- A common agenda with more than twenty cultural and community actions to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
As a reference entity in Castilla y León and with a territorial deployment that covers the entire Community, Fundación Personas has designed a joint program that reflects its strength as a regional organization and its shared commitment to inclusion. December 3 thus becomes a coordinated action that unites all its five delegations under the same vision: to celebrate, participate and make people’s abilities visible.
Among other activities, the program includes the 2nd Valladolid City Council Social Fair at the Millennium Dome, the inauguration of the exhibition and dance show “Nuevos derroteros: Ways to inhabit the museum” at the National Museum of Sculpture, educational and community activities in Cuéllar, workshops and conferences in Palencia, awareness-raising actions in Zamora, school activities in Guardo and the transversal participation in the creative day of the MIRAR Project, which is held in Medina de Rioseco and will bring together creators, artists and users of all the delegations.
SEGOVIA
In Segovia, Fundación Personas will participate in several activities organized on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Claret School has invited users of the center in La Lastrilla to join the proposals that the school itself has prepared for this day, thus reinforcing the usual collaboration between both entities. In addition, the group of self-advocates from Segovia will make a recording for the special 3D program of La 8 Segovia (RTVCyL). The delegation will also take part in the event organized by the Accessibility Council of the Segovia City Council, in which Fundación Personas participates every year and which includes the reading of the manifesto for inclusion.
CUELLAR (Segovia)
In the Segovia Delegation, Fundación Personas will hold an Open Day on December 3, starting early in the morning, at the Mar de Pinares Center in Cuéllar, with the participation of local school groups. The morning will include an initial reception, a talk given by the Psychology Department, a guided tour of the facilities and the mural activity “We are all capable”, a collaborative space in which students and people with disabilities work together to make their abilities and talents visible. In addition, on December 5 there will be aninclusive theater performanceby the group Nuevos Horizontes at the Day Center for the Elderly in Cuéllar.
PALENCIA
In Palencia, Fundación Personas will actively participate in the Disability Week, to be held from December 1 to 5, with a program focused on workshops and inclusive activities: on December 1 there will be a special cooking workshop; on December 4 there will be a music therapy workshop; and on December 5 there will be an inter-workshop Parcheesi championship. In addition, the delegation will be present at the main event of the Day of Persons with Disabilities, which will take place on December 3 at 12:00 noon in the Plaza Mayor of Palencia, with the reading of the manifesto, dance performances, guided dances and a chocolate party open to the public.
GUARDO – (Palencia)
In Guardo, the Fundación Personas team will participate this year in an educational day at CEIP El Otero, invited by the school itself. The activity will include a visit to the school facilities, a joint lunch and a collaborative dynamic in which students and people with intellectual disabilities will share experiences and activities in an inclusive educational environment.
ZAMORA
In Zamora, Fundación Personas will be part of the International Week of Functional Diversity promoted by the City Council, with an agenda that combines awareness, sports and community participation. On December 2, the podcast “Functional Diversity” will be recorded in La Alhóndiga, and on December 3, the reading of the manifesto will take place in the Assembly Hall, together with an exhibition of works created by the participants. In addition, throughout the week there will be sports meetings that promote coexistence and inclusive sports among entities and groups in the city.
VALLADOLID
In Valladolid, Fundación Personas will participate in the 2nd Social Fair organized in the Millennium Dome, where it will have a table at the Christmas market and will take part in the reading of the manifesto during the institutional act in the afternoon, within a municipal program that includes performances, information tables and the visit of the mayor. In addition, on December 3 at 11:30 am will be inaugurated in the Red Corner Room of the National Sculpture Museum the exhibition and dance show “Nuevos derroteros”, a joint project that brings together photography and video by Ester Gándaras and Juan Carlos Quindós and a dance intervention by Olga Martínez Yuste. The proposal invites us to explore new ways of inhabiting the museum, showing how the presence and gestures of people with disabilities transform the space and open new ways of relating to art.
MIRAR 3D: CREATIVE DAY WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF 190 CREATORS
The MIRAR Project will celebrate this year’s 3D in Medina de Rioseco, in a cultural and artistic event in which 190 creators and users from all the delegations of Fundación Personas will participate. The program includes a visit to the exhibition “History on two wheels”, Mario Occhiuzzi‘s bicycle collection; the show “¡Viva la Inclusión!” with Leo Harlem, the Ribera Quartet and El Gran Rufus; and various activities in the surroundings of the Canal de Castilla, such as a community meal, a boat trip or a visit to the flour factory. The afternoon will culminate with the concert “Mirar, Oír, Sentir” at the María Luisa Ponte Theater, the projection of audiovisuals by Carolina Calvo, the presentation of the MIRAR 5.0 Cachacicleta, the creation of the collaborative mosaic Includiversión and the reading of the Manifesto for Inclusion, which is the symbolic axis of the day.
About Fundación Personas
Fundación Personas is a reference entity in Castilla y León with a social base of 3000 families and dedicated to the care of people with intellectual disabilities. Created in 2008 by five associations ((ADECAS Guardo, ASPANIS Palencia, APADEFIM Segovia, ASPRONA Valladolid and ASPROSUB Zamora) in the region, its purpose is to accompany people in all stages of their lives, providing the necessary individualized support, allowing them to develop their life project in a full and satisfactory way, with a vocation for social transformation. It has more than 2,000 professionals and provides daily assistance to 2,300 people with disabilities in 140 locations and 100 operational centers in Castilla y León.
