-Seeks to influence, from a preventive perspective, in improving the social coexistence.

Guanajuato, Gto., April 19, 2018.- With the conviction that the best tool to face the social problems is prevention, the University of Guanajuato (UG) created "Conciudadanía UG", a comprehensive program sustained in four axes: Selfcare culture, Culture of Legality, Artistic Appreciation and Interest in Science.

"Conciudadanía UG" pretends to influence in substantial aspects of the university activity and its members, with the purpose to propitiate conditions that allow them to access a better life quality. Likewise, it seeks to generate a multiplying effect in the social environment, which implies a strong link with the different sectors and actors of society, in a framework of co-responsibility.

At the program's presentation, UG's President, Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, emphasized that the university seeks to influence in the construction of democratic, just and free society. In that sense, the program seeks to generate better social scenarios with a fundamentally preventive focus, considering the condition the state and the country is.

He highlighted the importance of the coordinated and co-responsible participation of who are part of UG and the link with different sectors. Hence, he thanked the participation of representatives of the three government levels and social actors in the program presentation.

There was a video shown at the event, which showed the details of the program's objective. Also, it explained that in the "Selfcare culture" axis, UG pretends to create healthy habits and work in topics related with diet, sexuality, prevention of addictions and chronic-degenerative diseases and promote the physical activity.

They will also work in the culture of legality, with the purpose to contribute to form a more aware and more responsible citizenship, that participated in actions to improve the social coexistence.

Through the artistic appreciation axis, the university seeks to form people to be sensitive, free, solidary and committed to their environment, and in the interest in science axis, reaffirms the mission to share the knowledge that is generated in the classrooms and laboratories of the institution.

Dr. Gustavo Garabito Ballesteros, a professor at the Department of Social Studies at Campus León, highlighted that with this program, UG, aware of its social transformation capacity, proposes –from the diversity of its disciplines—, work in solutions to and for society "in all its heterogeneous complexity."

He mentioned that violence is not a new phenomenon, but the way how it has penetrated all the areas of life has grown drastically. However, there are alternatives to reverse it, so he reassured the commitment of the university community to work in solving problems in the environment.

Previously, the General Director of the Ecosystem of Liaison, Innovation, Development and Application of Knowledge of the University of Guanajuato (VIDA UG), Dr. Jesús Martínez Patiño, detailed some of the actions and events that will be held as part of "Conciudadanía": radio programs, conferences, workshops, academic events and artistic expos, among others.

Also, he informed that the site http://www.ugto.mx/conciudadania/ is up; in it you can see information about the work axes, events and summons for the program.

The student Víctor Fabián Guerrero Chávez, representative of the organized student group "Guanahack", considered that "Conciudadania UG" is a platform where the youth can deposit their willingness to transform the world, so he exhorted all the student community to participate in the program.

It is important to remark that the application of the program will be held with the institutional facilities, using at the most the diversity and amplitude of the talent of the university community; and through strategic alliances with the government and private sector; educational institutions and Civil Society Organizations (OSC).

At the event were present: Q.F.B. Sergio Jesús Ortega Mereles, President of the Board of the University of Guanajuato; M. Carlos Zamarripa Aguirre, Attorney of Justice of the State of Guanajuato; M. Jorge Enrique Videgaray Verdad, President of the H. Patronage of the University of Guanajuato; Ing. Marco Antonio Rodríguez Vázquez, Sub-secretary of Prevention, representing M. Alvar Cabeza de Vaca Apendinni, Secretary of Public Safety of the State; Dr. Arminda Balbuena Cisneros, President of the Committee of Citizen Participation of the State Anti-Corruption System; Deputy Miguel Ángel Simental, Coordinator of the Federal Police in the State of Guanajuato; Dr. Aníbal Hernández Mendoza, Coordinator Legal Matters representing Dr. Daniel Alberto Díaz Martínez, Secretary of Health of the State of Guanajuato; as well as members of the university community: students, directors, professors and staff.

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