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Gold Medals of Memory
AN esteemed cardiologist from the "Guido Salvini" institute, he was part of a team of hemodynamists surgeons. HIS DAILY WORK FOR THE CARE OF THE SICK HAS GIVEN SHINE TO THE CITY AND THE INSTITUTION FOR WHICH HE WORKED. WITH HIS LAST GESTURE, IN WHICH HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO SAVE THAT OF A PATIENT, HE DEMONSTRATED THE QUALITIES ON WHICH HE BASED HIS EXISTENCE: COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, ALTRUISM AND LOVE FOR HIS NEIGHBOR.
ARTIST, SPORTSMAN, VOLUNTEER. A GRADUATE FROM THE BRERA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY AND ABROAD. PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE, HE HAS GIVEN ALL OF HIMSELF TO THE PROJECTS HE HAS COLLABORATED IN: FROM PAINTING AND SCULPTURE EXHIBITIONS WITH WORKS INSPIRED BY AFRICA, TO ACTIVITIES AS AN EDUCATOR IN KENYA AND SENEGAL, UP TO HIS INTERESTS IN SPORT. HE DIED AT SEA IN JULY 2011. HIS GESTURE OF EXTRAORDINARY ALTRUISM PAID WITH THE EXTREME SACRIFICE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SAVE YOUNG HUMAN LIVES FROM DROWNING.
Great Gold Medal
AFTER HOLDING THE HIGHEST AND PRESTIGIOUS POSITIONS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HIERARCHY, HE WAS ARCHBISHOP OF THE AMBROSIAN DIOCESE FOR NINE YEARS. SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN MILAN IN 2002 HE REPRESENTED A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ALL THE MILANIANS. CATHOLICS, LAYERS, BELIEVERS OF EVERY RELIGION HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IN HIM A BALANCE, AUTHORITY AND ABOVE ALL A DEEP HUMANITY WHICH HAVE MADE HIM A CENTRAL AND ESSENTIAL FIGURE IN CITY LIFE. TO THE TIRELESS WORK TENDERED TO THE EDIFICATION AND SPIRITUAL AND MORAL GROWTH OF THE AMBROSIAN FAITHFUL, HE HAS ADDED A CONCRETE COMMITMENT TO THE FAVOR OF THE WEAKEST AND NEEDEST AS IN THE CASE OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY-WORK FUND. HIS EPISCOPAL MINISTRY HAS LEFT TO THE MILANESI AN INDELIBLE HERITAGE THAT REPRESENTS THE MOST AUTHENTIC AMBROSIAN VALUES OF SOLIDARITY, TOLERANCE AND OPENING TOWARDS OTHERS. VALUES WHICH CARDINAL DIONIGI TETTAMANZI HAS PROMOTED AND TIRELESSLY ADOPTED WITH WORD, WITH EXAMPLE AND WITH DAILY PRACTICE TO GUARANTEE TO ALL THE JOY AND PEACE THAT ARE IN HIS EPISCOPAL MOTTO.
Gold Medals
A PROFESSOR AT THE “VITA E SALUTE” UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND AN INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS HEART SURGEON, HE HAS DISTINGUISHED HIS SKILLS IN THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED STATES AND ITALY. DURING HIS CAREER HE CREATED A MITRAL REPAIR TECHNIQUE THAT IS STILL USED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND HOLDS THE PATENT FOR AN ANNULAR PROSTHESIS DESIGNED FOR THE CORRECTION OF MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY ON AN ISCHEMIC BASIS. HE HAS TO HIS ACTIVITIES MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND OVER TEN THOUSAND CARDIAC OPERATIONS.
ARCHITECT, CRITIC, DESIGNER, ART COLLECTOR, WINNER OF THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AWARDS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, MARIO BELLINI WAS A PROTAGONIST OF ITALIAN DESIGN IN COMPANIES THAT HAVE MADE THE HISTORY OF CREATIVITY AND TASTE. HE EDITED THE “DOMUS” MAGAZINE FROM 1986 TO 1992. HE RECEIVED FOUR GOLDEN COMPASSES. THE MOMA IN NEW YORK HOSTS 25 OF HIS PROJECTS. AMONG HIS ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS, THE NEW PORTELLO DISTRICT OF THE MILAN FAIR AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTER OF VILLA ERBA IN CERNOBBIO (1990). KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, MARIO BELLINI CONTINUES TO REPRESENT IN THE WORLD, AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS, THE MILAN OF CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, DIALOGUE WITH THE CULTURES AND AESTHETIC LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD.
HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST INTERPRETERS OF VERDI'S OPERA. A MILANIAN FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, HE HAS DEDICATED HIS LONG CAREER AS A TENOR TO OPERA. APPRECIATED INTERNATIONALLY, HIS INTERPRETATIONS OF VERDI'S WORKS, SUPPORTED BY EXCELLENT TECHNICAL PREPARATION, ARE CONSIDERED BY THE PUBLIC AND CRITICS AS MILESTONES FOR STYLISTIC AND VOCAL DEVICES. WITHDRAW: WIFE ADELE AIMI.
