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Learn a Language, Join a Community
“He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.” – Goethe In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian, an immersive, language-learning travel experience – offers an inside look into her company’s travel program, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, Culture, Europe, Family, Food, Heritage, History, International, Italian, Italian American, Italian Food, Italy, Writer
Tagged Abruzzo-Molise, Agnone, Cultural Immersion, Culture, Immersion, International Travel, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestor, Italian Ancestry, Italian City, Italian culture, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian Language, Italian Life, Italian town, Italy, Italy travel, Language, Language Immersion, Language Learning, Molise, Southern Italy, Tourism, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Blogger, Traveler, traveling
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NIAF on Capitol Hill: Vol. 5
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 graduates … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Family, Heritage, History, Italian, Italian American, National Italian American Foundation, NIAF
Tagged Capitol Building, Capitol Hill, College Intern, college student, College Students, Congress, Congressional, Congressional Fellowship, Congressman, Congressman Scalise, DC, Fellow, Fellowship, Government Internship, Intern, Internship, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestor, Italian Ancestry, Italian Heritage, Representative, Steve Scalise, student, United States, United States Government, Washington DC
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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
Posted in Blog, Culture, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Uncategorized
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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A Cry of Help from an Italian Village
A group of Georgian Court University students have made it their personal mission to help save a small, Italian village named Bedonia, in the Emilia Romagna region. With the economic crisis in Italy, businesses and citizens struggle to keep afloat, … Continue reading
Remembering the Master Copper-Smiths
In this week’s #NIAFblog, our guest blogger, Jenifer Landor – founder of Live and Learn Italian, offers a fascinating look into the heritage of a small Italian town in the Apennine hills, known for its artisan work in copper. The little town of Agnone, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italy, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Abruzzo-Molise, Agnone, Apennine, artisans, copper, coppersmith, craftmanship, History, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestry, Italian Art, Italian artisan, Italian artisans, Italian community, Italian culture, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian major, Italian Tradition, Italian Traditions, local, local craftmanship, Molise, Tradition
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A Gala Experience
Haley Prater, the recipient of The NIAF Marnell Foundation Scholarship in 2014-2015-2016, had the opportunity to attend and volunteer at this month’s NIAF 41st Anniversary Gala Weekend. Haley blogged about her experience on her personal blog, but we’ve decided to share … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Uncategorized
Tagged Captain America, Gala, Gala dinner, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestry, Italian Heritage, Italian Pride, Marvel, National Italian American Foundation, NIAF, Russo, Russo Brothers, The Avengers
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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
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestry, Christopher Columbus, Columbus Day, Columbus Day Parade, Heritage, Immigrant, immigration, Indigenous Peoples Day, Italian, Italian American, Italian Americans, Italian Ancestry, Italian Heritage
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Meet NIAF
We want you to know the staff working behind-the-scenes here at the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), so we are taking the opportunity to introduce you to one of our staff members! This week, we introduce you to Julia Streisfeld, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Culture, History, Italian, Italian American, Italy, NIAF, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancestry, arancini, Culture, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Famiglia, Immigrant, immigrants, Italian, Italian American, Italian Ancestry, Italian culture, Italian Family, Italian Heritage, Italian History, Italian immigrants, Italian Language, Italian Life, Italian literature, Italian major, Italian Pride, Italian studies, Italian Style, New York, New York City, NIAF, NIAF Blog, Pesto, prosciutto
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