EDUCATIONAL PROJECT OF THE INTERINSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL NETWORK
Presentation of the results of the 18th edition dedicated to Walter Max Cosina
Project coordination by Liliana Mauro and Chiara Tempo
Speakers in order:
SILVIA STENER – Memory as a form of justice
PIERO PETRUCCO – Testimony of an entrepreneur
TINA BORZACCHIELLO – Chocolate: opportunity and inclusion
FABRIZIO ARENA – Building community
TORIALE HASHEMI – Born and raised in war
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF RONDINE – Positively transforming conflict
GIANLUCA COSTANTINI – Fixing the world with drawing
DJ TUBET – Words and music of legality
Hosted by the students of the Network:
Amira Almi, Samuele Bellina, Donia Imene Bouchenafa, Gaia Del Gobbo, Alessandro Gallo, Nikolina Kojcinovic, Matilda Menazzi, Engy Yuma Scarpin
Student videos:
- North and South united against the mafias — N. Copernico Scientific High School
- Macramé: weaving bonds — G. Sello Art High School
- On the lands of Don Peppe Diana: stories of redemption — C. Percoto High School
- The power of no! — PCTO at C. Percoto and N. Copernico High Schools
- Food collection: a passion lasting 10 years — B. Stringher Technical Institute
- This is not love — A. Malignani Technical Institute
- The Network’s video library — GG. Marinoni Technical Institute and Elia Fuligni
Words and music of legality – freestyle
CPIA Casa Circondariale Udine
C. Percoto, G. Sello High Schools, and DJ Tubet
Student performances:
Duloc: a bright and beautiful world!
Theatrical adaptation of the film Shrek
with the Percoto High School Theater Group
Coordination: Federica Sansevero
Music by:
SOUNDBURST BAND
- Flavia Martini – guitar
- Alessandro Moroso – bass
- Gianluigi Nuccio – keyboard
- Giulia Nuccio – vocals
- Gioele Pennasilico – drums
Participating institutions:
C. Percoto High School, A. Malignani Technical Institute, University of Udine
Presentation of the results of the 18th edition, dedicated to Eddie Walter Max Cosina, bodyguard of Judge Paolo Borsellino, who was killed in the Via D’Amelio massacre in Palermo.
To keep the memory alive, to restore dignity to broken lives, and to transform that tragic story into collective memory.
This is the concluding moment of an educational journey aimed at students on active citizenship, legality, ethics, and responsibility. During the morning session in the theater, students from the Network Schools present the results of their activities and engage in discussions with witnesses who dedicate their lives to the values of citizenship: dignity, solidarity, legality.
The project, now in its eighteenth edition, involved fourteen schools from Udine, San Daniele, Gemona del Friuli, and Tolmezzo.
Together with:
Supervisory Judiciary – Udine Court; Udine Prison; External Penal Enforcement Office UD-PN; Municipal Guarantor for the Rights of Detained Persons; Women’s Prison of Pozzuoli; FVG Criminal Bar Association; Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate Trieste; State Police Unit Udine; Udine Fire Brigade; Revenue Agency Udine; Equal Opportunities Committee – Udine Bar Association; Zero Tolerance Udine Municipality; ASUFC – Department of Mental Health and Addictions – SERT Udine; CEFS Udine; E. Balducci Cultural Reception and Promotion Center Zugliano; Spazio Aperto Theater Workshop
and with the Associations: vicino/lontano; Libera – Associations, names and numbers against mafias; ICARO Justice Volunteers; SISIFO; Volunteering Service Center – CTA Friuli Centrale; MoVI FVG; Caritas Center Udine; Mensa La Gracie di Diu Caritas; National Association of Civil War Victims; ADO FVG; AFDS San Daniele del Friuli; CeVI; OIKOS; GET UP; Constitution Festival San Daniele del Friuli; Peace Schools Network; Rondine – Citadel of Peace; L’ISTRICE – Training Center with men perpetrators of violence; Co.S.M.O Legacoop; CeVI; Linea d’Ombra Trieste; ARACON; Addiopizzo Palermo; Gariwo – Garden of the Righteous Milan; Shoah Memorial – Binario 21 Milan; ACMOS House Turin; Emmaus Palermo; Padre Puglisi Center Palermo; Don Peppe Diana Committee Casal di Principe; La Scugnizzeria – Scampia Bookstore Naples; Art Espressa Caserta; Giancarlo Siani Foundation; Pereira Association, Bagnacavallo (RA); Al di là dei sogni Social Cooperative Caserta; DAVAR Social Cooperative – Dulcis in Fundo – Casal di Principe.
