Relax in the Italian Countryside and Farmhouses
Relax in the Countryside and Farmhouses - Saturday, August 22nd • 10:00am EDT. Learn how to vacation as the Italians do! Join Beatrice as she explores the various vacations Italy has to offer. Guest Speaker: Marco Evangelista, Director of Journeys by Central Holidays. Each Coffee Chat guest is entered to win a specialty gift courtesy of SI-Espresso...
Italian American WW2 Hero Frank Mario Benimeo
To remember the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, NIAF is recognizing Italian Americans who sacrificed, served and defended peace, freedom and democracy during the war, using the tag #IAWW2Heroes on social media. This entry is a special submission from Frank Benimeo’s daughter, Maria B. Silvia, who has shared with us her father’s story o...
La solidarieta’ non ha confini - Filitalia International & Foundation distribuisce le donazioni raccolte attraverso il fondo Italy in crisi medical relief per le vittime italiane del covid-19
Un gesto di solidarietà ma anche un aiuto concreto verso la propria “terra madre”, da parte di quelle famiglie di emigranti che non hanno mai smesso di amare il proprio paese natio. Ecco il motivo per cui i soci e simpatizzanti di Filitalia hanno deciso di creare un fondo speciale denominato “Italy in Crisis” per supportare le istituzioni che hanno...
Columbus Day is actually about Self-Determination
How history is taught in our public schools is a serious matter. As a child develops into an adult, the ability to hold rational public discourse using factual references as supporting data becomes an important skill. The ability to sort out truth from disinformation is a powerful asset, but children cannot develop that ability when their public sc...
Christopher Columbus: Entrepreneur
Like a modern entrepreneur, fifteenth-century explorer, Christopher Columbus, raised capital for an expedition to discover a western passage to Asia. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 placed control of the land routes to the lucrative Asian spice trade in Ottoman-Turk hands. Columbus first proposed the Atlantic Ocean route to Joao II of Portugal i...
NIAF Relief Efforts – Post-Earthquake Norcia
MONDAY, August 24 | 6:00 P.M. EST. NIAF Relief Efforts -- Post-Earthquake Norcia with Dr. Richard Mollica. Register here. On August 24th and October 30th in 2016, two devastating earthquakes struck Central Italy killing 297 Italian villagers, dislocating tens of thousands, and destroying areas of Norcia's ancient village. NIAF raised $450,000 throu...
IAP 153: conversations on Columbus: straight from the source
In this week’s episode of the Italian American Podcast, we’re picking up with Part Two of our “Conversations on Columbus” series exploring the life and legacy of Christopher Columbus and we’re starting right from the beginning! As we set out to find truth in the current debates around the famed Genovese navigator, we’re seeking to understand just w...
Firenze and the Medici: the Birth of Renaissance
Friday, August 21, 2020. 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm EDT. 75 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar will take place online through Google Meet. The webinar is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. REGISTER NOW Join Angela Cacciarru and the history about the birth of Reinassance in Firen...
Bobby Valentine joins Chris Colabello and Natalie Spedaliere for IABF Spaghetti & Baseballs Facebook Livestream on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 8 pm (EDT)
After four entertaining episodes featuring the likes of Frank Catalanotto, Anthony Iapoce,Mike Napoli, John Franco, Lee Mazzilli, and L.J. Mazzilli, the Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) Spaghetti & Baseballs Facebook Live Series present a very special episode number five with IABF Ambassador Bobby Valentine. Deeply committed to the growt...
Italiani all'estero - Colombo/USA - CGIE vicino a Comites ed associazione italo americani per celebrazioni Columbus Day nelle citta' usa...campagna educativa nelle scuole
"Il Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all’Estero esprime la propria profonda solidarietà e il totale sostegno a tutte le rappresentanze elette e alle associazioni delle comunità italiane e italo-discendenti negli Stati Uniti, colpite dagli atti di sfregio delle statue di Cristoforo Colombo, monumenti simbolo del contributo della nostra emigrazione...
Addio al Professor Salvatore Rotella, l’intellettuale della praticità
Con immensa tristezza annunciamo la scomparsa del Professor Salvatore Rotella, avvenuta a New York la notte tra l’11 e il 12 agosto. Nato a Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Messina) nel 1934 e cresciuto ad Asmara, Eritrea, Rotella arrivò dall’Italia negli USA nel dicembre del 1951. Dopo la laurea alla CUNY, il PhD all’Università di Chicago e il ritorno...
Christopher Columbus: American Hero
They were one of the first American fraternal societies not to prohibit black membership in their constitution. During World War I, with the slogan “Everybody Welcome, Everything Free” atop their doors, they managed the only racially integrated facilities available to American troops, three decades before the U.S. military integrated its ranks. And...