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Wondering if you qualify for Italian dual citizenship? Overwhelmed by the process? Look no further. Lauren Hopkins from Your Italian Passport will walk you through the process and answer your questions in tonight’s webinar that will be live-streamed on our Facebook page: “Your Italian Passport – A Conversation about Dual Citizenship” at 6pm EST. If you like NIAF’s Facebook page, you’ll get a notification to tune in when we go live. We hope you’ll join us! 🇮🇹🇺🇸Buona #FestadellaRepubblica! Today is Italian National Day, a holiday that commemorates the end of the monarchy. This year, watch Italy's Ambassador Armando Varricchio's address the #ItalianAmerican community live on the @italyinus’s Facebook page today at 11:30am EST.NIAF Membership #Giveaway with @mydadssauce! To kickstart our #JoinNIAFinJune membership campaign, NIAF is offering its members a chance to win a jar of My Dad’s Sauce, a NIAF Buon Appetito! apron, a NIAF Make Sunday Italian Again wooden spoon, and Celebrity Chef Mary Ann Esposito’s latest cookbook "Ciao Italia: My Lifelong Food Adventures in Italy"! 🇮🇹🇺🇸🙏🏼 NIAF Members eligible to win this gift must follow these three easy steps: 1. Like NIAF, Mary Ann Esposito, and My Dad's Sauce's Facebook pages; 2. Follow both NIAF and @mydadssauce Instagram accounts; and 3. Email media@niaf.org confirming that they did steps 1 & 2 above. The contest will run until June 10 and the winner will be announced on June 12! Don’t wait, enter today!Support NIAF’s mission during this difficult time by becoming a NIAF Member this month for our #JoinNIAFinJune campaign. Throughout June, NIAF will showcase the #resources, scholarships, grants, programs, and other #benefits we offer on NIAF’s social media. Today, we want to share a little about #WhoWeAre: The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C. As the unifying voice of the Italian American #community, NIAF seeks funding for #charitable works and donations, #scholarships, educational #grants, and student travel to Italy, among other notable #programs. Becoming a #Member of NIAF is affordable and opens the door to so much – including learning more about where your ancestors came from – but more tangibly, goes to fund efforts to connect our community to resources and provide it with #opportunities to gather and celebrate, and to learn and grow. If we have #ItalianAmericans and Italophiles like YOU joining and supporting our cause, NIAF can more effectively carry out our #mission to preserve, protect and promote Italian American #heritage. Become a #NIAFMember today by visiting NIAF.org and going to our membership tab. Grazie 🇺🇸🇮🇹🙏🏼❤️LAST CHANCE! Buy a NIAF polo today! #FathersDay is right around the corner and polos make great Father's Day #gifts! But don't buy one just for dad—buy one for everyone in the whole family with #youthsizes available too! This limited time offer helps support NIAF's scholarship and education programs—work we cannot do without you! #Deadline to order is 11:59pm EST TONIGHT. Order now—visit #linkinbio."Beginners 1 with Aperitivo" is your chance to learn the language of your Italian ancestors! This virtual course offered by the @italian.cultural.society is even giving #NIAFMembers a special discount! Prior Italian language knowledge isn't required and the last 15 minutes are dedicated to preparing and sharing a virtual #aperitivo Italian style. The course starts this Thursday, June 4, so register now by visiting “Links” story highlight.Recent Tweets
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Finding Your Roots
Words cannot adequately describe the experience that our family had with Roots ’n Tours during our visit to Sicily. We had asked Rosario and his team to help us do some research on our family prior to our trip. Through … Continue reading
NIAF on Capitol Hill: Vol. 2
At the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), we believe strongly in supporting future generations of the Italian American community. This is why we created the NIAF Congressional Fellowship; with it, we place outstanding Italian American college students, graduate students and recent … Continue reading
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March 29, 2017
Tagged Capitol Hill, Congress, DC, Fellow, Fellowship, Government, Intern, Internship, Italian, Italian American, Italian American Women, Italian Americans, Italian Ancestry, Italian community, Italian culture, Italian Heritage, Italian Women, NIAF, NIAF Anniversary Gala, Senate, U.S. Government, Washington DC
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Italy’s Christmas Witch: The Befana Tradition
Perhaps one of the most beloved characters in Italian folklore – at least among children – is that of Befana. Although her origins are not always clear, Befana has now become popular nationwide in Italy, serving as a representation of … Continue reading
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January 5, 2017
Tagged Babbo Natale, Befana, Buon Natale, Christian, Christian Traditions, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Christmas Witch, Epiphany, Feast of the Epiphany, Italian, Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Traditions, Italian Women, Natale, Roman, Santa Claus, Three Wise Men, Tradition, Traditions, Witch
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Truffle Season
Fall in Italy is a season of warm colors, festivals and, of course, incredible food. With every season come new tastes and culinary traditions in each region of Italy and one of the most popular, which has made its way … Continue reading
A Day about Italians Should Be Called Just That
By John M. Viola, President, National Italian American Foundation For the past few years, as summer fades into autumn and October approaches, I’m inevitably inundated with calls from media to talk about the great elephant in the Italian American room: Columbus … Continue reading
Italy’s Earthquake: A Call to Action
To the Italian American community: On Wednesday morning, August 24, 2016, a large part of central Italy was struck by a devastating earthquake. This tragic disaster has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, and words cannot convey the deep loss … Continue reading
Festa della Mamma
Mamma By Gabriella Mileti, NIAF Director of Programs Sophia Loren once said, “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. You are connected to your child and to all those who touch your lives. A … Continue reading
Un Minuto con…
By Rosario Mariani, http://www.europebychoice.com Mikhail Gorbachev e’ di origine Pugliese! After the Crimean War (1853 to 1856), the local economy was devastated and since Crimea was a peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea, fishing was encouraged and exploited. Thus, the authorities … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Florence, gold coins, Italian, Italian American, Italian Americans, Mickhail Gorbachev, Puglia, Pugliesi, Un Minuto con
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Day 24 of 31 Days of Italians – Tony Bennett
Resiliency best describes legendary jazz singer Tony Bennett. His musical career has spanned well over half a century, having created his own singing style that integrates jazz with voice imitation of instrumental solos. Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto , in 1926, … Continue reading
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Tagged Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Heritage Month, ItalianPride, Italy, Jazz, music, New York, NIAF, Performer, Pop, Singer, Tony Bennett
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Day 10 of 31 Days of Italians – Frank Sinatra
By John M. Viola, NIAF president and chief operating officer To many of us Frank Sinatra will always be remembered as the “Chairman of the Board”, but did you know the sobriquet is more than just a creative nickname? Not … Continue reading
