Five days to explore current issues related to the culture of peace and respect for human rights. From Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th June the “Emergency Days” return to Ferrara, organized by the “Il Parco” Social Center, in its headquarters in via della Canapa 4, in collaboration with the Emergency Ferrara group, with debates, insights, book presentations , activities for children, music and good food.
The program of the event, in its fourteenth edition, was illustrated to the press today in the municipal residence of Ferrara by Antonella Strammiello (Emergency Ferrara group coordinator) with Emergency Ferrara volunteers Marco Ferraresi, Raffaele Meliga and Giacomo Ciriago, Marco Zavagli (Estense director .com), Sergio Rossoni (president of Centro Sociale Il Parco) and Andrea De Vivo (Uisp Ferrara).
The fourteenth edition of the event, from Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th June at the “Il Parco” Social Center in via Canapa 4, will be dedicated to the values and objectives of Emergency such as the promotion of a culture of peace and respect for human rights. Each day will open at 7pm with a public meeting or presentation of a book dedicated to current affairs.
We will talk about anti-fascism, weapons, war and peace, rescue at sea and prison conditions in Egypt with Patrick Zaki who will tell his terrible story.
The event will therefore start on Tuesday 25 June with the presentation of the book “Stories of anti-fascism without rhetoric”. The authors Max Collini and Arturo Bertoldi will tell stories of resistance and anti-fascism moderated by the radio host Gianluca Morozzi.
Then on Wednesday 26 June the presentation of the book “I was the man of war. My life from arms manufacturer to deminer” in which the author Vito Alfieri Fontana will address the balance of his life, which went from being an arms manufacturer to then becoming a deminer of anti-personnel mines. The journalist Antonio Sanfrancesco moderated.
Weapons and war will also be discussed on the third day on Thursday 27 June, with the presentation of the book “Kalashnikov. From Vietnam to Ukraine, in one weapon the history of the cruel century”. Together with the author Domenico Quirico, the writer and teacher Girolamo de Michele will be there to moderate.
Friday 28 June will be the turn of the stories and testimonies of the rescues at sea by the Emergency Life Support ship in the debate “A sea ahead” – stories from Life Support”. The emergency Italia nursing coordinator Sauro Forni will report the stories and lives of the rescuers and those rescued, moderated by the journalist Giorgia Pizzirani.
Double meeting scheduled for Saturday 29 June: at 7pm Pasquale Pugliese (Nonviolent Movement), Paola Feo (Emergency) and researcher Valentina Bartolucci will address the difficulties of talking about peace in our times. There will also be an opportunity to join the national campaign to object to the war promoted by the Nonviolent Movement.
Also on Saturday 29 June, a special event from 8.30pm with the presentation of Patrick Zaki’s book “Dreams and illusions of freedom. My story”. Zaki will be interviewed by journalist Laura Cappon. Entry for this event is subject to availability with a maximum capacity of 120 people.
Among the novelties of this year is the photographic exhibition dedicated to the Emergency rescue mission at sea with the Life Support ship: the images taken by photographers who took part in the activities in the Mediterranean will allow you to get to know the activity of a SAR ship up close , the commitment of the staff on board and the stories of the rescued castaways.
This year too there will be space for sporting activities always in the name of social commitment, with the 2nd inclusiveness tournament; a 5-a-side football challenge where every evening teams of children, university students, adults, teenagers and associations will compete with the aim of bringing different worlds together through sport, participation and union. There will be no shortage of activities for the little ones with the dedicated “Let’s play in peace” space and a thematic bookshop for adults and children organized by Librerie.coop.
Also in this edition it will be possible to enjoy an excellent dinner or a tasty beer at the food stands. During the festival the Emergency shop will also be open where you can buy many gadgets and find out about the association’s activities; here, moreover, you can try the virtual reality experience by wearing 360° viewers and board the Life Support ship.
The proceeds of the 14th edition of the Emergency Days Ferrara will be donated to the activities and projects that Emergency supports around the world.
The fourteenth edition of the Emergency Days Ferrara will also be ‘Plastic Free’.
For more information you can visit the Facebook event “EMERGENCY DAYS Ferrara – 2024” or write to [email protected]
(Communication by the organizers)
