Massive farewell to Enric Morist, president of the Third Sector Roundtable, died of a heart attack at the age of 59. On Friday, May 2nd, in Igualada, the farewell ceremony for the activist, who for two decades had been coordinator of the Catalan Red Cross, was attended by family, friends, members of social organizations, as well as a broad political representation, led by the Minister of Social Rights and Inclusion, Mònica Martínez Bravo, and a large part of the senior management. Former President Pere Aragonès and former advisors from different governments who had treated Morist also attended. The large turnout at the funeral home in the capital of Anoia on Monday made it necessary to hold the ceremony outside, where the simple coffin was received with applause.

Dismay in the third sector: Catalan human rights activist Enric Morist (Igualada 1965) died suddenly this Friday, according to ARA, of a heart attack. Morist had been elected as the new president of the Third Sector Roundtable—which brings together 37 federations and 3,000 organizations fighting poverty—barely six months before, but he had been involved for much longer, having served as vice president since 2013. He was also a well-known figure for his previous work on the Roundtable, as coordinator of the Catalan Red Cross. The activist was 59 years old, married, and had three children, one of whom was adopted in Bosnia.