LIVORNESE, HAS MARKED THE HISTORY OF MILAN ENERGY. IN FACT HE WAS PRESIDENT OF AEM FROM 1976 TO 1981, AND AGAIN FROM 1992 TO 1998. CRUCIAL YEARS FOR THE COMPANY AND FOR THE CITY: IT WAS IN THOSE PERIODS, IN FACT, THAT AEM MOVED FROM BEING AN ELECTRICITY-ONLY COMPANY TO AN ALL-ROUND ENERGY COMPANY EFFECTS, BY ACQUIRING THE CASSANO D'ADDA THERMO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT AND THE MONTEDISON GAS NETWORK. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WERE ALREADY ADDRESSED THEN AND IT WAS THANKS TO HIM THAT DISTRICT HEATING AND COGENERATION STRATEGIES WERE LAUNCHED. IT WAS HE WHO LEAD AEM'S ENTRY ON THE STOCK STOCK.
A PILOT OF WORLD CAPACITY, HE HAS ACHIEVED THE TITLE OF ITALIAN ACROBATIC CHAMPION 23 TIMES AND NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL PRIZES AND RECOGNITIONS. HE HAS DEMONSTRATED, ALSO HIS EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS AS A PILOT, AN EXCEPTIONAL MECHANICAL AND TECHNICAL TALENT WHICH LEAD HIM, AS A SELF-TAught man, to intervene expertly on aeronautical projects on which he made modifications and improvements which were then transferred into series production. EXAMPLE OF PASSION, SKILL AND INGENUITY COMBINED WITH UNCOMMON GIFTS OF GREAT MODESTY AND HUMANITY
VEGETABLE MARKET WORKER AND UNION REPRESENTATIVE, IOSE DIOLI IS A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF CIVIL COMMITMENT. FOR YEARS ACTIVE IN DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF HIS COLLEAGUES, HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF WITH PARTICULAR TENACITY TO COMBATING ILLEGALITY, ILLEGALITY AND LABOR EXPLOITATION. A COMMITMENT THAT HE HAS MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED EVEN AFTER HAVING SUFFERED NUMEROUS THREATS, AGGRESSIONS AND INTIMIDATING ACTS. THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAN RECOGNIZES IN HIM THE BEST CIVIC VIRTUES, HIS DENIAL IN WORK AND SELF-INTERESTED GENEROSITY IN DEDICATING HIMSELF TO THE AFFIRMATION OF LEGALITY AND PROTECTION OF THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF WORKERS.
THE SON OF AN OPERA SINGER AND A SOUND TECHNICIAN, HE COULD PERHAPS HAVE NO OTHER DESTINY BUT MUSIC. FROM MILAN IN '52, HE PUBLISHED HIS FIRST ALBUM 'DON'T THROW ANY OBJECTS OUT OF THE WINDOWS' WITH THE HISTORIC MILANESE LABEL 'CRAMPS'. WITH THE FIRST YEAR A TOUR ALSO STARTED FOR HIS CAREER, THE ONE IN SUPPORT OF DE ANDRÈ. “SUGO” MARKS HIS ARRIVAL TO POPULARITY, WITH THE SONG THAT TODAY IS THE MOST KNOWN OF HIS: “MUSICA REBELLE”. CROSS THE YEARS OF THE REFLUX AND THE MILAN TO DRINK EXPERIMENTING NEW MUSICAL PATHS: JAZZ, FUNKY, BLUES.
HE IS ONE OF THE MOST APPRECIATED JURISTS IN ITALY AND ABROAD. TEACHER, CIVIL PROCEDURE SCHOLAR, AUTHOR OF FUNDAMENTAL WORKS SUCH AS "CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW" ON WHICH GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TRAINED. IN MILAN SINCE 1946 HE HAS PRACTICED LAWYER WITH PASSION AND COMPETENCE, ASSISTING AS A LAWYER AND AS A JURIST THE MAJOR ITALIAN COMPANIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. MILAN RECOGNIZES HIS OWN RESEARCH ABILITY, THE EXCELLENCE OF ITS LEGAL INSTITUTES AND THE ABILITY TO EXPERIENCE THE PROFESSION AS A MISSION, AS THE CONQUEST AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE.
GOLD MEDAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH MERIT, PROFESSOR PISANI CERETTI DIRECTED THE PALAZZOLO INSTITUTE – DON GNOCCHI FOUNDATION, OF WHICH HE IS TODAY SCIENTIFIC REFERENT. HIS SCIENTIFIC CAREER HAS QUALIFIED HIM AS ONE OF THE REFERENCE FIGURES IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THE CITY OF MILAN. THE FOUR SPECIALIZATIONS ACHIEVED HAVE ALLOWED HIM A COMPLETENESS MEDICAL APPROACH WHICH HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WITH AN INTENSE VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY WITH WHICH HE HAS ENRICHED HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL PATH, ALWAYS IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH TERRITORIAL INSTITUTIONS, STARTING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAN. AUTHOR OF 65 SPECIALIST PUBLICATIONS, HE TAUGHT MEDICAL PATHOLOGY FOR 10 YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN. MILAN RECOGNIZES IN HIM THE BEST CIVIC VIRTUES OF THE MAN OF SCIENCE CAPABLE OF MAKING HIS KNOWLEDGE AN HERITAGE FOR ALL.
EMERITO PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE SACRO CUORE, DURING HIS BRILLIANT CAREER HE HAS FOCUSED HIS RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY, THEORY AND APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC DOCTRINES. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF OVER 250 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS. AN esteemed international intellectual, he is president of numerous cultural institutions and an editorialist on prestigious national newspapers. THANKS TO HIS WORK AS A SCHOLAR, HE HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS.
