MARIA CALVETTI. On International Women’s Day (2023), the Sandro Pertini Civic Centre (Lecco) was named after her. Maria was born in Lecco in 1950. Together with her husband, she set up the “Open Families” group of the “Centro Orientamento Educativo” (COE). She was president of the “Associazione Lecchese Famiglie Affidatarie” (Lecco Association of Foster Families) until obtaining, in 2011, together with her husband, the civic merit of the Municipality of Lecco for their testimony of a lifestyle marked by the values of concrete solidarity and openness to the world. She passed away in 2018.