Nonot a spot presence but a serious, lasting commitment. This is the meaning of Permanent Cultural Presidio, the theater and rap music laboratory organized by the association CCO (Crisis As Opportunity) in various juvenile penal institutions. Workshops much loved by the kids, who participate with great passion and also with excellent results.
Rapper Kento, coordinator of the CCO rap workshops.
This is the case of A., 17 years old, guest of the Community of the Juvenile Justice Center of Catanzaro, who on 8 December will open, together with other emerging artists, the South Sound Festival which will be held at the Palacalafiore in Reggio Calabria, and will host big names such as Finesse, Ernia, Sfera Ebbasta. «A. applied himself immediately, he deserved this wonderful opportunity», says the rapper Kento, coordinator of the laboratories of the Permanent Cultural Presidium. «We believe that for him it is a point of arrival and a starting point. Point of arrival for the path taken, and starting point as a push towards autonomy and strengthening of self-esteem.”
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Rap fascinates kids
The CCO – Crisi Come Opportunità association has been producing theatrical shows, documentaries and videos for ten years, working in the suburbs, in juvenile prisons and in schools. Permanent Cultural Presidium «is based on theater and rap in juvenile penal institutions – the IPM – throughout Italy, from Turin to Rome, to Catanzaro, Airola, Catania», explains Kento. «We place emphasis on “permanent” to make it clear that ours is a continuous activity, it’s not like we enter prisons and leave. Our training activities remain.”
Kento directly takes care of the laboratory in Casal del Marmo, in Rome, where he goes every week, and coordinates the activities in the other locations. «We have about ten kids for each workshop, they have different backgrounds but they are all very involved. Together we write rap, if possible we record and make video clips. Just yesterday in Casal del Marmo we recorded a song in five different languagesit had never happened to me.”
For A. the doors of the Catanzaro community will open on 8 December, he will go to Reggio Calabria and perform on the same stage as the most famous rappers. Making a dream come true.
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