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On 5-8 May 2022, the XXII edition of the Race for the cure took place in Rome, in the historical setting of the Circus Maximus, organised by Komen Italia, under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic.  At this link, the official video of this XXII edition:

More than 50 thousand people took part in the Race of Rome; in four days, 1400 free services for the early diagnosis of breast cancer and other female pathologies were provided in the Health Village, especially for women in socially fragile conditions, including some Ukrainian refugees. The Race for the cure is the world’s largest event to raise awareness of breast cancer prevention and counteract the delays created by the pandemic. The pink tide of participants took more than 40 minutes to cross the starting line and broke a special record.

As always, the protagonists of this special event of health, sport and solidarity were the ‘women in pink’ – women who have personally faced breast cancer – who with their testimony have contributed over the years to a radical cultural change in the approach to the disease.

The Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and the President of the Lazio Region Nicola Zingaretti, together with the US Ambassador to the UN agencies Cindy McCain, Prof. Riccardo Masetti, President of Komen Italia and the godmothers of Komen Italia Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Rosanna Banfi, officially kicked off the traditional 5 km run and 2 km walk. Also present at the start were the Councillor for the Environment of the Municipality of Rome Sabrina Alfonsi, the Councillor for School, Training and Work, Claudia Pratelli, the Director General Organisation Ministry of Culture Marina Giuseppone, Violante Guidotti Bentivoglio, CEO of Komen Italia, and Prof. Giovanni Scambia, Scientific Director of the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, together with corporate partners Duarte Dias and Barbara Saba of Johnson and Johnson, Monica Cerroni of the FASDA Fund, Fabio Fossati of the AF group, Simonetta Soverini of Unisalute, Alberto Stanzione of Pfizer, Patrizia Pavone of Roma Capitale, volleyball champion Andrea Lucchetta with the General Secretary of the Italian Volleyball Federation Stefano Bellotti and many other personalities from the world of journalism, television, the web, sport, culture and for the youngest ones the Winx.

The Health Village, coordinated by Prof. Daniela Terribile (Vice-President of Komen Italia) and Dr. Alba Di Leone, was visited by Health Minister Roberto Speranza, and was carried out in collaboration with the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS. 

Since 2000 to date, thanks mainly to the Race for the Cure, Komen Italia has been able to invest more than 21 million euros to set up more than 1,000 projects for the protection of women’s health in Italy.

The Race will pass through 6 other Italian cities: Bari (13 – 15 May), Naples (20 – 22 May), Bologna (16 – 18 September), Brescia (23 – 25 September), Matera (30 September – 2 October) and Pescara (7 – 9 October).

As for the 8 May Race in Rome, first across the line in the women’s category was Elisa Palmero of C.S. Esercito in 17’06”, followed by Sara Carnicelli of Athletica Vaticana A.S.D. in 17’09” and Angelina Cavalieri of Podistica Solidarietà in 19’24”.

In the men’s category: first classified Riccardo Passeri of TZ Fitness S.S.D.ARL in 15’44”, Domenico Liberatore of Podistica Solidarietà in 16” and Lorenzo Rieti of ASD Atletica La Sbarra. More and more women in pink participated individually and also in teams. Stefania Pomponi of Podistica Solidarietà crossed the finish line first in 21’01”, followed by Ilaria Piscitelli of G.S. Cat Sport Roma in 21’02” and Michaela Gessini of Italia Marathon Club SSDRL in 24’19”.

Once again this year, the Race for the Cure was held with the patronage and participation of the Lazio Region, Roma Capitale, C.O.N.I., Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Italian Army, Carabinieri, National Fire Brigade, Italian Football Federation, Italian Volleyball Federation, Italian Athletics Federation, Italian Basketball Federation, Italian Golf Federation, Italian Rowing Federation, Italian Cooks Federation and Rai Social Responsibility.

