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| Marked by the restrictions caused by the pandemic, a manifesto has been read in a symbolic act in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento | The City Council of Las Torres de Cotillas has celebrated the International Day of the Gypsy People in Plaza Adolfo Suárez today, Thursday April 8, a commemoration that this year celebrates its 50th anniversary.

After a few words from the Torreño mayor, Joaquín Vela Fernández, the social educator of the Fundación Secretariado Gitano Moisés Moreno has read a manifesto. A text that highlighted, in the face of the current pandemic, the adaptability of the Roma people.

"Showing respect for our equals and showing solidarity with those who have suffered the hardest part of the pandemic in their flesh," the manifesto stressed, which concluded by highlighting that with the union of all its members they will be able to "leave a legacy for the next generations of which feel pride, respect and recognition ”. "It is a day of awareness to learn more about the Roma community and that should serve to remember that we are all equal and that we must work to eliminate stereotypes, prejudices and any type of discrimination against these people, who have been stigmatized for so long" , says the first mayor, who has congratulated this group on this important date. Gypsy Development Plan This commemoration is part of the municipal project of Social Intervention with the Roma Population, which is financed by the Ministry of Women, Equality, LGTBI, Families and Social Policy, through IMAS, and by the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030.

" This initiative proposes activities such as socio-educational reinforcement, socio-labor insertion, children's play workshops, training talks, etc.

”, indicates the Councilor for Social Services, María del Mar Ruiz. The objectives of the program are to raise the educational and socio-occupational level of Roma people in a situation or at risk of exclusion, as well as to promote social integration and incorporation through training.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas