The Government of Castilla-La Mancha shows its desire to realize a utopia of society that “resolves its conflicts only with words” – Castilla-La Mancha News

Minister for Equality and spokesperson for the region, Blanca FernandezHe confirmed that “there is much more to be done on this path”, but that there are “admirable” initiatives. Cesar Egido Foundation Emphasizing the word as a tool against all kinds of violence and harmony, Serrano said, “Build the road.”

Blanca Fernández underlined a differentiating element that we are “very proud of” while also referring to a vast network of 450 libraries serving 99 percent of the population, synonymous with “the democratization of culture”. Time is an element of equality, harmony and a social elevator.

this Government of Castile-La Mancha He has shown his firm desire that “we should all be able to build a society and a world where we can resolve our conflicts with words alone.”

Equality Minister and spokesperson Blanca Fernández is at the VI of the International Micro Stories Award, organized by the César Egido Serrano Foundation and attended by Fernando Lucerón Egido. same president, Main MunozDeputy Minister of Culture and Sports and Ruben Torres MoratallaMayor I want.

In her speech, Blanca Fernández expressed her belief in “as a tool to build the world around us” and warned that misuse of words “leads to worse things”. In this sense, the consultant reminded the existence of a large number of conflicts around the world, although he argued that there was no ideological, religious or economic reason to justify taking up arms, killing people or occupying a country.

Blanca Fernández affirmed that while “there is still much to be done” to resolve conflicts with words alone, there are initiatives such as that of the César Egido Serrado Foundation, which promotes the word as a tool against all violence and harmony between cultures and religions. and ideologies , “build the way”.

Congratulations to the Foundation and the award recipients.

The counselor said emotionally for César Egido, “the school from which this great idea graduated, as old as the world, but still utopian, the only tool for resolving conflicts must be the word. I wish that utopia could come true!” said the consultant, Eduardo Galeano He said that “utopia is on the horizon” and therefore “useful for walking and walking forward”.

Blanca Fernández also congratulated the four winners of this VI Edition, José Manuel Dorrego Sáenz, and the three honorary second prizes awarded to Natheer Alzuabi, Emilia Sheppard and Ravit Grossman, whose texts are written in Arabic, English and Hebrew, respectively. . The consultant valued her ability to “mean a lot in a few words” and “captivate and awaken the imagination of every reader to where she wants to take her.”

Ana Muñoz, Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, emphasized the value of literature and other literary competitions like this, where “literature grows, liberates and strengthens”. He also congratulated the awardees who, as he appreciated, wrote “four quality literary texts”.

The deputy minister said it was “perhaps one of the most international events in the world”, as evidenced by the receipt of applications from 179 of the world’s 195 countries. “You’ve reached the farthest on the planet, and it needs to be shown. Something this wonderful should not only expand far away, but touch up close. With the value of the 47,000 journeys each of the texts you take means, you should be proud of your journey. I recommend showing what you’ve accomplished to those close to you: your town, the surrounding towns, province and region”, stated Ana Muñoz.

democratization of culture

Finally, Blanca Fernández referred to a distinctive element of Castilla-La Mancha, which has the most important Network of Public Libraries in Spain, “it was an effort made many years ago and is about the democratization of culture in an area of ​​80,000 square kilometers, 919 municipalities and many more settlements. It is like ours with its location”.

With this principle, the Government of Castilla-La Mancha decided from the start that culture was the way to work for social cohesion and equality and said, “There is no more important element for culture than books, so we have a network of 450 people. It has 700,000 users and 99 percent of the population. libraries that provide direct services,” the consultant concluded.