Yesterday, April 29th, was an intense day for the ICBIE Europa people and for Pietro Gallina, ICBIE’s president from Salvador!
In the afternoon, Pietro, Monica and Marcella (from ICBIE Europa), accompanied by our dear friend Steve from Lahn Artists in Germany (who was passing through Rome), were invited by the friends of the Victoria Regis NGO to participate in an encounter organized at the Polyvalent Youth Center of the XVII District of Rome, with the title: Human rights in another key.
On the agenda: the results and the conclusions of the exhibit Right to a Future, a part of the manifestation 2009 – European Year for Creativity and Innovation; the Italy Brazil Mozambique School Objectives Pilot Project and Pedagogy Creator of Value (of which the ICBIE is a partner and point of reference in Salvador de Bahia, where one of the art laboratories planned in the project will be created); organization and participation in the public event set for October 2009, to launch the Movement for the Right to a Future, as part of the Millenium Objectives and Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The meeting was full of positive synergies and a platform for future collaborations with the XVII District of the city government, which expressed great interest in hosting the photography exhibit of the Alagados, as a part of specific initiatives currently underway in the district.
Leaving the elegant and central area of Prati, our delegation went to the proletarian and fascinating Garbatella! There, in the warmth of the Casetta Rossa, a host of friends and supporters were joyfully waiting for Pietro, in order to inaugurate the Alagados exhibition that will remain on display at the Casetta until May 3rd.
After viewing the beautiful photos, the participants were able to savor a delicious Brazilian dinner—fejioada and moqueqa de peixe—prepared by the expert hands of the Casetta’s cook, who, abandoning the Roman specialities of carbonaras and amatricianas, launched into South American experimentations.
As always, it was a great party, full of communal joy, with all of our warm friends and supporters. The only blemish was the absence of the Brazilian representatives of the Officina de Rua Project (Edvando Luiz Castro Pinto (Tucunaré), José Francisco Paranaguá Guimarães, Carlos Ribeiro Soares and his wife Aridea Pestana Cruz), due to the fact that they were suddenly forced to return to Salvador due to their civic duties. They departed yesterday morning.
We eagerly await their return for another, longer Italian visit.
Marcella
