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It is the name of high Milanese hairdressing in the world. Fashion, entertainment and art photography have found in him the excellence of a dynamic and elegant style. From the sixties to the present day he has collaborated with the major international fashion houses, with the most qualified fashion magazines in the world, with the greatest masters of photography. Its Milanese salons and the Professional Research Academy make Milan a place of international attraction for the beauty sector, in connection with the fashion system. Milan honors the memory of Aldo Coppola and is committed to continuing the path of excellence and style that he opened and followed in over forty years of commitment.
Gold Medals
Writer, journalist and television author, she established herself with the award of the Bancarella Prize for the novel Amiche di Salvataggio. Her subsequent works, often focused on the female universe and her problems, have enjoyed considerable critical and public success. Alongside this activity, Alessandra Appiano has always stood out for her commendable and assiduous commitment to solidarity which has seen her promote charitable activities such as the Solidarity Market for the Exodus Foundation.
After graduating in Milan he completed his education in the United States of America. He then returns to Italy, deciding to put his expertise and professionalism in neurosurgery at the service of our city. In over forty years, Broggi has carried out thousands of delicate brain operations at the Besta Hospital, earning the respect and gratitude of colleagues and patients. Winner of prestigious awards abroad, author of over two hundred and fifty publications, he still continues his mission of care today, thus representing an example of love for medicine and dedication to the sick.
Passionate about art and culture, for over 40 years she has protected and enhanced our museum heritage, also contributing to the professional and ethical recognition of volunteering in this sector. You have been a representative of the Italian Federation of Friends of Museums since 1975, and you presided over the World Federation from 1990 to 1993, mobilizing Heads of State and Government in the defense of cultural heritage; with UNESCO, you relaunched the Museum magazine. Since the 70s his name has been linked to Poldi Pezzoli, which he made known throughout the world, increasing its prestige: president from 2005 to 2010, he managed the activities of the house-museum with renewed attention to the needs of people with disabilities, introduced music in some historic rooms and gave impetus to the museum shop.
Daughter of Lea Garofalo, she defeated the mafia culture that was rooted in her own family by following the example of her young mother. She chose Milan as the place for her mother's funeral, as the city was a civil party in the trial, thus recognizing the Milanese people's record of sensitivity and commitment against organized crime. Milan stands alongside Denise Cosco and her battle for freedom and justice, and recognizes her as a symbol of authentic civil progress.
He honors the civilization of work and Italian ingenuity with a life of passion, creativity and great international projection. Born in Milan, he opened the first optical laboratory in Agordo in 1958, which later became Luxottica, world leader in the sector, with 60.000 employees. Thanks to its technical and managerial knowledge, today Luxottica manages the major brands in global optical production and distribution. Milan recognizes Del Vecchio's generosity and commitment to a life dedicated to work and the country's industrial prestige throughout the world.
Milanese of Eritrean origin, citizen of the world for the ideal of peace that guides his meritorious work in Africa and the Middle East, he is president of the NGO Gandhi. With the same humanitarian spirit of the Righteous in history, he puts his life at risk to free the sub-Saharan refugees - in particular Eritreans, Ethiopians, Sudanese - kidnapped and brutally tortured. He saved hundreds of men, women, children, victims of the cruelest human trafficking on the planet. He carries out schooling and professional training projects and promotes the reception and integration of refugees in Milan. Immediately after the Lampedusa tragedy he rescued and assisted the survivors, also carrying out a valuable liaison function with the families in the countries of origin.
General director of the Hotel Principe di Savoia, he is recognized as one of the most authoritative personalities at an international level in the luxury hotel industry, with a career spanning over 25 years. He is a promoter of cultural activities and a supporter of charitable initiatives, with which he contributes to the relaunch of Milan in art, culture, fashion and events. He was awarded the best hotel manager in the world and, this year, received the Star for Merit for Work from the President of the Republic. He combines excellent managerial skills and creativity, helping to make our city one of the capitals of style and elegance.
