Civil awareness, legality and liberation from the mafia. Citizen education today through audiovisual language promoted by Libera

In Italy, in many contexts such as the South and Sicily in particular, the underworld logic is very deeply rooted in popular culture, because belonging to the mafia constitutes a bond and a family heritage that is passed down from generation to generation. The values that this heritage conveys represent the first content with which children are inculturated in the family. This makes it extremely difficult for the educational institution to perform its main educational task, namely that of educating to citizenship and forming democratic personalities, capable of living together in mutual respect and diversity while observing the principles enshrined in the Constitution, the only true common heritage of Italian culture. In such a delicate educational task, the school is supported by a very extensive associative network, Libera, founded in 1995 with the dual objective of fighting mafia phenomena and promoting social justice.