by Serena Perfetto

On September 26, the Italian Embassy in Washington hosted the Country Assembly of Italians living abroad. For those who have never heard about the CGIE, the Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all'Estero is the body that represents nowadays the Italian communities around the globe and tries to help institutions policies related to them.

The assembly was also a moment for the COM.IT.ES members, who have been elected a few months ago across the United States, to get to know each other. Four newly elected Presidents were called to oversee the smooth unfolding of the election of two regional members for the United States: Elisabetta Ghisini from San Francisco; Eleonora Granata from Los Angeles; Olga Mancuso from Washington; and Salvatore Ferrigno from Philadelphia.

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Source: http://www.italoamericano.org/