With the conviction to consolidate a culture of peace in Queretaro society, the State governor, Maurice Kuri Gonzalezled the start of the program “Society of Respect, We are Querétaro”, through which values and relationships between citizens will be strengthened.
“The first comprehensive program in the entire country to be able to reinforce values, strengthen the family, repair broken communities, generate bonds of solidarity, empathy and restore the sense of belonging, calling for reconciliation and unity in society. Society of Respect starts with a massive intervention in six large neighborhoods of the capital, which have presented high rates of social problems.
Maurice Kuri Gonzalez, governor of Queretaro
He explained that the state government, municipality and organized civil society will participate in this strategy, all under the same vision: to rebuild the social fabric through respect and tolerance; he reported that the program starts in its first stage in the colonies: Menchaca II, Eduardo Loarca, La Sierrita, San Miguelito, Hercules and Santa María Magdalenato later spread to other municipalities.
“These territories will receive packages of public policies in terms of rehabilitation of spaces, urban improvement, community health networks, culture of peace and education, with anti-addiction programs, anti-bullying, to prevent domestic violence and, as well as leadership development, of course also art, culture and sport.
State Governor stated
Kuri Gonzalez He commented that the best way to face problems is by acknowledging them, for this reason he highlighted the importance of everyone’s participation in order to act accordingly and avoid repeating past mistakes; in this sense, highlighted the initiative to recognize the good deeds and assertive behaviors of the population of Querétaroactions that, he said, trace the path of a united and supportive state.
“We make an alliance with the best of us, with civil society, where we will have a civic recognition program for dozens of Queretaro men and women who stand out for their contribution, their altruism, their talent and their solidarity; these recognitions come from the participation of civil society itself”.
Commented Maurice Kuri Gonzalez
Work with the Memory and Tolerance Museum will train 30 thousand girls and boys
He also stressed that permanent campaigns and activities will be maintained with the Memory and Tolerance Museum to form values of inclusion, indulgence and zero discrimination; he added that the solution to all adversity is found in the family, in the education of the new generations and in people’s empathy.
He explained that the joint work with the Memory and Tolerance Museum will help train 30 thousand girls and boys, so that they learn, so that they are moved, so that they understand the importance of defending the best of all of our Querétaro.
“We are going to endorse that we continue to be, and we will be for many more decades, a society of respect.”
The governor concluded
In his speech, the Secretary of Culture, Marcela Herbert Pesquera, spoke of the opportunities that come along with adversity, which translate into growth and profit; he indicated that by the state program Sociedad de Respect, Somos Querétarothey are propped up civic valuess that allow a life of freedom and legality.
While the director of Institutional Collaboration and Government of the Memory and Tolerance MuseumPola Salmún Smeke, recognized the actions of the current state administration for spreading awareness through respect for human rights, as well as its different strategies and public policies that seek better social coexistence.
The presentation was attended by members of the legal cabinet of the State Govermentlike representatives of business chambers, universities, organizations and civil associations.