He dedicates his life to the least to the school of the Gospel, with a constant commitment to the realities that fight social exclusion in our territory and offer closeness, love and solidarity. A leading collaborator for eight years of the Casa della Carità, founded in Milan from the prophetic intuition of Cardinal Martini, he then founded and directed several non-profit organizations to support the unemployed, refugee minors and immigrants in difficulty. His commitment is an example for Milan and testifies to the generosity of the Ambrosian tradition.
Born in Milan, she represents a model of will and dynamism, qualities that she has displayed with equal merit both in her studies and in sporting activity. Having approached rowing as a young woman, she has committed herself to this discipline with exemplary dedication, achieving notable successes in numerous national and international competitions culminating in the Gold Medal at the world championships in Chungju in South Korea, the culmination of a competitive career at the highest levels which honor your city and your country.
Heir to a family of entrepreneurs now in its fifth generation: the historic Farmaceutici Dott. Ciccarelli, made famous by its black and white carousels, has brought its products into the homes of Italians. An activity that found fertile ground to develop in post-war Milan and which still has its production center in the Mecenate area, resisting every temptation to relocate and abandon the city. Milan recognizes in Marco Pasetti and his family the industriousness and entrepreneurial courage characteristic of the Ambrosian tradition.
Medicine as a mission, lived with scientific rigor and dedication during his prestigious clinical and academic career. He was a forerunner of cutting-edge surgical techniques, applying videoendoscopic technologies to the treatment of thoracic diseases. He was the first in the world to perform lung resections in '91 with a minimally invasive procedure that was pioneering at the time. As professor of general surgery at the University, director of the surgery area department of the Polyclinic, outgoing director of the school of specialization in surgery at the University of Milan, he brings prestige to the city, its hospitals and its universities.
Partisan, lawyer, university professor, member of the CSM, Senator. President of the Lombard Regional Council and of the first Anti-Mafia commission of the Municipality. For over 50 years Smuraglia has made Milan the center of his professional, institutional and civil activity, always oriented towards the defense of equality and the rights of all. Today he continues his commitment to freedom and democracy with the presidency of the National Association of Partisans of Italy, thus testifying, once again, to the constitutional values ​​in which Milan identifies itself.
As a city councilor, as an entrepreneur and as president of Transparency International, she has always been committed to combating and preventing corruption in the public and private sectors: she has taken part in numerous national and international projects, contributing significantly to the dissemination of good practices and implemented by various public bodies including the Municipality of Milan. Her work represents a shining example of civil commitment at the service of legality and the common good.
He dedicated his life to music and to Milan, his hometown. Director of several important choirs, he has demonstrated uncommon talent and professionalism in numerous collaborations with Italian and foreign artistic institutions. Director of the Teatro alla Scala choir since 2002, Casoni is today one of the most influential personalities on the musical scene of this city. Milan recognizes in this illustrious citizen the qualities and artistic sensitivity that he has always demonstrated in his prestigious career.
“The researcher is the most beautiful job in the world. It takes passion to dedicate one's life to a job behind which there are the hopes of thousands of cancer patients and their families." These words summarize the commitment of Dr. Colnaghi, a biologist, one of the most skilled Italian researchers, author of over 350 publications. Former director of the Department of Experimental Oncology of the National Cancer Institute, since 2000 he has been scientific director of the Italian Association for Cancer Research: he evaluates scientific projects and plans Airc strategies, investing in innovation and young researchers with the goal of saving millions of lives.
Sociologist and writer, he is the founder of the largest academic school in Italy on organized crime: he created a highly specialized center in Milan, at the University of Studies, which combines sociological, legal and media knowledge and trains specialists capable of operate in the fight against mafias in the most diverse international contexts. An institutional man, municipal councilor and parliamentarian, he has built a scientific and civil commitment path that does honor to Milan as a garrison of legality and democracy.
Magician and illusionist, in 50 years the "Mago Fax" has enchanted audiences of several generations in the main theatres, with a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. Student of the deans and teacher of established young people, he is Honorary President of the Italian Magic Club delegation and Director of the Professional Training School. Another great passion is painting, with which he obtained recognition by exhibiting some of his works alongside those of De Chirico. He is the author of books, including the only encyclopedia on the history of magic performance translated into eight languages. With the “Mago Sales” Foundation and the “Magi senza Frontiere” Association, he supports projects dedicated to less fortunate children.
