VERBANIA TAKES CARE: THE CIVIC LIST FOR BREZZA MAYOR PRESENTS ITSELF

From the civic list for BREZZA SINACO – CHANGE THE WIND – VERBANIA TAKES CARE we receive and publish the following press release in which the list presents its programmatic intentions and the 25 candidates:

“A healthy city it is the one that continually creates and improves its own physical and social environments and expands them community resources that enable people to support each other in carrying out all functions of life and developing their maximum potential”, WHO.

This is the belief that led a group of people to converge, several months ago, with the intention of making an active contribution to the programmatic debate in view of the local elections. Citizens with a strong roots in Verbanese civil society and a convinced belonging to the world of the centre-left.

As a civic group we immediately supported the candidacy of Riccardo Brezza and the path of the primaries. Now we choose to create a list and participate in the next election, alongside the allies of the coalition. There are 25 of us and we like to announce it on this April eve: Chiara Tosi, Giovanni Mari, Valeria Ricci, Andrea Gnemmi, Valentina Uccelli, Simone Martoccia, Silvia Lorenzini, Guido Boschini, Lidia Favaretto, Marco Sconfienza, Marica Spezia, Mauro Derudas, Lucia Calegari, Luca Sarasini, Paola Pisoni, Francesco Caruso, Elena Garroni, Andreino Colombo, Milena Dipietrantonio, Luigi Caruso, Rachele Mosini, Pietro Pisano, Anna Maria Duca, Brunella De Angelis, Silvana Mangiameli.

To take care of it is a commitment to the common good, a project for the city and for citizens of every generation, which takes into account everyone’s needs and resources for the present with an eye towards the future. We care about the future of Verbania: we want to take a long look into our political action, to start making the city sprout today that will develop in the years to come.

First, we propose a renewed approach to public health, with the adoption of specific tools useful so that the mayor, as responsible for the health of citizens, can, together with them and the municipal administration, take care of this important area, which is currently suffering greatly in our territory and beyond. In the broader context of health promotion, we would like to highlight the importance of mental health here. This implies re-evaluating psychiatric services, often neglected, and reiterating that mental health cannot be considered a secondary issue, but rather an essential priority for the collective well-being and the future of the new generations.

A guarantee of health is also the care for the physical environment in which we live. From floods to drought, from new pathogens and old pollutants to heat waves, we are affected at a local level by the effects of global climate change: it is our responsibility to take care of them and seize the opportunities of the transition which is a necessity. Production of renewable energy and reduction of energy consumption, increase in the number of trees and biodiversity, blocking the consumption of land and decarbonization of transport: to improve the way we work, move and live, the common thread of the municipal political strategy is ecological conversion, sustainability is the principle of administrative action.

We want to relaunch the participation and democracyalso as aspects of a social environment that promotes health: we propose innovative tools to encourage the involvement of the population in the analysis of problems and in decision-making processes and a greater valorization of the more consolidated institutions.

The importance of solidarity it is inscribed in the history of Verbania, in its network of cooperative associations, schools and individual citizens. Caring means paying particular attention to the most fragile members of the community, including young and old, precarious workers and migrants, working poor and people with disabilities, and the many who often have difficulty access to the house or to find support in theirs project for autonomy: if supported they can become a resource and point of strength for the community.

A municipal administration cannot and should not directly deal with everything, but it can catalyze the energies of the citylisten, promote the protagonism of citizens, facilitate dialogue between different organized entities, direct and stimulate collaboration between public and private, to study problems, identify solutions, find resources, implement and monitor changes.