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	Legião da Boa Vontade Promotes the Culture of Peace at the Amazonian Championships an article by Juliana Valim, Legião da Boa Vontade Volunteers of the Legião da Boa Vontade (Good Will Legion)were on hand on May 28th at the Robert Simonsen Stadium in Manaus to publicize the campaign Sport is Life, not violence! during the match between Nacional and Fast for the Amazonian Championship. Photo by Lucivane Araújo. Volunteers from the LBV promote the Campaign Sport is Life, not violence! at the Amazonian championship match click on photo to enlarge Since the 1970s, the LBV promotes initiative in stadiums and gyms in Brazil, aiming to promote a culture of peace in sports. On behalf of the athletes of the National team, the midfielder Rafael Serrano said: "This message is very important for those who practice and those who come to the stadium." The sports commentator Roberto Cuesta, from Rádio Difusora AM, also praised the action of LBV. "The citizen who goes [to the stadium] with the intention of having fun (...) has every right to have this moment of leisure with security. You are to be congratulated. " "This institution (...) has been for many decades working for the welfare of humanity, serving God, peace, people's lives. The football field is a field that is ideal for passing this message. Football Amazon thanks them. (...) I don't know of a better tool for the social improvement of the sport. Whoever is changed by sports consequently has a life that is further from evil, "emphasized the president of the Fast Football Club, Councilman Ednailson Leite Rozenha. In Manaus, AM, the Community Centre of Social Assistance, the Legião da Boa Vontade, is located at Avenida Presidente Castelo Branco, 997 - Cachoeirinha. For more information call: (92) 3215- 7930. [Note: Thanks to Marcos Estrada, the CPNN reporter for this article.] (Click here for a Portuguese version of this article)		DISCUSSION Question(s) related to this article: How can sports promote peace?,
This report was posted on June 4, 2013.