Italy “Peace and Nonviolence Force”

Without a doubt, the force of Nonviolence was present in Italy at the start of the 2nd World March.

We will not be able to review all the acts performed, but we can emphasize those that we believe have been most significant, for their joy, for participation, for the collaboration provided by associations and / or administrative entities.

Greeting and start of activities on the day the 2 World March begins

Activities began in the Association ACSE (Associazione Comboniane Servizi Emigranti e Profighi), greeting the 2 World March.
A beautiful Nonviolence Symbol is painted on the Garbatella School, in Rome.
Another Symbol, is drawn on the Nomentana Basic School, also in Rome.


A Human Symbol of Nonviolence, they also formed it in a Milan school.

On the day of the launch of the 2 World March, the children of San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy, sing and dance the hymn to joy.

Two days earlier, in Milan, he was leaving in the Parchetto of the Ovid Square

On September 30, a march was made in the Parchetto of Ovid Square in Milan, symbolizing the route of the 2 World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

Florence, “on the path of non-violence”

They displayed a children's color game at the Nova Isolotto Library in Florence.

Way of peace towards… .the BiblioteCaNova! Meeting in Piazza Isolotto of the children of the neighborhood schools and departure from the march.

Musical welcome with the Sonati della Pirandello and workshop for the figurative reconstruction of the symbol of non-violence together with Caterina Giustolisi and Alessandra Cao.

The Conference continued with a Seminar on nonviolence education for teachers and educators. Together with Olivier Turquet.

Later with a Human Poetic Chain for Peace and Nonviolence, an Experience of Gratitude.

And after a meditation walk led by Fabio Ramelli, Sangha Rio de la Paz, the Internet connection was made with Madrid for the departure of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

In Olbia, Sardinia

In Olbia, they participated in the start of the 2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence with the screening of the documentary “The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons”.

 

Fiumicello Villa Vicentina participates in the start

The AUSER of Fiumicello Villa Vicentina In the celebration of the October 2, he actively participates in the committee for the world peace march that will pass through Fiumicello Villa Vicentina on the 27 February 2020.

Rome celebrates its “World March Festival”

And, in the Habicura Space, Piazzale del Verano in Rome, “The World March Fest”, a multitude of activities at the beginning of the 2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

All kinds of activities were carried out

Discussion tables

For children, the performance of the Magician Nanà.

The 2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence was presented and the screening of the film “The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons” was attended.

There were Storytellers and guided visit to the Park of Non-Violence by Accentrica

Performances by the musical groups “The Fireflies” and “Precarious Samba".

Close with DJ set

Throughout the event: you could visit the sculpture exhibition by Bruno Melappioni and the photography exhibition “Humaniti First” by Serena Arena.

Music, pleasant talk, storytelling, exhibitions and a relaxed, cheerful and friendly atmosphere. And also, music, lots of music.

How joyful the Samba of Nonviolence!

In Palermo, 1st Sicilian Day for Peace and Nonviolence

In Palermo the 1ª Sicilian Day for Peace and Nonviolence was held in Villa Niscemi.

The Peace Council of the City of Palermo has presented the fundamental themes of the second “World March for Peace” that began this October 2 from Madrid.

The night before, October 1, the meaning and activities of the 2nd World March were explained to the neighbors and they attended the screening of the documentary “The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons” in Chieri, Torino

 

I find Italian and Slovenian schools in Muggia

The Peace and Life Committee Danilo Dolci and the Mundo sin Guerras association organized a symbolic meeting between Italian and Slovenian schools in the municipalities that have already joined the March 2, namely Muggia, Dolina and Pirano in Slovenia.

The meeting was held from the 9 in the morning in the main hall of the Nazario Sauro school in Muggia in via D'Annunzio 48, the students will meet and talk about the peace and objectives of the March that will enter Piran to Muggia on the morning of the February 26.

Vicenza celebrates it in Porto Burci

And we end up in Vicenza, not because there are no more places in Italy where the beginning of the 2 World March for Peace and Nonviolence has been proclaimed, but because although we weigh ourselves we can not lengthen more by the accumulation of actions to describe that we have pending from others countries

 

In this population, in Porto Burci, the details of the 2 World March were explained; connected with the international link of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence and it was attended by David Swanson, the famous author, activist, journalist and radio host who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2015.

From Italy, the “force of nonviolence” was breathed at the launch of the 2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence.


We thank the friends who have yielded the images and videos that have been used in this article and we recommend, for your joy and clarity in the presentation of the context of this day, the reading of the Pressenza International Press Agency article on the October 2 celebration in Italy.

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