The Mercedes Medina Díaz Association celebrates ten years since its creation and, to celebrate, has organized a series of events at the Democracia Society of Arrecife, which will take place between this Thursday, October 28 and November 18.
The Association has also prepared a publication of the actions carried out “in favor of education and culture” during these ten years of existence. In that publication, they point out "that the established objectives have been met", since more than fifty students “have benefited from the Mercedes Medina Díaz Scholarships”. In addition, they emphasize that from the organization “an impulse has been given to the Documentary Funds on the History of Education of Lanzarote”.
On the other hand, the Mercedes Medina Association has worked on “bringing Canarian students closer” through the autonomous competition ‘Paint and Take Care of your Island’, a format aimed at students of infant and primary school. The Association has also invited in this decade, according to them, “the main responsible for all areas of knowledge” through different conferences, seminars and workshops.
With these actions, the Mercedes Medina Díaz Association intends to “support and sustain education”, in addition to “supporting the culture of the island, aware of the problems that citizens are going through in times of difficulty”.
Commemorative program of the tenth anniversary
The first act to commemorate this anniversary will be held next Thursday, October 28 at 8:00 p.m. at the Sociedad Democracia, with the presentation of the book “X anniversary Mercedes Medina Díaz Association”, by José Juan Romero Cruz, teacher and journalist.
On November 4, at 7:00 p.m., there will be a conference by the Magnificent Rector of the ULPGC, Lluís Serra Majem, who is also a Doctor in Medicine, specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
On November 8, at 7:00 p.m., the conference “Canarias and the sea” will be held by the former rector of the ULPGC Manuel Lobo Cabrera, doctor in History and professor at the university.
On Thursday, November 11, also at 7:00 p.m., there will be a round table, whose theme is “The importance of the Canarian Academies of Language and Science” by Humberto Hernández Hernández and José Méndez Pérez.
On Monday, November 15, at 7:00 p.m., the conference “The September 2021 eruption in Cumbre Vieja, continuity of recent and historical volcanism in the Canary Islands” will be held by the doctor in Geography of the ULPGC, Alex Hansen Machín.
Finally, on November 18 at 7:00 p.m., there will be a concert by the Insular Center for Musical Education of Lanzarote (CIEM).
All events will take place at the Sociedad Democracia de Arrecife.