The event is made possible by the precious collaboration of hundreds of volunteers and thanks to the generous support of numerous companies sensitive to health and prevention issues. The main partners are: Amgen, Fasda, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Gilead, AF Group, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Unisalute. Aveeno and Biafin are partners in the ‘Women in Pink’ area. Official suppliers Hertz and Lete. The installation of the Emotional Room this year was made possible thanks to the contribution of Valmontone Outlet. The technical organisation of the race is, as usual, entrusted to GSB RUN (Gruppo Sportivo Bancari Romani).

Fundamental also this year was the support of the Press, Advertising, TV and Web that played a role in promoting the Race for the Cure.

Join the next Race for the cure in Bologna (16 – 18 September), Brescia (23 – 25 September), Matera (30 September – 2 October) and Pescara (7 – 9 October)!

For information www.komen.it

For donations and registration: www.raceforthecure.it

Collect your thoughts in poetry and participate in the Sixth Edition of the “Fino in Fondo” (All the way down) Literary Poetry Prize

The Prize is organised by the Libero Pensiero association to support the initiatives of Komen Italia, as a contribution to its breast cancer prevention activities, in memory of Francesca Voi, a young girl who fought for a long time against a terrible disease “Fino in fondo”. Francesca’s strength, courage, tenacious patience and will to live are an example for all those, men and women, adults and children, who are confronted with illness, pain, suffering and fear, or for those who strive ‘To the End’ for justice, dignity, equality and freedom.

Poetry gives body to emotions and allows even the most intimate and painful thoughts to be represented, processed and transformed, in order to share them with others, thus reducing their destructive force. There are two Sections of the Prize: the “Fino in fondo” (All the way down)” section; and the free theme section. The competition is open to all and runs until 10 September 2022. Lyrics in a foreign language are also admitted, provided they are accompanied by an Italian translation. The official language of the Prize I Italian.

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For info, write to: premio.finoinfondo@gmail.com . You can download the call for entries here: https://www.budur.it/BANDO-fino-in-fondo-2022.pdf

This Sixth Edition is supported in its promotion by the Writers Capital International Foundation, the Cultural Association “Di Terra e di Parole”, the National Association of War maimed and invalids – Barletta Branch; the National Association of Fighters and Redoubts – Barletta Branch.

Athens: The international launch of ‘The Adventures of Roulis Nefroulis’ was held on July 2, at 8 pm at the Event Hall of Serafio of the Municipality of Athens under the auspices of the City of Athens. A number of prominent personalities, representatives of the literary field, the academic community, distinguished representatives from the field of Medicine and other scientific fields as well as representatives of the state attended the programme.

‘The Adventures of Roulis Nefroulis’ a tale by Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis tells the story of “Roulis Nefroulis”, which is available for free distribution to children undergoing treatment in nephrology units in the country. The national launching of the book published by Writers International Edition was held on June 4 in Naoussa, Greece.

The international launching event was coordinated by Saia Tsaousidou, International President of the Association of European Journalists AEJ. The former Minister of Insurance and Labor Dimitris Stratoulis, Dr. Theodoros Hiras, Nephrologist at Sismanogleio General Hospital of Attica, and Theofanis Apostolou, former President & current Scientific Associate of the Hellenic Nephrological Society, talked about the book. Eleni Barbalia, a graduate of the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory, recited dramatized excerpts from the book. Authors Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis talked about the tale, which touched the delicate strings of young and old, as well as the major issue of organ donation, while Linguist and litterateur Prof. Irene Doura-Kavadia spoke on behalf of the Editions.

The Award Ceremony of the Panorama International Literature Festival International conducted by Writers Capital International Foundation was also held along with the book launch. The world record-winning programme was held from 1-31 January this year gathering writers from 65 countries and 6 continents.

Secretary-General of Writers Capital International Foundation Prof. Irene Doura-Kavadia presented the awards to the Greek awardees. Along with the Panorama awards, the Golden Book Awards 2022, as well as the International Women’s Awards 2021-22 were also presented to esteemed Greek authors and Ladies who excelled in their field and placed themselves in the service of humanity.

Athens: The national launching of the much-celebrated Tale “The Adventures of Roulis Nephroulis, the Little Kidney” by Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis will be held at ERIA Hall, Naoussa on June 4. The event will host a number of prominent literary figures.

