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You know that sometimes in these interviews I have the pleasure of knowing leaders of Italian and Italian American communities throughout the United States. Today my personal tour of America takes me to the North Star State, Minnesota, where I meet Sandra Gengler. Born and raised in Ancona, in the Marche region, she moved to the US to attend colleg...

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Il Centro Studi del Museo Regionale dell’Emigrazione “Pietro Conti” di Gualdo Tadino, pubblica periodicamente ricerche dedicate alla storia dell’emigrazione italiana all’estero nei volumi della collana “I Quaderni del Museo dell’Emigrazione”, a cura di Alberto Sorbini, direttore dell’Isuc e responsabile scientifico della stessa. È da poco uscito il...

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When we think of Italian immigration to the US,  our thoughts immediately go to the sunny shores and hills of Southern Italy and we’re not making a mistake, really: of the 9 million people who arrived to America from the  Belpaese between 1880 and  1915, about 70% was from the  South.  But believing that Northerners weren’t interested in realizing...

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These are difficult times for Italian Americans, but maybe they always have been. Ever since they arrived, Italians who emigrated to America have very often been treated with contempt, and have worked very hard to earn the respect that is due to them, sacrificing their lives, giving hard work and talent and beauty and excellence to the United State...

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Italians were some of the first European explorers and settlers of California. While the majority of Italians settled in the urban centers of eastern California, many northern Italians came out west to the Pacific coast. One of these notable Italian immigrants was Andrea Sbarboro.  Sbarboro was a businessman by heart and by nature, founding and man...

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Close to seventeen million people in the United States, approximately 6 percent of the total population, identified themselves as Italian Americans in the 2016 census. Constituting the nation’s fifth largest ancestry group, they are the descendants of one of the greatest diasporas in human history. Since 1860, twenty-nine million Italians have left...

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The Sicilian regional administrative court approved an appeal lodged by the central government in Rome for Sunday's decree to be scrapped, the AGI news agency reported. Musumeci has clashed with officials in Rome over the issue, but anti-migrant opposition League party leader Matteo Salvini praised the move ahead of local elections next month. The...

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Una maratona online durata oltre cinque ore - domenica 23 agosto - ha tenuto incollati più di cinquemila seguaci ai Pc sparsi in varie parti del mondo nell’incontro virtuale sui temi della casa, delle radici e del ritorno. Il Festival delle Spartenze ha chiuso il mese di agosto con un appuntamento online sulla propria pagina Facebook dove, in una v...

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Italian emigration to America at the end of the XIX and beginning of the XX Century is rightfully the predominant one when dealing with the theme of the Italian diaspora in the United States and more generally in the Americas. Numerically impressive, that emigration is by narrative and description "THE" emigration. But it is not the only time that...

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Friday, August 14, 2020. 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm EST. 75 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar will take place online through Google Meet. The webinar is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. REGISTER NOW Join Angela Cacciarru and the first part of "Italian Americans" series.A popu...

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