BORN IN PULA IN 1923 ARRIVED IN MILAN IN 1937 TO ATTEND MANZONI HIGH SCHOOL. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE RESISTANCE AT A VERY YOUNG TIME WITH THE BATTLE NAME 'MIRANDA'. FROM 1949 TO 1962 SHE DIRECTED THE HOUSE OF CULTURE WHICH, THANKS TO HER, BECAME ONE OF THE CENTERS OF THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL DEBATE. MUNICIPAL COUNCILOR FROM 1957 TO 1963 FOR THE COMMUNIST PARTY, SHE WAS THEN ELECTED MEP. EXPELLED FROM THE PARTY TOGETHER WITH THE "MANIFESTO" GROUP IN 1969, SHE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF THE NEWSPAPER OF THE MONEY OF WHICH SHE ALSO WAS EDITOR. AN ATTENTIVE INTERVIEWER OF MOVEMENTS, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENGAGED IN REFLECTION ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL PHENOMENA.
JOURNALIST, WRITER, ESSAYIST, CORRADO STAJANO IS ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE INTELLECTUALS IN CONTEMPORARY ITALY. HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS JOURNALISTS AND WITH RAI, CREATING TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TOPICS. HE WAS WINNER OF THE VIAREGGIO AWARD WITH “REMINDER” AND AUTHOR OF OTHER IMPORTANT NOVELS IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BLEND LITERARY INSPIRATION WITH SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS. AN ATTENTIVE INTERPRETER OF THE MAIN EVENTS OF POST-WAR ITALY, HE HAS ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED GREAT CIVIL PASSION WHICH LED HIM TO INVOLVE HIMSELF IN THE INSTITUTIONS.
AN INTERNATIONALLY PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCHER AND SCHOLAR, HE HAS ALWAYS DEDICATED HIS WORK TO THE SERVICE OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND TO THE TREATMENT OF AGING-RELATED DISEASES. HE WAS DIRECTOR OF THE GERIATRICS OPERATIONAL UNIT OF THE POLYCLINICAL HOUSE AND OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STUDIES OF MILAN WHERE HE FOUNDED THE SPECIALIZATION SCHOOL IN GERIATRICS. THANKS TO HIS COMMITMENT, THE GERIATRICS DIVISION OF THE MILAN POLICLINICO HAS BECOME A CENTER OF ABSOLUTE EXCELLENCE. MILAN RECOGNIZES IN HIM THE HIGHEST VALUES OF DEDICATION TO WORK AND THE MOST OUTSTANDING QUALITIES OF HUMANITY AND CONSIDERATION TOWARDS OTHERS.
FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS SHE HAS BEEN A CENTRAL FIGURE OF THE POLDI PEZZOLI MUSEUM FOR WHICH SHE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR TEACHING, CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND RESTORATION OF THE COLLECTIONS. DIRECTOR SINCE 1999, SHE HAS COMBINED SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITH A CONSTANT COMMITMENT TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF 'IMAGE OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS STRUCTURES STARTING WITH THE IMPORTANT RESTORATION OF THE ARMS ROOM. IT HAS INTRODUCED NEW SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO BRING THE ENTIRE CITIZENS CLOSER TO THE MUSEUM AND ITS COLLECTIONS. HIS WORK REPRESENTS AN EXEMPLARY MODEL FOR THE CHOICES MADE WHICH HAVE ENHANCED A CULTURAL INSTITUTION THAT GIVES LUSTER AND PRESTIGE TO THE CITY.
A PARTISAN AND ANTI-FASCIST, HE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE RESISTANCE. A MEMBER OF OSCAR, THE CATHOLIC SCOUT WORK FOR AID TO THE WANTED, HE CONTRIBUTED TO SAVING OVER TWO THOUSAND ALLIED, JEWISH AND PERSECUTED PRISONERS. DURING HIS LIFE HE HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF WITH GREAT PASSION TO PASTORAL ACTIVITY AND TEACHING, BUILDING A STRONG FRIENDSHIP WITH THE BLESSED CARLO GNOCCHI AND WITH GIUSEPPE LAZZATI. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE DEFENSE OF THE IDEALS OF FREEDOM AND TO THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG GENERATIONS IS STILL TODAY HIGHLY EXEMPLARY.
FOUNDER OF THE “NOCETUM” COMMUNITY, SISTER ANCILLA TRANSFORMED HER VOCATION AS A RELIGIOUS INTO A GIFT TO THE CITY OF MILAN, TO ITS TERRITORY AND TO THE MILAN PEOPLE, STARTING WITH THE WEAKEST. SINCE THE EIGHTIES HE HAS PARTICIPATED AS A PROTAGONIST IN THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT OF RENEWAL IN THE SPIRIT WITH A PARTICULAR COMMITMENT IN THE EUROPEAN ECUMENICAL FIELD. CONSECRATED IN THE ORDO VIRGINUM IN 1986 BY CARDINAL CARLO MARIA MARTINI, IT TRANSFORMED AN ANCIENT FARMHOUSE GRANT BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAN INTO A LIVELY AND PARTICIPATED SPIRITUALITY AND ASSISTANCE CENTER, OPEN TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE “NOCETUM” COMMUNITY ENHANCES THE MILAN AGRICULTURAL TRADITION AND PROMOTES A CULTURE OF LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE TERRITORY. MILAN RECOGNIZES ITS BEST QUALITIES AND TRADITIONS OF COMMITMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GENEROSITY IN THE WORK OF SISTER ANCILLA.
