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Forty years ago, this week an Italian American woman named Geraldine A Ferraro made history by being the FIRST woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Vice President in the United States! In her acceptance speech, she said, "The daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my fath...

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Sopranos Alum Drea de Matteo finally opened up about her mother, Donna de Matteo’s sudden death on May 31, 2024. Donna de Matteo bid farewell to this world after experiencing a cardiac episode. Now talking about her mother’s demise, Drea de Matteo reflects on her impeccable work as she hints at her upcoming projects which in a way will pay tribute...

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The Board of Directors of the Italian American Leadership Forum (IALF), founded in 2023, coordinated a wreath-laying ceremony on April 17, 2024, at the Giovanni da Verrazzano Statue in New York City’s Battery Park to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the arrival of Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian navigator and explorer who traveled under the fl...

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On Saturday, April 13th, the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW), the organization that has brought together Italian American professionals for 44 years, celebrated its annual luncheon awards in New York City. In an elegant room at the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan, two women were honored for their success in their work: Jodi Pul...

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Saturday Aril 13, 2024. The St. Regis New York - 2 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022, USA. Please RSVP here by Saturday, April 6th | Gentlemen always welcome. 11:30 am - Networking Reception 1pm - Luncheon. The National Organization of Italian American Women annual Gala Luncheon is back to the St. Regis New York. NOIAW honors two accomplished women who...

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The Rhode Island Region of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) will hold its annual signature event, Epiphany Celebration, Honoring Three Wise Women, a lively luncheon and awards ceremony, on Saturday, 20 January 2024, at 11:30 am at Cafe’ Nuovo in Providence.Three Wise Women, Rhode Island Entrepreneurs, will be honored for...

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On Wednesday, October 25th, at 6:30 pm NOIAW presents the first edition of A Tavola. The National Organization of Italian American Women launches a National Dinner Conversation live from NYC at the Columbus Citizens Foundation and via Zoom everywhere else on the importance of celebrating Italian American "HER - story!" All NOIAW members will be inv...

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Thursday September 21 at 5:30 PM EDT. RISD Museum, 20 N Main St, Providence, RI 02903. Kate Irvin, Curator and Department Head of Costume and Textiles, will give a presentation on Anna and Laura Tirocchi, skilled seamstresses, who immigrated to the US from Italy in 1905 and established A. and L. Tirocchi Gowns in Providence, Rhode Island in 1911. T...

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National Organization of Italian American Women - Greater D.C. Region invites you to attend to Canova: Sketching in Clay. A Lecture Tour by David Gariff. September 14, 2023, 1 pm. National Gallery of Art, 6Th Street and Constitution, Washington DC. Members: $10 | Non Members: $20. Register here. Painters sketch their ideas drawing. But what about s...

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Many of the largest organizations representing the Italian American community announced today the formation of a new organization, Italian American Leadership Forum (IALF), which is a fraternal association of major Italian American nonprofit groups, representing the needs of an estimated 17 million Americans of Italian heritage. The IALF serves as...

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