the
heroes
Meet the citizens who decided to rewrite the fate of Palermo by taking on the Mafia.
LEOLUCA ORLANDO
Five times mayor of Palermo since 1985 and is recognized for openly opposing the Mafia. It is one of the referents of the Culture of Legality in Italy. He is president of the Institute for the Sicilian Renaissance, an NGO that promotes the economy, the Culture of Legality and human rights. Author of the book "Towards a Culture of Legality: the Sicilian experience".
Mayor of Palermo, Italy
ADDIOPIZZO
Movement founded in 2004 by a group of friends with plans to open a bar, but who were opposed to paying for the pizzo , a form of extortion by the Sicilian Mafia that guaranteed protection.
It promotes a Mafia-free economy through critical consumption, which is buy on establishments that do not pay pizzo . In addition, they support businesses that are extorted to free themselves from this practice and join the anti-mafia movement.
Their motto: "A town that pays pizza is a town without dignity."
Civil organization
JANE AND PETER SCHNEIDER
Research professors who thoroughly explored the problems of Sicily. One of his main works is titled Reversible Destiny: Mafia, Antimafia and the Palermo Struggle where they show a deep analysis of the connections between organized crime, politics and social movements that can be extrapolated to similar situations in other parts of the world.
Researchers
ROBERTA GATANI
Niece of Paolo Borsellino, one of the main heroes of the anti-mafia fight, and administrator of the Casa de Paolo. The family decided to adapt an old pharmacy that belonged to their uncle to turn it into a space of hope and new possibilities for the youth of the neighborhood. They carry out extracurricular activities aimed at children in vulnerable situations. They teach children how to live legality in their day-to-day life.
Paolo's house
MARÍA ELENA BAGARELLA
Head of the museum at the Laboratorio della Legalità, located in Corleone, Sicily. In a didactic and passionate way, María Elena shows the history of the fight against the Mafia with the aim that the new generations keep these events in their memory.
Legality Laboratory
Centro Internazionale di Documentazione sulla Mafia e del Movimento Antimafia (CIDMA)
Museum located in Corleone that presents the full history of the Mafia. The objective is to show the events as they happened, so that the new generations learn and maintain the fight against the Mafia.
In the Museum are the archives of the Maxiprocreso, a series of trials that imprisoned hundreds of gangsters.
VINCENZO FINISH
Activist and participant in the Red Agenda movement. He is passionate about justice and seeks that public institutions show real information about what happened with the attack on Paolo Borsellino.
Rossa Agenda
ROY GODSON
Emeritus Professor at Georgetown University and former President of the US National Strategy Information Center. It developed a "guide to develop a Culture of Legality", which has become the basis for various countries and cities that seek to implement this issue in society.
Academic
BUILDING CARD
Activist and one of the founders of Scorta Cívica, an association that seeks to eliminate relations and agreements between the State and the Mafia. It is characterized by holding demonstrations in front of the Palace of Justice, to create a line of support for the magistrates and demand justice.
Scorta Civica
VALENTINA FIORÉ
Administrator of the Libera Terra Consortium, which is a cooperative of autonomous companies that work lands that were confiscated from the Mafia; therefore, with this work, they dignify the value of said lands.
Free Terra
MICHELE CATANZARO
Politician who is part of the Democratic Party of Sciacca and was elected Deputy of the XVII Legislature of the Regional Assembly of Sicily. He is currently the Vice President of the Productive Activities Commission.
Sicilian Local Deputy
LEOLUCA ORLANDO
Five times mayor of Palermo since 1985 and is recognized for openly opposing the Mafia. It is one of the referents of the Culture of Legality in Italy. He is president of the Institute for the Sicilian Renaissance, an NGO that promotes the economy, the Culture of Legality and human rights. Author of the book "Towards a Culture of Legality: the Sicilian experience".
Mayor of Palermo, Italy