Organized by:
C. Percoto High School, lead school Udine
G. Sello Art High School Udine
N. Copernico Scientific High School Udine
G. Marinelli Scientific High School Udine
A. Malignani Technical Institute Udine
B. Stringher Technical Institute Udine
C. Deganutti Technical Institute Udine
V. Manzini Technical Institute San Daniele del Friuli
Magrini Marchetti Technical Institute Gemona del Friuli
R. D’Aronco Technical Institute Gemona del Friuli
Paschini Linussio Technical Institute Tolmezzo
GG. Marinoni Technical Institute Udine
CPIA Provincial Adult Education Center – Udine Prison
IC 2° Udine Valussi campus
Teachers’ branch of Libera Udine, named after Rita Atria
With the patronage of:
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Municipality of Udine, Municipal Guarantor for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Personal Liberty, FVG Criminal Bar Association, Equal Opportunities Committee – Udine Lawyers, vicino/lontano, Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate Trieste, Libera – Associations, Names and Numbers against Mafias, MoVI FVG, CTA Friuli Centrale, Get Up, Regional Anti-Mafia Observatory.
With the support of:
Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Municipality of Udine, vicino/lontano, Paolo Petrucco Foundation, Friuli Foundation, MoVI FVG, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine
SILVIA STENER
Niece of Walter Eddie Max Cosina, bodyguard of magistrate Paolo Borsellino, who on July 19, 1992, along with other colleagues, was killed in the Via D’Amelio massacre in Palermo. Silvia keeps alive the memory of what happened, to restore dignity to the broken lives and to transform that tragic story into collective memory.
PIERO PETRUCCO
Civil engineer, CEO of I.CO.P. SpA Società Benefit, a family construction company founded in 1920. Founding member and vice president since 1996 of Vicini di Casa Onlus, an association that promotes housing access for people in disadvantaged conditions. President of Sudin Onlus, an association that has created and supported for over 15 years a school of arts and crafts in South Sudan.
TINA BORZACCHIELLO
President of the mixed social cooperative Davar, founded in the parish of San Nicola in Casal di Principe, the church of Don Peppe Diana, and founder of Dulcis in fundo, a social chocolate factory born in a property confiscated from the Camorra in Casal di Principe. The chocolate factory not only produces high-quality sweets but also represents a social redemption example, offering training and inclusion to young people with disabilities and transforming a place marked by crime into an opportunity of hope and change for the community.
FABRIZIO ARENA
President of the Laboratorio Zen Insieme Association, active in the Zen neighborhood, North Expansion Zone of Palermo. Laboratorio Zen Insieme prioritizes awareness, growth, and autonomy of the neighborhood residents, especially children and their families. It promotes activities aimed at removing the causes of hardship and overcoming various forms of marginalization.
TORIALE HASHEMI
Young Afghan, journalism graduate, left his country due to his family’s persecution by the Taliban. After a dangerous journey through Iran, Turkey, and Greece, he arrived in Italy, where he has lived for fourteen years working as an interpreter, professional educator, and cultural mediator. He is also a representative of the Afghan Committee for Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF RONDINE
Founded in 1998 by Franco Vaccari, Rondine Citadel of Peace is committed to spreading its method for creative conflict transformation (Rondine Method). The International Student Residence – World House welcomes young people each year from countries experiencing or having experienced wars and conflicts: two years of training and coexistence between “enemies” to become peace ambassadors in their countries and contribute to conflict transformation.
GIANLUCA COSTANTINI
Artist and activist, fights his civil and humanitarian battles through drawing. Collaborates with ActionAid, Amnesty International, and Arci. Publishes in Italian and foreign outlets. His recent books include Libya (with F. Mannocchi, Mondadori 2019); Patrick Zaki, an Egyptian story (with L. Cappon, Feltrinelli 2022); with Becco Giallo: Human Rights Portraits (2023); Julian Assange. WikiLeaks and the challenge for freedom of information (with D. Morgante, Altreconomia 2024). He illustrated the graphic memoir of Ai Weiwei Zodiac, published in 2024 with texts by Elettra Stamboulis in English (Random House), Portuguese (Objectiva), and Italian (Oblomov Edizioni).
DJ TUBET
Friulian rapper, producer, and freestyler, blending hip hop with dub, reggae, and world music. In Friulian freestyle, he reaches 15 syllables per second. Fin Cumò is his latest album (14 songs in 14 languages). He is among the pioneers of a rap technique and Hip Hop Pedagogy applied in schools.
SOUNDBURST BAND
Five young people united by a passion for rock, with an energetic and engaging sound. Through their music, they convey enthusiasm and authenticity, bringing the full force of rock to the stage.
FEDERICA SANSEVERO
Freelance actress-author and artistic director of Teatro del Silenzio APS; since 2000, she has promoted a non-dualistic way of thinking, based on the coexistence and connection of opposites. Her work integrates the invention of the Feminine, interculturality, social work (including with adolescents), and productions that combine popular theater with philosophical style. Her latest work: THE MONSTER, on the theme of youth distress.