The event will host a number of prominent literary figures as well as honourable representatives from the field of medicine and other scientific fields. Stella Arabatzi, Pathology Specialist Maria Kolvatzi and nursing faculty Aphrodite Lapavitsa will speak during the event. Former Minister of Employment Dimitris Stratoulis, Co-author of the book Elena Magiati-Karabi, Nephrologist and the medical editor of the book Theodoros Chiras and Writers International Edition Editor-in-chief Irene Doura-Kavadia will address the event virtually. Georgina Athanassiou and Sofia Zisiopoulou will read the excerpts of the book.

The book that tells the story of Roulis Nephroulis is published for free distribution among children who are under treatment for various ailments in the country. “Reading books or engaging children in activities similar to this are inevitable while trying to bring them back to a healthy life,” said authors Elena Magiati-Karabi and Pantelis Hatzis. “While children are the future of any country, we believe that this project will benefit a number of children across the nation thus preparing the country with healthy citizens,” they added.

The Writers Capital International Foundation’s prestigious Global Icon of Literature Awards 2022 will be presented to the Greek poet, writer and cultural activist Antonis Samiotakis. In a press release, the jury said that the award is considering his overall contributions in the field of literature, arts and culture.

Antonis Samiotakis, a great litterateur, is a cosmopolitan monk from Greece. His mental and psychical placement towards life is, with holiness to human beings, dignity, human virtues and ideas. He has been brought up in a family coming as a refugee from Izmir, when it was Hellenic and a grandfather who had a textile factory.

After coming to Greece, they had a new factory again but after the German attack 1941-42 they lost it again, leaving his father a trainman while Antonis was brought up in Oinoi, near Athens, and then in the suburbs of Piraeus. Being in fact poor, he was “fermented” with poverty and human needs, in order to be educated and develop to a free person.

He found himself as a newspaper delivery boy and during the years around 1985-1990, he became a councilman at the most densely populated municipality of Athens, the city of Kokkinia. He played a major role in establishing important cultural centres, musical school and theatrical school departments, spiritual centres and many more schools of literature and Arts.

In this way, Kokkinia became the “lighthouse” for other towns which started creating such departments and educating people in all aspects, and this became a bright period of time for Municipal activities. With his inner culture and sensitive heart he started to examine his own world. He became a mentor for people who studied Poetry, a Critic, and a Director too, as he has written theatrical plays as well.

A philanthropist by nature, he deals with African organizations to alleviate people’s pain in addition to other individual activities. He is the founder of the Peiramatic Museum of Literature, which has stood with his own money for the last 10 years, with private collections of paintings and sculptures dedicated to the Poetry and the history of Kokkinia, the town he adores. As a journalist for many years, he has acquired an unmistakable criterion for things remarkable about culture and humanization. The emblem of the museum is the owl, which in Greece is the symbol of wisdom.

The prestigious Panorama International Literature Awards for the year 2022 was announced today. The awards instituted by the Writers Capital Foundation are dedicated to the best entries during the Panorama International Literature Festival held from 1-31 January this year.

The awards are instituted in 4 categories – Panorama Golden Award for the best presentation, Panorama Literary for the best 15 entries, Panorama International Youth Awards for  10 writers from the youth category, Special Jury Awards for 10 writers and Panorama International Prodigy Award for the best in children’s category.

Panorama Literary Awards 2022

Panorama Golden Book Awards 2022

Along with Panorama International Literary awards, winners of Panorama Golden Book Awards were also declared. Check the results here:

“Compared to previous years, the competition was tough this year, and so was the selection process,” said the jury. “There were more than four hundred participants from across the world where most of the works exhibited superior quality with reference to the theme ‘Shoonya: The Celestial Void’,” the jury added.

The Panorama International Literature Festival and Panorama International Arts and Sculpture Festival (PIAF) are signature programmes of the Writers Capital Foundation to help spread humanitarian values across the globe. PIAF 2022 will be conducted from 1-31 of July with the theme War & Peace, said the organisers.