DIRECTOR AND AUTHOR, HE BEGAN WORKING IN CINEMA AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO MARCO BECHIS. SINCE 1997 TO THE PRESENT, HE HAS DIRECTED NUMEROUS DOCUMENTARIES, SHORT FILMS, AND TV PROGRAMS. WITH HIS WORKS HE HAS TALKED ABOUT OUR CITY: FROM THE FILM "FAME CHIMICA", WITH WHICH HE OBTAINED THE NOMINATION TOGETHER WITH PAOLO VARI, TO THE DAVID DI DONATELLO AND THE TAPES SILVER, UP TO THE LATEST DOCUMENTARIES SUCH AS "OPERA GAGIA" ON THE AFFAIR OF THE OPERA ROM, AND "I'M NOT INTO IT" ON THE MINORS INCLUDED IN THE BECCARIA PRISON. WITH HIS SUCCESSES ANTONIO BOCOLA DOES HONOR TO MILAN, THE CAPITAL OF THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION , TO A CITY CAPABLE OF GROWING NEW TALENTS BY RENEWING AN ILLUSTRIOUS AND CONSOLIDATED TRADITION IN ITALIAN CINEMA.
FOUNDER OF GI GROUP, A LEADING COMPANY AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IN THE FIELD OF MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. HIS BUSINESS REPRESENTS A MODEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPABLE OF COMBINING THE NEEDS OF A MODERN AND DYNAMIC ECONOMY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF RESPECT FOR THE LEGALITY AND DIGNITY OF THE PERSON, STARTING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO THANKS TO HIS COMPANY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THE WORLD OF WORK. STEFANO COLLI LANZI'S ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY HAS ALWAYS GONE IN HAND WITH HIS LOVE FOR MILAN, THE CITY IN WHICH HE WAS BORN AND WHERE HE HAS ALWAYS WORKED AS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND AS A PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS AT THE CATTOLICA UNIVERSITY.
BORN IN AVELLA, HE MOVED TO MILAN AT THE AGE OF 5 AND AT JUST 14 HE FORMED A MUSICAL GROUP, 'LA TRAZIONE FANTERIORE'. HIS GREAT LOVE FOR ART AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE THEATER LED HIM TO GRADUATE FROM THE FILODRAMMATICI IN 1978, WITH A GOLD MEDAL. IN 1979, AT JUST 26 YEARS, HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE SAN BABILA THEATER. FROM THAT MOMENT HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE IS ACCOMPANIED WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CITY: HE IS THE CREATOR OF AN "AFTERNOON TOGETHER" DESIGNED FOR THE GUESTS OF RETIREMENT HOMES. IN 2008 HE FOUNDED THE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION TEATRO SAN BABILA.
FOOTBALL COACH FOR HALF A CENTURY, "IL VECIO" TEACHES BALL UNDER THE GHISOLFA BRIDGE IN THE HISTORICAL MAC MAHON AREA. HIS HUMAN VISION OF SPORT OFFERS ALL CHILDREN THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN, SOCIAL AND RELATIONAL GROWTH. KEY POINTS OF HIS TEACHINGS ARE THE ABILITY TO LIVE IN A GROUP, TOLERANCE, WELCOMEMENT OF THE MOST UNLUCKY AND THE PRIMATE OF THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON.
INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS SCULPTOR REPRESENTS THE MILAN OF ART AND CULTURE AT THE BEST. CURRENTLY DIRECTOR OF THE PERMANENT OF MILAN, GHINZANI TRAINED AT THE BRERA ACADEMY AND HAS ALWAYS WORKED AND LIVED IN MILAN, A CITY HE LOVES AND TO WHICH HE HAS GIVEN PRESTIGE WITH HIS ARTISTIC WORK. HIS ART, CAPABLE OF EVOLVING AND EXPERIMENTING NEW FORMS OF EXPRESSION, HAS BEEN THE PROTAGONIST SINCE 1962 OF NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HIS WORKS RECEIVE GREAT APPRECIATION AND FLATTERING CRITICS AND ARE PRESENT IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN ITALY AND ABROAD.
WORKER OF GENERAL ELECTRIC AND THEN EMPLOYEE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROZZANO, GIOVANNI PARA HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A WORKER FOR SOCIAL COMMITMENT IN THE CONFEDERAL UNION. AS A PENSIONER HE ASSISTS THE ELDERLY ALONE IN THE VIA TARABELLA NEIGHBORHOOD. HE OBTAINED FROM ALER THE REMOVAL OF A WALL WHICH PREVENTED A NINETY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM ACCESS TO THE ELEVATOR, EFFECTIVELY SEGREGATED AT HOME. HIS DAILY WORK IS AN AUTHENTIC SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUILT OVER THE YEARS IN THE TEACH OF SOLIDARITY, FRIENDSHIP AND THE VALUES OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP.
BORN IN ORZINNUOVI IN 1934 TO A PEASANT FAMILY, IN 1944 HE SUFFERED A SERIOUS IMPAIRMENT DURING A BOMBING. HE GRADUATED IN ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AS A STUDENT-WORKER. SINCE 1957 HE HAS DEVOTED FULL TIME TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE ACLI MILAN. HE IS ENGAGED IN POLITICS: CITY COUNCILOR IN PESCHIERA BORROMEO FROM 1960 TO 1964, IN MILAN FROM 1964 TO 1970. HE HAS ALWAYS PROFUSED INCREDIBLE ENERGY TO PROVIDE FAIR, INNOVATIVE AND CONCRETE ANSWERS TO THE HOUSING PROBLEM. HE IS THE INSPIRATION OF INNOVATIVE SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECTS, ALWAYS COMMITTED TO THE PROMOTION OF COOPERATION AS A PRIVILEGED MODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CITY ON A HUMAN SCALE.
