CC- Democracy- Mafia victims remembrance Day (21st March)

Objectives:

• To raise students’ awareness of the history of Mafia in Italy and of the sacrifice of the people who fought for the freedom of others.
• To know what Italian magistrates and judges did during their lives to fight against mafia;
• to be aware that the phenomenon is still present nowadays,
•  to understand the meaning of democracy
• to fight any illegal act and so to hand down the culture of legality and common sense so that certain mistakes are no longer made  

On the day of the massacre of Capaci when Judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and his escort died, students of the school took part  in the students’ parade in Cremona, participated in  workshops held by experts and read pages of books to remember  all the victims of the mafia and to remember that the commitment of us citizens lasts 365 days a year and not just one day a year.

By focusing the event on the discovery of people who have fought the mafia and who have

been victims of it, students were part of active citizenship in which they were promoters of the spirit of legality and good example. They were aware of  democratic legality based on equality, a living and shared memory, and of a citizenship that lives up to the spirit and hopes of the Constitution.

Students prepared posters with pictures or research displays to show their commitment for democracy.