“In the darkness of the murder of Maria Chindamo, paradoxically, there is the light of a redemption, and at the same time the choral and generational condemnation of events that have torn these lands. Today, nine years after her death, Maria Chindamo has become the symbol of a new Calabrian company. A society that does not bend to the rules of a violent patriarchate; who does not accept the arrogance of bloody cultures is ndranghetist; who invites people angry to transform that same anger into hope. Every May 6, here, a garrison of legality is consolidated ».
It is an extract of the message that the Minister of Justice, Carlo Nordio, has sent to the organizers of the “we illuminate the lands of Mary” initiative In memory of Maria Chindamo, the Calabrian entrepreneur who disappeared on May 6, 2016 in Limbadi, in the province of Vibo Valentia. Victim of the ‘Ndrangheta, his body has never been found. Tomorrow, Tuesday 6 May at 10, in the presence of the local authorities and the Undersecretary of State inside, Wanda Ferro, the United Associations in the “We check the lands of Maria” Committee will inaugurate in front of the farm of Maria Chindamo, the place of the disappearance, a commemorative sculpture and a garden, designed by the students of the Higher Education Institute of Vibo Valentia. During the commemoration there will also be an extract of the theatrical show “If we said the truth”, which tells the story of the entrepreneur, of Giulia Minoli, founder and vice -president of “crisis as opportunity”, and Emanuela Giordano. “The state, in Mary’s memory – continues Minister Nordio – remains close to the family members, to the friends of Mary, to these lands never forgotten. In order for it to be clear that here the message of the state is far from symbolic: in this battle you will not remain alone ».