Full professor of general physics, he was the first Rector of the University of Milan-Bicocca. He held this position for many years, combining the excellence of teaching and academic activity with a concrete commitment to a modern university capable of interpreting not only its educational but social function in the most complete and broadest way. His scientific activity has contributed significantly to the prestige of the Milan-Bicocca University, making this university one of the largest and most efficient in the country.
He defines himself as "a dreamer with his feet on the ground and his eyes wide open": a son of art, who grew up in the Corvetto district, he is a jazz musician of national and international fame, with over thirty albums and three thousand concerts to his credit. He teaches piano and jazz history at the Milan Conservatory, where he graduated, guiding young people in the search for artistic and professional affirmation in music. He puts his talent at the service of solidarity initiatives, playing for peace and human rights around the world: from Eritrea to Senegal, from Syria to Turkey, from Jerusalem to Beirut and Sarajevo. Author of soundtracks for theatre, cinema, radio and ballet, he collaborates in the creation of civil theater readings.
He leads the Life Help Center of the Mangiagalli Clinic, which he founded in 1984. In almost thirty years of activity, together with the Cav volunteers, he has accompanied many women in socio-economic or personal difficulties until giving birth, offering them moral and psychological, as well as concrete help in completing the pregnancy. The daily commitment to support motherhood and fatherhood is part of an important personal history: she attended the Institute of Religious Sciences within the faculty of Theology, she was a teacher of children in difficulty and a family consultant, working from always about psychology and pedagogy.
His civil commitment is linked to a meritorious institution with 120 years of history: the Humanitarian Society. President since 2005, he has renewed the value of solidarity and support for the least fortunate by giving concrete responses to the needs of the present: training and job placement courses, initiatives against school dropout, linguistic mediation activities and promotion of human rights. At the top of multinationals, former councilor of Assolombarda, founder and president of the Rotary Milano Naviglio Grande, he has been on the board of directors of Bocconi University since 2011. Vice president of the Asperger Syndrome Association, he started the Casa Riccardo project for young people who suffer from it.
A basketball legend, he is in the sport's Hall of Fame for extraordinary results both as a player and as a coach. Historic flag of Cantù Basketball in the 60s and 70s, in your career as a basketball player you won 2 championships, 3 Korac cups, 3 cup winners' cups, 1 intercontinental cup and 3 basketball Oscars. In the national team he boasts 166 appearances and 1.239 points, 2 bronzes at the European Championships and a World Cup played. His achievements as a coach are equally important: in Serie A he won 3 championships with 3 different teams, while with the Azzurri he won a bronze at the 2003 European Championships, a silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics and a gold at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.
The Salomone, Mecenate, Ponte Lambro, Hungary neighborhoods are at the center of his volunteer activity for the Caritas Forlanini Pastoral Unit, to which he has dedicated himself full time since he retired. In fifteen years he has promoted many initiatives, such as recreational spaces for the elderly and summer stays for partially non-self-sufficient people, meeting places for carers, social secretariat in the help desks. A commitment lived with passion and intelligence, in collaboration with the various associations in the area. Thanks to this "network" of solidarity capable of offering services, spaces and activities suited to the complexity of the present, Giorgio Sarto represents the soul of Milan with its heart in its hand, the capital of volunteering.
He has chaired the National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange since 2011. In previous parliamentary and government positions he dealt with the main financial and budget measures, up until the recent public accounting reform in the drafting of which he actively participated. He, a member of the Board of Supervisors of ESMA - European Securities and Markets Authority - proposed the creation of a financial facility fund to reduce interest expenditure on public debt. Author of numerous legal and economic publications, he was a professor of State Accounting at the State University of Milan and scientific director of the Luigi Einaudi Foundation.
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Over 2.500 young people from our city - and almost 500 volunteer educators - share experiences of community life and of educating young people in responsible citizenship, based on human and Christian values ​​that promote the development of the person in his uniqueness and allow us to discover and enhance the own potential in harmony with oneself, with others and with nature. The over thirty groups present in Milan today are the heirs of those scout organizations - ASCI, AGI and Aquile Randagie - which lived clandestinely in the period 1928-1945, after the dissolution of the scout groups decreed by fascism.
