| Ceremony honoring the new Righteous at the Garden of the Righteous in RhoOn the occasion of the Day of the Righteous 2023 (6 March), the Municipality of Rho planned a serie of initiatives to commemorate and honor the Righteous, people who chose to save other people's live during persecutions and genocides.
On March 6, 2023 at 11 am the whole citizenzhip is invited to attend the ceremony in honor of three new Righteous: Luca Attanasio, Gino Strada, Aida Rostami, as a symbol for the women in Iran who fight against the regime
| March 6, 2023, at 11:00 am | Giardino dei Giusti di Rho, via Redipuglia (MI) |
| Day of the Righteous in MilanThe ceremony honoring the new Righteous will take place on March 3, at 10 am at the Garden of the Righteous worldwide in Milan. Together with the new Righteous and their representatives the new plaques will be unveiled and the parchments will be delivered to the Righteous suggested by the civil society.
This year's theme is: “Saving the Humanity in Humankind. The Righteous and personal responsibility”.
More info | March 3, 2023, h 10 | Garden of the Righteous worldwide in Milan |
| Day of the Righteous 2023 in San Donato MilaneseThe Garden of the Righteous in San Donato (MI) will dedicate two trees to new Righteous: Gino Bartali, the champion who saved Jews and Irena Sendler, the Polish nurse who saved 2500 Jewish children.
This year's theme is "the Righteous during Shoah and Nazism".
At the end of the ceremony the students of the High School Primo Levi will perform a theatrical and animated guided tour of their Garden of the Righteous.
| March 9 2023, h 15:00 | Giardino dei Giusti di San Donato Milanese |
| A debate about the environmental crisis and the RighteousOn the Day of the Righteous 2023 (6 March) the city of Opera (MI) welcomes an event about the environmental crisis and the Righteous.
The event will be attended by the students of the Comprehensive Institute "Dante Alighieri" who will co-create recycled musical instruments and laboratorial activities with the authors of the book "“La bellezza salverà il mondo” (2021, Navarra Editore).
Thanks to the continuous collaboration with the Foundation ONE PLANET ONE FUTURE, there will also be the opportunity to watch the exposition of Anne De Carbuccia's photographs.
The new Righteous are: Wallace Broecker and Erwin Kräutler.
| March 6, 2023, at 10:30 am and 6:00 pm | Giardino dei Giusti di via Moneta e Sala Serafin, presso Polifunzionale, Opera (MI) |
| Day of the Righteous 2023 in NocetoThe Garden of the Righteous in Noceto, near Parma, was created in 2019 and this year will inaugurate on the occasion of the Day of the Righteous. The new Righteous honored will be six doctors: Carlo Angela, Giovanni Borromeo, Carlo Urbani, Franco Basaglia, Giuseppe Moreali and Sima Samar.
During the event the artwork "Mi curo di te" will be unveiled: it is a symbolic tree whose leaves represent the Righteous.
The ceremony will be attended by the students of the Primary School, the Basaglia Foundation, Foundation Villa Emma, parents and representatives of the Righteous. More info | March 6, 2023, h 9:30 | Istituto Comprensivo di Noceto Rita Levi Montalcini |
| The Righteous and their example of committment and responsibilityThe Municipality of Civitavecchia, near Rome, celebrates the Day of the Righteous 2023 on March 7 organizing a conference for the high school students of the territory.
Participants: Ernesto Tedesco, Mayor of Civitavecchia, Gabriella Sarraco, President of Fondazione CARICIV, Massimo Magnano, Contact person for Comunità Sant'Egidio, Francesco M. Cataluccio, Editorial Director of Gariwo Foundation.
At the end of conference, the students will go to the Garden of the Righteous in Villa Albani in Civitavecchia and will unveil the plaques dedicated to the new Righteous. They will be: Ettore Barzini, Berta Caceres, Peppino and Felicia Impastato, Senija Karemhic, Daniela Pompei, the students of "The White Rose" and Carlo Urbani. More info | March 7, 2023 at 9:30 am | Fondazione CARICIV, viale Risorgimento, 8 - Civitavecchia |
| Building democracy in our time, fighting discriminations, persecutions and hate speechProgram:
Greetings Antonio Tajani - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (tbc)
Opening Remarks Francesco Verducci - Senator of the Italian Republic
Moderator
Martina Landi - Project manager of Gariwo Foundation
Speakers Gabriele Nissim - President of Gariwo Foundation Anna Foa - Historian Lucio Romano - Senator of the Italian Republic XVII Legislatura
Milena Santerini - Professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Education
Videomessagge
Jozef Wancer - Auschwitz Foundation
Access to the room - with appropriate clothing and, for men, a jacket and tie requirement - is allowed until the maximum capacity is reached. Journalists and guests must be accredited by writing an email to segreteria@gariwo.net
More info | March, 9 2023 - h 16:00
| Sala Capitolare presso il Chiostro del Convento di Santa Maria sopra Minerva - Piazza della Minerva 38, Roma |
| Day of the Righteous 2023 in RomeA new tree will be planted in the Garden of the Righteous in Rome in order to celebrate the Day of the Righteous 2023.
On March 7 at 11 am an olive tree will be dedicated to the memory of Vasilij Grossman, the writer who denounced the crimes of both communism and nazism.
The ceremony is open to the citizenzship and will be attended by local institutions. More info | March 7, 2023 | Garden of the Righteous in Rome in Villa Pamphilj |
| The Day of the Righteous 2023 in PalermoThe Garden of the Righteous of Palermo (Sicily) celebrates its first fifteen years anniversary.
For this occasion and to celebrate the Day of the Righteous (6 March), the Municipality organized an event open for the citizenship.
It will be attended by: Roberto Lagalla, Mayor of the municipality of Palermo and Claudia Segre, President of Global Thinking Foundation More info | February, 24 2023, at 12:00 | Giardino dei Giusti, via Alloro 90 - Palermo |