The 'Don Diana National Award - For the Love of My People' was awarded today, March 21st, like every day at the beginning of spring.
The event has reached its tenth edition and was established by Don Diana Committee, Libera Caserta, and the family of Don Giuseppe Diana, the priest killed in Casal di Principe on March 19, 1994. The award, which will be presented on July 4th in Casal di Principe, the day Don Giuseppe Diana would have celebrated his birthday, was given to Don Franco Monterubbianesi, Nando Dalla Chiesa, and Rosario Esposito La Rossa. In the Special Mentions category, the prize was awarded to Sergio Nazzaro, the LIPU Caserta Section association, and students of all levels. The Special Covid-19 Prize was awarded to philosopher Umberto Galimberti. Don Franco Monterubbianesi, priest and founder of the first house in Capodarco di Fermo, a messenger of liberation and a frontier priest, will receive the recognition "because his battles believe in a better society, immersed in a spirit of service to young people, the disabled, and all those in need of a second chance."
THE REASONS FOR THE AWARDS
His work seeks to transcend limits with a visionary approach deeply rooted in the land of concreteness. Rosario Esposito La Rossa, writer, editor, and bookseller. Director of the publishing house Marotta&Cafiero, he opened the first bookstore in the Northern Area of Naples: La Scugnizzeria. He will be honored because: "His is a concrete act of rebellion, redemption, and resistance. He works energetically for a society that can rediscover the wisdom of love as well as the love of wisdom. He does not seek refuge from anxiety, but accelerates along the paths of culture to make it accessible and always open to all."
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The Prize was awarded to Nando Dalla Chiesa, an Italian writer, sociologist, and academic, founder and director of the University of Milan's Observatory on Organized Crime (CROSS), "because, as a staunch defender of justice and democracy, his scientific approach does not overlook the importance of human relationships. He feels the urgency of fostering knowledge in every possible way and investigates criminal phenomena with surgical precision, thus depriving the mafia of the nefarious breeding ground rooted in silence and nebulous reality." The Covid-19 Special Prize was awarded to Umberto Galimberti, a keen philosopher and analyst of human thought, "for having investigated and guided our consciences through his analyses of fear and anguish, but also the need for solidarity, during the long and complex pandemic period. His words helped us organize our thoughts, encouraging resilience to overcome the obstacle of fragility, recalling in otherness the need to feel and be responsible."
Special mentions go to Sergio Nazzaro, journalist and author, "for his investigations into Nigerian organized crime in Italy," and to the "students of all ages, from preschoolers to elementary and middle school students in Campania, forced into long and grueling periods of distance learning, because they demonstrated a high degree of responsibility and resilience. Because, despite the discouragement, they continued to smile, draw, color, and learn. Because they taught us that everything can be faced with the naturalness of those who listen and don't hesitate to react." Finally, special mention also goes to the LIPU, Caserta Section, the association known for the intense activity of its environmental guards and their commitment to the Salicelle Oasis, on the banks of the Volturno River in the province of Caserta.
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