Our mission at the Columbus Citizens Foundation is to celebrate Italian culture. My responsibility as president of the foundation is to be aware of cultural initiatives that impact the preservation of Italian culture...
The young emigrant of second and third generation belongs to the society and culture of adoption and to the country where he was born and in which he is a citizen, but feels the urge to rediscover the traces of his land of origin...
Stefano Albertini is Director of "Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo'", New York University
Individuals, Groups, Participation: Associationism of Third Generation Migrants Between Nostalgia and Lack of Memory.
Vincent Impellitteri, born in Isnello, a small village in the Madonie mountains, was known for being one of the “Italian” mayors of the largest city in the United States...
The great migrations of Sicilians, since the unification of Italy, were intimately connected with the dynamics of globalization...
Sicilian emigrants brought with them different cultures: communities coming from internal zones had strong feudal costumes, while communities coming from the eastern part of island shared a culture of solidarity...
Our program is to involve young people in the life of associations. We feel that our roots and our traditions can be passed down and perpetuated by training the youth who will continue our work...
Although there has been some flaws, the historical associations provided by the article 9 of the law n° 25 of 1975 were given credit for having built a very important human and cultural heritage, composed by hundreds of associations...
Are L.R. 55/89 and L.R. 38/84 Still Valid Tools for the Revival of the Associationism?
Piero Bassetti's expansive notion of Italicity not only raises great expectations but also many important questions that must be addressed before its potential can be realized.