THE RAVIZZA FAMILY ACCOMPANIED AND LIVED AS PROTAGONISTS A CENTURY OF MILAN HISTORY. PROFESSIONALS, TEACHERS, ARTISTS, THE RAVIZZA BROTHERS REPRESENT AT THE BEST THE PROFESSIONAL BOURGEOISIUM THAT HAS HAD SO MUCH PART IN GUARANTEEING THE CIVIL, MATERIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF MILAN. THE PERSONAL EVENTS OF THE RAVIZZA BROTHERS ARE INTERWERED WITH THOSE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND TESTIMONY A SINCERE ADHERENCE TO THE AMBROSIAN VALUES OF SOBRIETY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, OPENNESS TOWARDS THE WORLD AND LOVE FOR THEIR OWN CITY.
LAWYER, JURIST, EMERITO PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW AT BOCCONI UNIVERSITY, DURING HIS LIFE, HE HOLD NUMEROUS POSITIONS OF GREAT RESPONSIBILITY IN THE BANKING, FINANCIAL, SPORTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIELDS. AN APPRECIATED MANAGER AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, HE ALSO DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A SENATOR IN THE TENTH LEGISLATION FOR THE INCLUSION OF ANTITRUST RULES ON TAKEOVER TAKEOVERS AND INSIDER TRADING INTO THE ITALIAN LAW.
TENACITY AND CONSISTENCY ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS WOMAN OF ROOTED FRIULAN ORIGINS, SINCE JANUARY 2010 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF IL SOLE 24 ORE SpA. AFTER OBTAINED HER LANGUAGE HIGH SCHOOL, SHE ENROLLED AT BOCCONI AND LEFT WITH A THESIS ON THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF MARKETING RESEARCH . HE ARRIVED AT THE IPOSA PUBLISHING HOUSE IN 1982 AND IN 1998 HE BECOME EDITORIAL DIRECTOR. IN 2007, HER GREAT ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS EARNED HER THE HONOR OF COMMANDATORE OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC AND THE APPLE D'ORO AWARD FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION.
A MILAN JEW EMIGRATED TO ARGENTINA AFTER THE PROMULGATION OF THE RACIAL LAWS. HE WORKED AS A JOURNALIST IN BUENOS AIRES REPORTING THE PERIOD OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP. AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER DAUGHTER FRANCA SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO JOIN THE “MADRES DE PLAZA DE MAYO” MOVEMENT. HE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN HIS CITY OF ORIGIN: FOR MANY YEARS HE HAS HOLD MEETINGS IN UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS IN MILAN ON THE TRAGEDY OF THE ITALIAN DESAPARECIDOS.
Certificates of Civic Merit in Memory
ORTHOPEDIC FROM MILAN, HE HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE TREATMENT OF SKELETAL DISEASES. ALREADY PRIMARY OF GAETANO PINI, HE FOUNDED THE GALEAZZI ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE IN 1965, TODAY ONE OF THE MOST QUALIFIED ORTHOPEDIC CENTERS IN EUROPE, RUNNING IT UNTIL 1996. HE HAS CARRIED OUT OVER TEN THOUSAND SURGERY OPERATIONS AND HAS PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF PUBLICATIONS IN ORTHOPEDIC MAGAZINES WHICH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL , AS WELL AS DOZENS OF DISCLOSURE ARTICLES IN MILAN NEWSPAPERS. AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL AO FOUNDATION, HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE STUDY OF THE REPAIR OF FRACTURES WITH THE AIM OF GIVING THE PATIENT IMMEDIATE FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY. PROFESSOR ZERBI REMAINS IN THE MEMORY OF MILAN FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM AND HUMANITY, AS AN EXAMPLE OF GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO ALL YOUNG DOCTORS.

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Certificates of Civic Merit
FOUNDED IN MILAN BY ANGELO MARIA PERRINO ON 11 APRIL 1996, IT IS THE FIRST ONLINE NEWSPAPER IN ITALY. THANKS TO THE OBJECTIVITY, PUNCTUALITY AND COMPLETENESS OF HIS INFORMATION UPDATED IN REAL TIME AND TO HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL, POLITICAL AND EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE, HE HAS BECOME A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR JOURNALISM OF THE DIGITAL ERA IN MILAN AND ITALY.
IN THE NAME OF BIANCA, A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL AFFECTED BY A RARE FORM OF NEOPLASIA: SO HER PARENTS FOUNDED THIS ASSOCIATION IN 1987, A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCERS. WITH THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF MILAN, WHERE IT IS PRESENT IN THE COMPLEX PEDIATRICS STRUCTURE, DOES AN EFFECTIVE WORK OF RAISING FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS. WITH A DREAM: “TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE AFTER YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE, HAPPY TO NO LONGER BE USEFUL BECAUSE CHILDHOOD CANCERS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DEFEATED”.
FOUNDED IN 1990, ONLUS SINCE 1996, THE ITALIAN PARKINSONIANI ASSOCIATION HAS BECOME A SURE POINT OF REFERENCE FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, ALSO THANKS TO SOME FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT SERVICES SUCH AS THE WEBSITE, THE "DISEASE GUIDES", THE SEMI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE, THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONFERENCES AND THE SOS PARKINSON TELEPHONE SERVICE. A GREAT MILAN COMPANY WITH A EUROPEAN STATUS THAT TODAY HAS TWENTY THOUSAND MEMBERS.
