WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20
Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:

It is not by chance that the interview published in this number of our magazine is our 100th ... Happy birthday to us! We wanted to celebrate this event in the proper way, and we thought that having John Maggio as our guest would be perfect to do it. We were right. The Italian American community has watched the first two hours of his PBS documentary, and everybody is amazed, grateful, and proud about it, impatiently waiting for the two other hours of it, on February 24.

We cannot stress enough how much we liked the documentary, and appreciated the fantastic job done by John Maggio. We want to thank him, and together with him, the other amazing 99 guests of our previous interviews. This is an unprecedented endeavor, and it sure won't stop here. If you want to see who are those who were kind enough to share with us their point of view, every time different, about an aspect of the relationship between Italy and the US, you'll find them all here.

We the Italians has closed an agreement with John Cabot University: licensed by the Department of Education of the State of Delaware, accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and authorized by the Government of Italy to operate as an American four-year university in Rome. From this number, our friends at JCU will be in charge with the Studying (in) Italy column of our magazine: but this is not the only thing we will do together. More to come, soon: We the Italians is very excited about this agreement!

Finally, we are very happy and proud to be supportive as media partners to the Piccola Cucina event of the Italian Cultural & Community Center in Houston, which is fundraising to renovate its facility. We strongly encourage all our readers from Texas and from the South area to be part of the event and donate to help the renovation of the historical building that hosts this organization. The Italian Cultural & Community Center is one of the most active and alive institution, among the many that represent Italian contents in several States of the US: all of them are archived in our websites. The Italian community in Texas is very lucky to have such a wonderful institution in Houston.

We hope that soon other Italian cultural institutions will want to contact us at info@wetheitalians.com, we'll be more than glad to partner up with you all, telling all over the US and to our Italian readers in Italy about your efforts, dedication and love for our common, beautiful country.

That's all for now. So stay tuned, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride. The future's so bright, we gotta wear shades!