"When I grow up I will be myself...": this is the motto that inspires the association, which for ten years has been committed to helping adolescents in difficulty who have interrupted their relationship with school and learning. To young people, often disoriented about the future and in situations of risk due to their vulnerability, Abr offers growth paths both as people and as citizens: theoretical-practical workshops, personalized training programs, cultural and civic education insights. The kids thus have a year to (re)find their own path, rethinking failure as a starting point for a different future.
From the initiative of a group of Milanese university students, this well-known and reliable meeting place for young volunteer educators, children and teenagers was born in 1990. Every afternoon, from Monday to Friday, it offers an after-school program where you can play and study, be in a group, and form friendships based on respect for others and mutual support. It is, therefore, a real Magic House open to elementary and middle school students from across the city, and built on three pillars: socialization, support in growth during childhood and adolescence, support and study learning aid.
It is an accredited family counseling center of secular inspiration, active in Milan since 1953. For 60 years it has been spreading the principle of responsible and free procreation, promoting cultural and social growth in matters of sexuality, combating discrimination in the workplace, in the family, in society, as well as any form of violence against women and minors. It organizes initiatives to protect people's health and quality of life, alongside moments of information, education and training in schools for teachers, students and parents.
It represents an important page in our history, keeping alive the values ​​of sociality and aggregation in Milan. Founded in 1999 by Giuseppe Zaccheria who associated it with Aldo Aniasi's Circolo De Amicis, it contributes to the growth of culture, art, free time, sport and social life in Milan. It organizes prestigious events, such as the Gianni Brera Prize, the Alda Merini and Guido Bertuzzi National Poetry and Painting Competition, and the City of Milan International Bridge Tournament. Over the years it has joined other associations, including the Famiglia Artistica Milanese, the Accademia degli Scacchi, the Bridge Institute 2000.
Born in 1912, it is a scout movement that enjoys the high patronage of the President of the Republic. Its activity is aimed at all young people: starting from their needs, the CNGEI educates them in responsible citizenship based on respect for themselves, others and the environment. Through the work of volunteers, it promotes growth paths independent of any religious belief and political ideology, engaging children in the achievement and deepening of personal choices.
Since 2003 it has supported medical-scientific research, so that new discoveries are quickly transformed into drugs, therapies, solutions, concrete hopes for health and well-being for people. It supports scientific projects of the highest value and awards research grants with particular attention to young people. Founded by Professor Umberto Veronesi, it boasts 11 Nobel Prize winners among its promoters, whose work is recognized internationally. Active in the field of dissemination, it promotes world-wide conferences, projects for schools, awareness campaigns, publications, so that the results of science become everyone's heritage.
It was born in 1948 within the Association of Dairies, Ice Cream Shops and the like of Milan, a member of the Traders Union of our city. Numerous representation and communication activities have been carried out over the years, including the Cono d'Oro competitions and the School of artisanal ice cream makers at Capac, the Polytechnic of Commerce in Viale Murillo. In addition to carrying out this important training action, the Group participates in numerous trade events in Italy and abroad.
He has just reached the milestone of 90 years, having been born in 1923. Since then, around one hundred thousand students have had and still have the pride of being "verrini". It is known as the institute that has trained thousands of accountants, and has always been a reference model for young people who aspire to a qualification in the administration, finance and marketing sectors. Even today, despite a time of crisis, it maintains a strong vocation for job placement, starting with companies and commercial and administrative offices in the south-west area of ​​Milan. For three years it has enriched the training offer with the new direction of the linguistic high school.
Since 1956 it has been producing ice lollies for the people of Milan, supplying most of the city's oratories. It is a purely family-run local and artisan business: the founders Giuseppe and Domenico Samele, of Foggia origins, with their sons Antonio, Daniele and Ivano, current owners, have managed to remain firmly on the market and compete with the large national brands, thanks to the quality of the products and their truly competitive price. This company based in Largo Murani is a fine example of ingenuity and industriousness which was able to overcome the crisis also thanks to the dedication of its workers.