IT HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1977 IN THE HISTORIC QUARTO OGGIARO DISTRICT IN THE PIO XI ORATORY. OVER THE COURSE OF ITS HISTORY IT HAS RAISED GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN ACCORDING TO A CHRISTIAN VISION OF THE VALUES OF SPORT. THE STRUCTURES ARE NOT ONLY USED FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BUT THEY ARE A SOCIAL AGGREGATION CENTER FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA. IN MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS HE HAS ALSO ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SPORTING RESULTS.
AN ENVIRONMENTAL "SENTINEL" INSIDE THE CAVE PARK, WHICH WITH ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SIX HECTARES IS THE LARGEST CITY PARK. WITH ITS CONSTANT PRESENCE, THE ASSOCIATION CARRY OUT AN EFFECTIVE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE TERRITORY. IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ITS "COMPANY NAME", IT ORGANIZES VISITS FOR SCHOOLS, GROUPS WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. IT IS ALSO AT THE FRONT ROW IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DEGRADATION AND DRUG DEALING IN THE PARK AREAS. ALL THANKS TO THE VOLUNTARY WORK OF ITS MEMBERS.
For over forty years, the best diagnostic techniques and the best medical treatments in the context of liver diseases has guaranteed the Milanese and Italian population. A center of absolute excellence, at the forefront in Italy and in the world that contributes as a protagonist to the progress of medical science THROUGH CONSTANT SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY OF RESEARCH, TRAINING AND EXPERIMENTATION OF THE MOST MODERN AND INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTIC-THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES. THE MERITS OF THIS CENTER TODAY MAKE MILAN ONE OF THE WORLD CAPITAL OF MEDICAL HEPATHOLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION.
IN VIA SAVONA AT NUMBER 57 THERE IS THE ADDRESS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE AUTHOR AND INDEPENDENT CINEMA. IN THAT ROOM THEY DO NOT SHOW DISPOSABLE FILMS, A WEEK OF PROGRAMMING AND THAT'S IT, INSTEAD WE FOCUSE ON FILMS TO BE DISCOVERED SLOWLY, MAYBE THANKS TO WORD OF MOUTH. LIKE IT HAPPENED WITH GIORGIO DIRITTI'S "IL VENTO FA ISI GIRO". BUT ESPECIALLY WITH “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW”, WHICH CINEMA MEXICO HAS PROGRAMMED UNINTERRUPTEDLY FOR 30 YEARS. DEUS EX MACHINA OF ALL THIS, IS ANTONIO SANCASSANI, OWNER AND MANAGER OF THE HALL.
THE HEAVENLY PINK CROSS CARRY OUT AN IRREPLACEABLE EMERGENCY HEALTH ASSISTANCE ACTIVITY IN MILAN. A VIRTUOUS EXAMPLE OF THE BEST TRADITIONS OF VOLUNTEER WORK AND SOLIDARITY IN OUR CITY, THE ASSOCIATION HAS GUARANTEED COMFORT AND SPECIALIST CARE TO THOUSANDS OF SICK OR INJURED CHILDREN FOR FIFTY YEARS. IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO COMBINATE A SIMPLE COMMITMENT TO THE PEDIATRIC FIRST AID ACTIVITY MORE DIVERSIFIED RE A SERVICE OF THE WHOLE CITY COMMUNITY, FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CIVIL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TO THE EFFECTIVE TRAINING AND AWARENESS ACTIVITY ON THE TOPICS OF HEALTH RESCUE AS IN THE CASE OF THE “MISSION COURAGE” PROJECT AIMED AT NURSERY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
FOUNDED IN 1964, THE GROUP TODAY HAS ABOUT SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS, AND HAS BECOME THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POINT OF REFERENCE FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FROM ASSOLOMBARDA AND CONFINDUSTRIA. IT PROMOTES AND DEVELOPS BUSINESS CULTURE, THE VALUE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FREE INITIATIVE ADDRESSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AMONG MEMBERS, ALSO THROUGH AN INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL AND CULTURAL UPDATE ACTIVITY. THE ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO CARRIED OUT AN INTENSIVE VOLUNTEER AND CHARITY ACTIVITY OVER THE YEARS.
THE BERCHET GINNASIO HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND PRESTIGIOUS ENTERPRISES IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF MILAN. AN INSTITUTE WHICH IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LIFE HAS BEST REPRESENTED THAT TRADITION OF SCHOOL EXCELLENCE WHICH HAS MADE THIS CITY GREAT BY CONTRIBUTING IN AN ORIGINAL WAY TO THE SPREAD OF THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION.THE BERCHET HIGH SCHOOL, AWARDED BY UNESCO AS THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL OF IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY OF TEACHING, ITALY HAS NOT ONLY BEEN ABLE TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO ITS ANCIENT AND CONSOLIDATED TRADITIONS BUT HAS ALWAYS PRESERVED A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIETY BY REFINEING AND PROMOTING NEW PEDAGOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS.
FOR FIFTY YEARS THE MUSICIANS UNITED IN THE MNOGAJA LETA QUARTET HAVE INTERPRETED THE BEST TRADITIONS OF POPULAR, SPIRITUAL AND GOSPEL MUSIC IN OUR CITY. A COMMITMENT OF GREAT CULTURAL VALUE THAT THE QUARTET HAS BEEN ABLE TO COMBINE WITH A DEEP HUMAN AND SPIRITUAL MESSAGE. PROTAGONISTS OF MEMORABLE TOURS IN ITALY AND ABROAD AND AUTHORS OF RECORDS OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC LEVEL, THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SPREADING IN MILAN AND ITALY A NOBLE AND CULTURED IMAGE OF MUSIC AS AN INSTRUMENT OF COMMUNION BETWEEN PEOPLES.
AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR STUDYING AND IMPROVING THE PROTECTION OF MINORS' RIGHTS. THEY ARE PART OF SOCIOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRISTS, OPERATORS OF MINOR STATE POLICE OFFICES, EDUCATIONAL SCIENTISTS, CHILD LAW LAWYERS, CHILD WARDEN, WHO WORK ON THREE MAIN STRANDS: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE PSYCHOSOCIAL REALITY OF MINORS; MASS MEDIA AWARENESS RAISING; THE PROMOTION OF INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.
The Friends of the Polyclinic and Mangiagalli Donatori di Blood ONLUS Association is a piece of primary importance of the Milanese health system. The association thanks to the altruism and availability of twenty -three thousand blood donors and dozens of volunteers and supporters guarantees the effectiveness of the TRANSFUSION SERVICES OF THE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO HOSPITAL AND TEN OTHER HOSPITALS IN MILAN. IN ADDITION TO CONCRETELY HELPING THOUSANDS OF SICK PEOPLE AND PATIENTS, THIS IMPORTANT MILAN VOLUNTEER COMPANY CARRY OUT A COMMENTABLE WORK OF AWARENESS RAISING, INFORMATION, PREVENTION AND HEALTH EDUCATION AIMED AT DONORS AND ALL CITIZENS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1998, THE ASSOCIATION BRINGS JEWISH SURVIVORS OF THE SHOAH, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE ASSOCIATION PROMOTES AN INCESSANT WORK OF CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND CIVIL AWARENESS, INVOLVING THE MOST eminent personalities of Italian and international culture, with particular attention to schools and young people. HE PROMOTED AND SUPPORTED WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAN THE CREATION OF THE "BINARIO 21" MEMORIAL, HAS CREATED DOZENS OF EXHIBITIONS IN THE CITY AND HAS OFFERED A DECISIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DAY OF MEMORY SINCE 2001. MILAN RECOGNIZES IN THE CHILDREN OF THE SHOAH ASSOCIATION A SYMBOL OF TENACUS COMMITMENT TO A CONSCIOUS AND WIDESPREAD MEMORY, AGAINST ALL TOTALITARIAN BARBARITY AND IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE.
THE MILAN SECTION OF THE ITALIAN CULTURE AND SPORT ASSOCIATION HAS FOR YEARS REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MILANIANS WHO THANKS TO IT HAVE APPROACHED THE PRACTICE OF SPORTS.THE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION, INCLUDING ABOVE ALL THE "TROPHIES OF MILAN”, ARE ADDRESSED NOT ONLY TO YOUNG GENERATIONS BUT TO ALL CITIZENS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO FAMILIES AND SITUATIONS OF PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DISCOMFORT: A WORK OF PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PURSUED WITH COMMENDABLE DEDICATION, WHICH COMBINES WITH DIFFUSION OF THE IDEALS OF SPORT THE HIGHEST VALUES OF SOLIDARITY, SOCIALIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN DIGNITY.
IT HAS BEEN A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE MILAN RUNNING WORLD FOR FORTY YEARS. The Association carries out with commitment and passion a laudable activity of promoting outdoor physical activity by organizing sports competitions and events. The Club has supported the amateur activity participation in competitive competitions in which it has obtained flattering results that make it one of the BEST CLUBS AT NATIONAL LEVEL. THANKS TO ITS COMMITMENT, THE ROAD RUNNERS CLUB MILANO HAS ACHIEVED IMPORTANT AWARDS SUCH AS THE “MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO” AWARD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MILAN AND THE “BRONZE STAR FOR SPORTS MERIT” FROM CONI.
IN JUST THREE YEARS, BORN IN AUGUST 2008 AT THE NIGUARDA HOSPITAL, THE NEMO CLINIC CENTER HAS BECOME ONE OF THE EXCELLENCES OF THE MILAN HEALTH CENTER. SPECIALIZED IN THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ALS (AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS) AND OTHER NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, IT ALSO DEALS WITH RESEARCH AGAINST THESE DEVASTANT PATHOLOGIES. SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ARE PLACED AT THE SERVICE NOT OF MERE TECHNIQUE, BUT OF PEOPLE, UNDER THE MOTTO (WHICH THE TEAM WEARS WRITTEN ON THEIR T-SHIRTS): “ALS, START LIVING AGAIN”.
FOUNDED IN ROME IN 1968 BY ANDREA RICCARDI, IT IS PRESENT IN 70 COUNTRIES. IT HAS BEEN OPERATING IN MILAN SINCE 1989 AND HAS ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEERS WHO ORGANIZE SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND PEACE EDUCATION PRACTICES. IN A HISTORICAL MOMENT WHICH SEEMS TO EXALT DIFFERENCES, SANT'EGIDIO INSTEAD TESTIMONIES TO A DESTINY COMMON TO ALL MEN, OF ALL FAITH. IT HAS ALSO OPENED THREE SCHOOLS OF PEACE IN THE BARONA, SARPI AND CHIARAVALLE DISTRICTS: AFTERNOON CENTERS IN WHICH CHILDREN OF ALL NATIONALITIES PLAY TOGETHER AND PARTICIPATE IN SOLIDARITY INITIATIVES.
