"I can: two women alone against the mafia", Pif meets students

(ANSA) - PALERMO, NOV 26 - Development of the values ​​of lawfulness. It is with this in mind that the Liceo De Cosmi in Palermo, on November 30 and December 2, organizes a meeting with Pif at the De Seta cinema, at the Zisa cultural sites, involving the students of some higher institutes of the city. The two days are part of the reading activity proposed by the Modus Vivendi bookshop. Like every year, in fact, the "De Cosmi" Lyceum also joined the bookshop's proposal to read a book and then meet the author. This year one of the books chosen was "I can: two women alone against the mafia", by Marco Lillo and Pierfrancesco DiLiberto, aka Pif. "The story of the two sisters Maria Rosa and Savina Pilliu, who end up in the middle of a terrible pincer:on the one hand there is the mafia, on the other the state. - the authors explain - The mafia persecutes them, the State does not consider them victims "." With a view to joint educational collaboration, - says the Headmaster of the Liceo De Cosmi, Antonino Sciortino -, we asked the President of the Vcircoscription Fabio Teresi, who has promoted our request with the Department, to be able to use the cinema for two days, so as to allow other schools to take advantage of the chosen space, given the great demand for participation in this initiative and the need to have a large space due to pandemic emergency. I believe that this is an example of a model of synergy and cooperation between culture and institutions, between school and municipal administration, between culture and current events, - continues Sciortino -.Our didactic action has always been addressed to the development of the civil conscience of our children, under the banner of lawfulness. "Before the meeting, the students will also visit the spaces of the cultural sites. The students of the Cannizzaro High School will participate in the meeting, on November 30th and 2 December will be the turn of the students of De Cosmi and delNautico. (ANSA).