3.00 p.m.
Institutional greetings
Giovanni PANZERI Director of the Brescia Campus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Marco FENAROLI, Councillor for Inclusion, Municipality of Brescia
Eugenio SPINA, Quaestor of Brescia
Filomena BIANCO, Director of UST Brescia
3.45 p.m.
Presentation of the CIRMiB MigraREport 2024
Statistics on the foreign population in the province of Brescia in 2023-24
Maddalena COLOMBO, Director of CIRMiB, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Introduction to the Dossier: "Knowing Africa: past, present and future"
Mariagrazia SANTAGATI, Sociologist, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
4.30 p.m.
Roundtable on Commitment to Peace in/for Africa
Chair: Michele FONTEFRANCESCO, Anthropologist, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The fight against trafficking in the Sahel. The experience of the non-profit Gandhi Charity
Alganesh FESSAHA, President and Founder of the Gandhi Charity, author of Eyes in the Desert. Gandhi in the Sinai Desert (2014) and Doctor Alganesh, Woman of Hope (edited by P. Lambruschi, 2024)
Monica MARTINELLI, Sociologist, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Commitment to peace in Rwanda
Ange Rosine ISHIMWE, Master, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
The Africa We Are: Voices, Images and Artists for Peace
Father Fabrizio COLOMBO, Afrobrix, Brescia
Commitment to Peace in Nigeria and the Diaspora through Redemption
Brandy Goldie Nkeiruka DIMEGWU, Owa Community, Umu Nd'Igbo Italy
Côte d'Ivoire: the path to peace, between terrorism and social disintegration
Roberto VALUSSI, Journalist of NIGRIZIA
