Giovanni (John) Carmine Santoro, Italian American hero
Giovanni (John) Carmine Santoro (1921-2002), was from Providence, RI, and fought in the Navy during WWII. He was a Seaman First Class stationed on the USS Biscayne during the amphibious invasion of Italy and he was presented with the Navy and Marine Corp Medal for Bravery by the President of the United States. “The President of the United States of...
Happy 40th Anniversary to NOIAW
As a psychotherapist, my curiosity about the effects of ethnicity on personality development was heightened by my early work with patients. There was little in the literature about Italian American ethnic identity and mental health before the late 1970s. While looking for answers–and missing the big family I left behind in Brooklyn some 20 years e...
What Columbus wrought
On July 1, the Christopher Columbus statue was removed from the park named after him in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The statue was sculpted in Italy and brought to Atlantic City in 1958 for $7,000. That money was raised from many years of spaghetti dinners, raffles, and other fundraising events by Italian-American volunteers. It was their way of s...
Resurrecting the Arena di Verona
Wed, 07/15/2020 - 5:00pm. How to Bring Back to Life the Largest Opera Theater in the World. Stefano Albertini (NYU) in conversation with Cecilia Gasdìa (General Manager and Artistic Director, Arena di Verona). The episode will be broadcast live on Casa's Facebook Page and website. In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles. Casa Italiana Director Stefano Al...
NIAF Welcomes New Board Members
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is proud to announce the following have been nominated and elected to serve on the NIAF Board of Directors: Janet Cafaro, Philanthropist; Joseph V. Del Raso, Esq., Partner, Troutman Pepper; Daniel M. DiLella, President and CEO, Equus Partners, Ltd.; Joseph Gulino, Esq., Assistant Managing Partner, DRR...
IAP 150: Italian Americans in Baseball with Special Guest Lawrence Baldassaro
For millions of Americans, hope springs eternal every April when baseball returns! In this craziest of years, fans of the national pastime are gearing up for the first-ever July opening in baseball history. We’re so excited to have baseball back that in this week’s episode our entire team is taking YOU “out to the ballgame” with our special guest,...
10 Things People Get Wrong About Columbus
Every Columbus Day is the same: Christopher Columbus is attacked. His statues are desecrated. Public monuments in his honor are threatened or removed. Every year, more states and cities change Columbus Day to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” or “Native Americans’ Day.” And left-wing professors smear the once-revered hero who discovered America in 1492...
Enough is enough on Columbus statute removals - IAOVC is going to court to preserve our Italian American heritage
I was overcome with joy and a great sense of pride for the support our IAOVC Board Members displayed at our last Video Board Meeting. IAOVC Board Member, Frank Lorenzo, charged with researching legal means, introduced the concept of a network of Italian American attorneys, working in various states and municipalities, to institute litigation to co...
Luca Guadagnino Is Bringing You More Beautiful Young People in Italy With HBO’s We Are Who We Are
Ah, to be young, melancholy, and finely cheekboned. HBO has put out the briefest of teasers for its new series We Are Who We Are, a new project from Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. With this eight-episode series, Guadagnino is at it again with the wistful American teens in Italy. We Are Who We Are “explores friendship, first love, id...
Jill Biden on growing up Italian
Most people are pretty familiar with Joe Biden, but you might not know much about his family, including Joe’s wife, Jill. I had the pleasure to speak with Jill Biden during an online Q&A on June 28. Open and accommodating, she readily answers all my questions and has much to share about her wonderful Italian-American upbringing. The following inter...
Ambassador Varricchio takes part in a discussion organized by the Atlantic Council on post-Covid scenarios: Italy has responded to the crisis, looking at the future in order to build more resilient societies. Collaboration with the US and the EU is fundam
The Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio participated today in a discussion organized by the Atlantic Council on post-Covid-19 scenarios. In addition to the coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx, the Ambassadors of the ten leading democracies in the world (so-called D-10 *) joined the discussion. For the fir...
The disparagement of Christopher Columbus and an ‘insidious coup’
On July 1, a statue of Christopher Columbus is removed from Columbus City Hall in Ohio, where it had been for more than sixty years. July 4, a statue in Baltimore of the celebrated Italian explorer, which had stood for 36 years, is torn down by rioters and thrown into the city’s Inner Harbor. July 6, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a statue of Columbu...