ESTABLISHED IN 1989 BY A GROUP OF DOCTORS AND PROFESSIONALS, IT HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL FIELD IN CARE OF PERSONAL NEEDS. IT MANAGES A MODERN RSA AND AN INTEGRATED DAY CENTRE, WHERE ELDERLY PEOPLE FIND ASSISTANCE, COMFORT, RELIEF AND EVERY ASSISTANCE NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THEIR HOME. THE FOUNDATION EVERY DAY PRACTICES THE WORDS OF SAN GIUSEPPE MOSCATI, ACCORDING TO WHICH THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN “MUST BE TREATED AS THE CRY OF A SOUL, TO WHICH ANOTHER BROTHER, THE DOCTOR, ATTENDS WITH CHRISTIAN CHARITY”.
An important associative reality that for over thirty years has offered hundreds of disabled young people of Vista the possibility of practicing sports and recreational activities. ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT WITH GREAT PASSION WHICH HAS ALLOWED TO OBTAIN FLATTERING SPORTING RESULTS SUCH AS THOSE ACHIEVED BY THE SIX-TIME ITALIAN CHAMPIONS "THUNDER'S FIVE" WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE ITALIAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND.
REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF THAT WORLD OF ALTRUISM AND GENEROSITY REPRESENTED BY THE MILAN VOLUNTEERS. THE ASSOCIATION IS ACTIVE IN MILAN AND IN THE HINTERLAND WHERE IT PROMOTES, IN THE NAME OF A DEEP FAITH IN THE CHRISTIAN VALUES OF SOLIDARITY AND CHARITY, PROJECTS AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY ABLE, ELDERLY AND MINORS IN CONDITIONS OF DISADVANTAGE AND SOCIAL DISCOMFORT. ALL THE INITIATIVES OF L'IMPRINTA AIM AT THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PERSON, THEIR WELL-BEING AND INTEGRATION WITH THE TERRITORY STARTING FROM THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY AS A CENTRAL ELEMENT OF SOCIAL COHESION.
ACTIVE IN MILAN FOR 60 YEARS, THE RELIGIOUS OF DON CALABRIA HAVE MADE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR DISABLED MINORS THEIR DISTINCTIVE BRAND, RUNNING ELEMENTARY AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE HISTORICAL CENTER OF VIA PUSIANO. WITH THE TRANSFER IN 1991 TO THE HEADQUARTERS IN VIA DEI MISSAGLIA, AT THE INVITION OF CARDINAL MARTINI, THE WORK HAS BEEN ENRICHED WITH A REHABILITATION CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL AGES, A DAY CENTER AND A HOUSING COMMUNITY FOR DISABLED ADULTS, A HOME FOR MINORS WITH SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND A SPORTS CENTER.
THE WORKERS OF SAN RAFFAELE HAVE IN RECENT YEARS HAVE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO THE CARE OF THOSE WHO SUFFER, WITH AN INNOVATIVE AND GLOBAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE PERSON, BOTH THROUGH CLINICAL ASSISTANCE AND THROUGH RESEARCH AND TEACHING. THEIR DETERMINING CONTRIBUTION HAS GIVEN MILAN A HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE: AN ASSETS FOR ALL SEVERELY TESTED BY THE WICKED CHOICES OF A FEW. THE TRUE GREAT WEALTH OF SAN RAFFAELE ARE THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO, AT VARIOUS LEVELS, THEY WORK AND HAVE CONTINUED, DESPITE EVERYTHING, THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY. WITH THEIR TENACITY, THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR CIVIL VIRTUE THEY WILL PRESERVE FOR ALL OF US - WE ARE CERTAIN - THIS GREAT EXCELLENCE OF MILAN AND THE COUNTRY.
FOUNDED IN 1999 BY THE WILL OF DOCTORS AND PATIENTS OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF MILAN, IT SUPPORTS PEOPLE WITH ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES OF THE LIVER, PANCREAS AND BILIARY TRACTS, IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRANSPLANT. AS IN THE GREEK MYTH PROMETHEUS HE IS GRAZED BY THE GODS, BECOMING A SYMBOL OF HOPE, SO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE BORN BORN EVERY YEAR WITH THE HELP OF PSYCHOLOGISTS AND VOLUNTEERS, FINDING APPROPRIATE ANSWERS TO THEIR DISCOMFORT AND THEIR SUFFERING. THE ASSOCIATION RAISES AWARENESS AMONG CITIZENS AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS, SUPPORTS THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SPREADS THE CULTURE OF ORGAN DONATION, THE ORGANIZATION OF TRANSPLANTS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SURGICAL AND MEDICAL TECHNIQUES.
A CENTURY OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS HAS MADE THE LUIGI MAJNO STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL A MODEL AMONG THE SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS OF MILAN. THIS SCHOOL HAS ENSURED GENERATIONS OF MILAN PEOPLE WITH AN EXCELLENT LEVEL EDUCATION WHICH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSCIOUS CIVIC SENSE, IT WAS A PREMISE OF BETTER AND RESPONSIBLE FUTURE CITIZENS. AN EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE OF THE STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL, IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO TRANSMIT AND INFUSE IN STUDENTS THE IDEALS OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM, SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT WHICH WERE OWN BY LUIGI MAJNO, THE PRESIDENT OF HUMANITARIAN AND FOUNDER OF THE MARIUCCIA KINDERGARTEN TO WHICH THE SCHOOL IS DEDICATED .