker from Tor Bella Monaca, activist and President of the TorPiùBella association (in video link) and Catia Silva, former councilor of the Municipality of Brescello and witness of justice.
The objective of the meeting is to make known the story of some of the many women involved on the front line, civilly and professionally, to prevent and combat mafia and corruption phenomena.
The meeting is dedicated and open to lower secondary schools.
In the afternoon of Thursday 16 May, from 5.00pm to 7.00pm, the awareness and training meeting “Young people and legality. The role of adults” will take place, dedicated to parents, teachers, operators who work in various capacities with boys and girls. This topic, which has never been more relevant than now in the face of repeated phenomena of abuse, bullying and cyberbullying – up to and including baby gangs – will be discussed in many voices by experts who work in the youth sector in the area. Michele D’Ascanio, psychologist of the Piccolo Principe Cooperative, will delve into the theme of rules and respect at school, Ilaria Galleran and Linda Borra, psychologists of the Ferrara Pathological Addictions Service of the Local Health Authority, will present their prevention and intervention work in he area of gambling has become increasingly widespread among young people, Elisa Massimo, psychologist of the Street Unit, – Pathological Addiction Service of Ferrara of the Local Health Authority, will address the issue of legality, focusing on the risk for young people in regarding substance use.
Finally, a focus on the topic of cyberbullying will be made thanks to the presence of the Postal Police with the Chief Superintendent Stefano Parziale, committed to promoting responsible use of the internet and social media in schools.
The event on Thursday 16 May is aimed at all adults who in various capacities deal with young people, in particular parents, teachers, public administrators, healthcare and third sector workers.
The day of Friday 17 May it will open with an informative meeting – from 10 to 12 – on the topic of the new forms of mafia present today in the social and economic fabric of our country, entitled “The new faces of the mafia”. The speakers of the initiative will be Catia Silva and Luigi Gaetti – former Vice President of the Anti-Mafia Commission in the 17th Legislature, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior with responsibilities for anti-mafia -, who will talk about how to recognize new forms of mafia. Furthermore, the Prefect of the Municipality of Ferrara Massimo Marchesiello will be present at the table. The meeting will be moderated by Isabella Masina, Coordinator of Public Notice for the Province of Ferrara.
In the morning of Saturday 18 MayOn the last day of the event, a training meeting aimed at journalists and open to all citizens will be held entitled “Whistleblowing, reporting illegality: laws, rules, news cases. The protection of sources, an ethical duty”.
The initiative – organized by the Order of Journalists, the Journalists Foundation of Emilia-Romagna, in collaboration with the Press Office of the Municipality of Ferrara and Assostampa Ferrara – will be held from 9.30 to 13.30 in the City Council room. Participation is free (registrations on the ODG training platform for journalists).
The guest speakers will be: Andrea Scarpellini (lawyer of the Milan Bar, advisor to the Advisora Association), Carlo Bertini (former state official), Nicola Borzi (journalist), Sara Tagliente (journalist, director of Telegenova), Sara Chessa (journalist at Blueprint for Free Speech), Giovanni Rossi (journalist, former president of ODG Emilia Romagna, deputy general secretary and president of FNSI; currently national councilor of FNSI). Moderated by Alessandro Zangara (journalist and head of the Press Office of the Municipality of Ferrara).
At Marco Coletta park, we will continue at 5pm with the meeting “Disability and sport”, a moment of discussion on the topic of inclusive sport for the most vulnerable people. Carlos Dana and Davide Conti, Guarantor of people with disabilities, Giuseppe Francesco Alberti, CIP Paralympic Committee of Ferrara and Mauro Borghi, CASP Paralympic Sports Introduction Center will discuss. The athletes Azzurra Bovina Bambini, Para-powerlifter of CUS Ferrara, Italian champion and record holder, will also intervene with their testimonies
Seif Eddine Gasmi, Paralympic canoeist of the Canoa Club Ferrara, Italian and Italian Paralympic canoe champion, Massimo Zucchini and Laxmi Poppi, Italian Paralympic Sports Dance Champions DFM physical-motor disability class and Karim Gouda, Italian Paralympic swimming champion. The meeting will be moderated by Francesco Dondi, editor-in-chief of “La Nuova Ferrara”.
The event will end with an aperitif, organized by the Lo Specchio Association, offered to all participants, with live music. On stage the Muscanti and the Banda Rulli Frulli of Ferrara, musical groups active in the area on inclusion issues.
In case of bad weather, the Marco Coletta Park meetings will be held in the Multipurpose Hall of the Grattacielo (viale Cavour 189).
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For the meeting on Thursday 16 May “Young people and legality. The role of adults”, the possibility of connecting remotely via the meet.google.com platform will also be allowed. Registration is required by sending a membership email to: [email protected] and specifying whether in person or remotely. Participants will be issued a certificate if requested.
For information: tel. 0532 208047
This initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Adolescents and New Generations Operational Unit of the Municipality of Ferrara.
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