The day took place this Thursday, March 28 between the Allées de la Résistance, the town hall and the Bousquet area where twenty workshops were set up.
It is in Lodève, in the small sub-prefecture of Hérault, that the Institute of Advanced Studies of National Defense (IHEDN) and the military delegation of Hérault have chosen to organize the demonstration of their citizens, this Thursday 28 March, they rely on the infrastructure of the city and the support of many players who came to play the game.
The education of future citizens
After a ceremony of raising colors in front of the War Memorial, 200 students of the general, technological and professional high school of the Vallot went from stand to stand in small groups in the halls of the municipality, the Espace Bousquet, and in the parking lot. lot of the streets of the Resistance. Accompanied by their teachers and members of the city reserve, they had the choice between one of two courses of ten workshops each around the themes: memory, security, prevention, civics and sustainable development.
“This is the 4th rally of this kind that we organize in Hérault, the 1st here in Lodèveindicates Jean-Michel Bosch, president of the regional association of IHEDN, organizer of a meeting coordinated by colonel Bertrand Soreau, departmental military delegate. The idea is to introduce young people to all those who ensure our safety in the shadows 365 days a year.”
We found the army, the gendarmerie, the firemen and the municipal police as well as the Red Cross, the world of memory with the National Veterans Office, the municipal services (civil status, social center)… more than 80 professional speakers and volunteers with whom the young people were able to interact.
“This event is part of the moral and civic education program. It is a moment of sharing, of transmitting values that are part of the education of the future citizen.” notes Benjamin Arino, the principal of Vallot, very happy, like the mayor Gaëlle Lévêque, to have been able to host this demonstration in Lodève.
“It allows these high school students to meet people committed every day to our security, in public services, in associationsadds the sub-prefect Éric Suzanne, present at the launch and after the closing of this demonstration for a diploma presentation to the participants. They see that the State is at the service of the people, and therefore of them. It allows them to awaken their curiosity, to discover the diversity of society. It’s very enriching.”