When Italians began to arrive in large numbers in the United States, they had no representation and were heavily discriminated. Their rights were not recognized, until 1905 when a visionary, Vincenzo Sellaro, realized that only by uniting and associating themselves could they defend their rights and celebrate their origins. That is when the Order o...
READ MOREAnnouncement! The Commission for Social Justice ® (CSJ) launched an official CSJ Resource Page to collect and host educational information for reference - not only for our members, but for the entire Italian American community! Since 1979, CSJ has been the anti-defamation arm of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America® (OSDIA) that is comm...
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