Migration Stories: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Dedicated to the socio-political aspects of Italian emigration, the evening will present two projects sponsored by ANFE in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY.

 

Wednesday, October 14 - 6:00PM. 
 
"Pane e Pregiudizio" by Giovanna Taviani.
Based on an idea of Gaetano Calà, National Director of ANFE, the documentary traces the 65-year story of this historic association, established  in 1947 by Hon. Maria Federici, member of the first parliament of the Italian Republic. 

“Italian in Politics in America: Conversations with Italian-American Legislators of the State of New York” by Ottorino Cappelli

The book collects 25 interviews with New York legislators of Italian origin, videotaped for the Calandra Institute's Oral History Archive, recently entitled to Maria Federici through a partnership with ANFE. It presents the Italian-American experience as told by those members of the community who have been successful in one particular social realm: te running for and the holding of elected office. Or, to put it in a different way, ir examines New York politics as seen through the eyes of one of is most numerous single components, American of Italian ancestry.

Natalia Quintavalle, Consul General of Italy, New York

Giorgio Van Straten, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, New York
Gaetano Calà, National Director of ANFE

Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, CUNY

Ottorino Cappelli, Univrsità di Napoli "L'Orientale"

 Refreshments offered by Rosanna Cooking