Theater in school: a place oriented towards dialogue between generations, the transmission of knowledge, the search for old and new communication possibilities. Since 1992 the laboratory has involved around five hundred students and carried out ambitious projects: from Goethe's Faust to Aeschylus' Oresteia, from Calvino's Invisible Cities to Settimo: Steal a Little Less by Fo, from Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams to Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The shows have been performed in many Italian cities and the production of Pinocchio was even brought to Melbourne, Australia in 2009.
It is the oldest baseball club in Italy and has contributed significantly to the spread of this discipline throughout the country. Over the course of its history it has won eight championships and three Italian Cups. In Europe he has won the European Cup three times, the Cup Winners' Cup twice and the European Super Cup once. Over the last ten years the company has focused on youth activities and women's sports, including through softball, carrying out particularly meritorious work on an educational level.
A national point of reference for the treatment of breast cancer, every year over twenty-five thousand women turn to this center of excellence for mammographic screening and other diagnostic services that allow an effective fight against the disease. In this Unit the quality of services is combined with great attention to the person, which is achieved by accompanying and supporting the women who turn to it. Milan recognizes professional qualities of excellence in all the people who work in this center, from the manager to the volunteers who work every day with dedication and great humanity alongside sick people.
With 80% of female employees, this consultancy company is attentive to reconciling home-office time and valorising differences, with concrete cutting-edge actions in the field of welfare and equal opportunities: it has introduced flexible working hours and teleworking for mothers and, for the first time in Italy, the marriage license for heterosexual and homosexual couples registered in the Municipality's register of civil unions. In Milan which today is a leader in civil rights, Zeta Service is an example of ethical management as a winning formula for business success
An example of the fight against the mafia, it originates from the historic focacceria in Palermo, the second oldest place in Italy, founded in 1834. The owner, Vincenzo Conticello, who also brought the business to Milan, was able to say no to organized crime, refusing to pay protection money, reporting and testifying against his extortionists. He has become a symbol in the war on racketeering and a model for "free money" entrepreneurs. He lives under guard, suffers death threats, attacks and tampering for what he considers his mission. His business has been integrated into the Milanese fabric with the opening of two other stores. It recently joined the Feltrinelli Group, which shares its values ​​of legality and business ethics.
In the beginning, in the winter of 2001-2002, it was the anti-smog mothers. Then they became parents. For over ten years the association has been committed to raising awareness of the value of the environment and sustainability, with proposals and useful contributions to policies for reducing traffic and protecting the quality of air and life, for the benefit of everyone starting from children. Over the years the association has promoted various initiatives such as the educational project for schools "We were born to walk", moments of active participation in public life, flash mobs and even legal actions in support of measures consistent with the spirit of the association .
Born in Milan in 1986, it is dedicated, thanks to around a hundred volunteers, to the work and social reintegration of prisoners and former prisoners from San Vittore, Bollate, Opera and the Beccaria juvenile detention center. The projects, with significant names such as "dignity", "outside the walls", "recovering by recovering", are based on authentic relationships - real bonds of friendship - between volunteers, prisoners and their families, with support both within both outside prison: a concrete demonstration that "it is possible and beautiful to live in another way", with the creation of a human fabric that gives substance to art. 27 of the Constitution and the principle of the re-educational purpose of punishment.
Founded in 1990 with educational and training purposes, it is a sports school and, at the same time, a place of culture, art, socialization, solidarity and civic responsibility. Built without architectural barriers, it is a meeting point open to the city, a beacon of vitality in the Stadera district in Zone 5. In its mission oriented towards the global growth of the person, it represents a proposal for participation especially for young people and families, speaking the different languages ​​of contemporaneity. It dialogues with institutions, public bodies and private operators in the area, offering quality training and refresher courses for educators, teachers and parents.
