"The CalciaStorie" national project launched by the Lega Serie A and UISP to spread amongst the youth a culture of integration and tolerance through football makes a stop in Milan.
Wednesday, March 4 at 10 am, at the "Giuseppe Parini" High School the leading students of fourth and fifth year gathered along with Franco Baresi, the historical AC Milan defender and spokesman for Milan Foundation and Carlotta Moratti, president of Inter Campus, which actually deals with projects of social relevance in Italy and abroad.
The initiative was moderated by Pasquale Coccia, professor of the High School and sports reporter for Alias, also participating were: Alberto Elia, Marketing Office Lega Serie A, Carlo Balestri, Head of International UISP, Giuseppe Soddu, Dean of the Parini School, Mico Curatolo and Francesco Mapelli, local representatives of the project.
A valuable cue was offered by the intervention of Matteo Marani, Director of Guerin Sportivo and author of the book "From the Scudetto in Auschwitz," which tells the story of Arpad Weisz, a coach of Hungarian Jewish descent, born April 16, 1896, who was in charge of Inter and guided Bologna to two championships between 1935 and 1937. Weisz, after the promulgation of racial laws, was forced to flee to Paris and then in the Netherlands. From there, after the Nazi occupation, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he died with his family in 1944. The students will address the issue of discrimination through the use of multimedia material, archival research, interviews and narration of individual episodes or lifetimes of players, coaches, clubs that have faced various forms of discrimination in their lives.
"The CalciaStorie part of the initiatives is strongly promoted by the Lega Serie A to combat the scourge of racism and discrimination in our society,” said President of the Lega Serie A, Maurizio Beretta. “The history and memory are the basis from which to start, and in this sense football is always an exceptional tool for communication and awareness. It will help us to get closer to the new generations to highlight important values such as integration and tolerance."
"The CalciaStorie - Stories from the deep integration of football", is promoted by Lega Serie A, Italian Union Sport for All (Uisp), Italian Footballers' Association (AIC), SKY, Telecom and Panini, with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, and will involve all 15 Italian cities headquarters of the clubs of the Serie A TIM. The backing for the project will use funds under fines imposed by referees during the Serie A TIM.

The Milan Foundation’s Annual Charity Dinner, in which we look back at all of the projects carried out over the season, will be taking place on the 10th of March in via Turati 34, Milan.One of the novelties this year will be an exclusive DJ Set Party, that for the very first time, is also open to the public who can now buy tickets.Well-known artists and entertainers Saturnino Celani, Max Brigante and Daniele Bossari will be on hand to present the evening and keep the public entertained with a special DJ session to make it an event to remember!The takings from the evening meanwhile will be dedicated entirely to projects for the Milan Foundation which every day seeks to help those in need and in difficult situations.For more information and tickets, please contact: events@acmilan.it

Presented today at the Swiss Corner in Milan, at the presence of the Wellness, Quality of Life, Sports and Leisure of the City of Milan chief Chiara Bisconti, the collaboration between the International ActionAid Organisation, Italy International and Milan Foundation, which have chosen to take the field together to promote sport as a tool to combat gender stereotypes and social exclusion, encouraging the inclusion of young people NEET training and working in the peripheral areas of Milan.
Two projects that ActionAid Milan Foundation has chosen to support: Play for Change and Teamwork.
The first, funded by the King Baudouin Foundation and in partnership with ActionAid Italy and AC Milan, is centered on combating social exclusion and gender discrimination, and will involve about 100 teachers and 1,000 boys and girls aged 8 to 11 years of four Italian cities: Bari, Messina, Milan and Naples. The boys and girls involved  in the project will have the opportunity to participate in psycho-motor education courses made by professional coaches and technical experts of AC Milan, during school hours in the structure where pupils usually follow the physical education classes, taking advantage of the expertise of experienced coaches to provide activities suited to their age, aimed at improving not only their physical condition, but also the ability to work in a team, respect for others and rules.
Within the project, there is also an exchange of emails and Skype calls among Italian schools involved and a school in India, located in one of the villages where ActionAid works, with the aim to bring together boys and girls who live in different countries and cultural backgrounds, as well as different social and economic conditions. The issue of gender discrimination in the family, society, media and sport will be deepened through Me, Myself, I, in which students will have the opportunity to come across gender stereotypes through simple and easy to understand examples, such as role play, class discussions and motor activities.
The Play for Change project will end in June, when a Sports Tournament in Milan will take place which will be attended by delegations of pupils from all Scholastic Institutes.
The second project, Teamwork, promoted by ActionAid and Milan Foundation in partnership with AXA Insurance and AXA Hearts in Action, and with the operational support of the Vismara Centre, is an annual course (March 2015 - February 2016) involving young people aged 15 and 24 who are residents in Milano Gratosoglio (Zone 5) and aims to contribute to the activation of young NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), proposing a path made free of physical activity and sports quality, "motivational training". Sport, in fact, if set properly, can give an answer to distrust and risk of exclusion and social distress, as it increases self-esteem and self-confidence, develops a sense of teamwork and collaboration and helps in motivating goals to achieve them. Starting from the personal resources and network of each participant, the technical partners of Milan and ActionAid will build a path of improving the situation of children, in particular through actions that can allow motivation of young people and help them to find that motivation to seek professional employment, voluntary work in the area, or take a training course. Through a consulting service and the use of specific tools and methodologies, the boys will be helped to identify their own career plan and training, starting with the expressed needs and resources of each participant.
"For Milan Foundation is an honor to collaborate with ActionAid,” said Rocco Giorgianni, General Secretary of the Milan Foundation. “Those who join us in this project, bring not only practical help but also support in terms of experience in combating social exclusion. We believe that sport can be a key element in the formation and growth of individuals, especially for those who find themselves in a difficult situation as the young people involved in the initiative presented today."
"We are pleased to have Milan Foundation at our side, sport trains us not only in the physical side, but also the fundamental values such as commitment, respect, legality, team spirit, cooperation, results-oriented approach,” said Marco de Ponte, Secretary General of ActionAid Italy. “Our organization has always believed in the potential of motor practice in our own projects and promotes the inclusion of sports language as drivers of awareness among young people to obtain solidarity and social integration."