The City Council of Mendoza will submit the project "Educating to Remember" for discussion. Global Embassy of Activists for Peace

The City Council of Mendoza will submit the project "Educating to Remember" for discussion.

Argentina

The legislative branch in Argentina is responsible for the Honorable City Council, composed of councilors elected by the citizens, who propose and discuss intervention projects which impact the citizens.

The president of the Justicialist Block, Hugo Flores, president of the Radical Civil Union Block, Beatriz Martinez, opened the doors of the Sessions Hall of the Honorable Council, "President Raul Ricardo Alfonsin", to the Global Embassy of Activists for Paz (GEAP), to create public awareness on the different projects and campaigns that are being developed worldwide by the institution.

Projects such as "Educating to Remember", which aims to coordinate efforts with institutions of higher education to promote, disseminate and effectively educate the present generation on the importance of the rights and fundamental freedoms of every individual, and avoid the repetition of events such as the Holocaust through preventive measures and the defense of human rights on the regional, local, national and international  level, cover the different educational institutions of Mendoza, day by day, with exhibitions, photographic displays, conferences, workshops and the live testimonies of genocide survivors.

These projects will undergo discussion at the next Council meeting, to be carried out not only at universities, but to be extended to local schools.

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access_time Wednesday, June 10, 2015