Launched by the Municipality in 2004, from the beginning it has applied a teaching method characterized mainly by musical and physical activities such as volleyball, swimming, baseball, basketball, cycling, with the contribution of specialists, in addition to the teaching of foreign languages. Children are motivated to study thanks to a multidisciplinary approach and specific music, IT, painting and gardening workshops, which stimulate their natural curiosity and creativity. Parents, in collaboration with the teaching staff, also actively participate in the educational process.
A non-profit organization created in 2000 to support, within the public service, the development of clinical, scientific and educational activities aimed at the diagnosis and treatment of urological diseases. Partner of the Irccs Ca' Granda Foundation, it has renovated the “Cesarina Riva” urology department of the Polyclinic hospital, equipping it with three operating rooms and an excellent inpatient department, for the optimal care of patients who can benefit from therapies and instruments cutting edge. By creating and supporting the non-profit organization, its founders have concretely demonstrated their commitment to those in need, keeping alive the generous and supportive soul of Milan.
Voluntary association established in 1980, non-profit organization since 1998, its aims are the protection, safeguarding and valorisation of the archaeological, monumental, historical, artistic and cultural heritage of Milan. He contributed, in particular, to the discovery of the underground walkways of the Sforzesco Castle. The activities are open to the public and oriented towards teaching and dissemination: the magazine "Archeologia Uomo Territorio", cultural trips, courses, guided tours offer, even to non-professionals, the opportunity to deal with archaeology.
They were born in the 70s with the name I mai pront, under the guidance of the diocesan priest Don Stefano Varnavà who brought to the fore the love for the origins and tradition of Milanese folk singing. Having lost their "Magister" in 2009, they chose to take on this new name in memory of the founder, carrying on his teachings as a musician, composer, life teacher and spiritual father. The group has dedicated a long research activity to traditional and popular singing, many recitals, pastoral songs in dialect and the collection "Prayers in Milanese".
An independent cooperative, it has been active in the field of social research for more than forty years, dealing in particular with issues relating to socio-health, training and work problems. It has collaborated with national and local institutions providing useful tools for defining public policies. Together with the study of social dynamics, it has analysed, combining theoretical rigor and operational skills, the functioning and organization of structures and services intended for citizens.
It's a bit like going to the bar before going home: this is the slogan of the program live on Radio 24 which is inspired, in the title, by the famous student newspaper of Liceo Parini. From Monday to Friday, at 18.30pm, Giuseppe Cruciani and David Parenzo broadcast «current affairs without taboos, without censorship, without cuts to opinions»: comments on the events of the day with political protagonists, interviews with guests, listeners' interventions make La Zanzara "the arena where the first commandment is to speak clearly".
Opened by Sandro Sessa in 1977, it works with passion and dedication to the collection of documents and testimonies to do justice to the disappeared Argentines of Italian origin, victims of one of the most brutal crimes against humanity. Having formed a civil party, by proxy of her relatives, she manages to bring two generals and five officials of the military dictatorship to court. The trial began on 19 October 1999. On 6 December 2000, the Assize Court of Rome sentenced the generals to life imprisonment and the other defendants to 24 years. On 28 April 2004 the sentence became final. Sandro Sessa is now busy managing the Scuola Popolare Calvairate, an Italian school for foreigners which prepares for obtaining the eighth grade diploma.
For twenty years it has been offering targeted socio-welfare, educational and specialist responses to emerging social needs in Milan and its province, working in networks with institutions and the territory. Pervaded by a strong sense of solidarity, the cooperative follows around 600 children and young people, 1.300 families, 500 people with disabilities or autistic syndrome every year. It organizes recreational and educational services in around a hundred schools, promotes foster care and is a place of help for victims of childhood trauma and abuse. It carries out home support interventions for adults in difficulty and mediates relationships between detained parents and children. With day centers and residential projects it responds to the great theme of "after us" in the world of disability.
This specialized group of the local police contributes to safeguarding the decorum and beauty of the common goods in our city. The widespread monitoring of the territory, the accurate investigations and the creation of an ever-expanding database have made it possible to catch those who vandalize public buildings, subways, monuments and fountains red-handed. In a recent ruling, the judiciary recognized the principle according to which those who damage the urban heritage of Milan must compensate citizens with socially useful services for the elderly and people with disabilities.