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The Terrazzo Sun Dial Project
The Foundation embarked on an ambitious project in 2023, to create and dedicate a Sun Dial honoring the Pellarin family for their historically important role in bringing the arts and artisans of terrazzo to the U.S. in the early 20th century. A giant 4 feet in diameter dial is to be installed in Union City,…
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How Many Italians Are There? Look to the Italian Diaspora.
(contains a map of the Italian Diaspora) by Silvio Laccetti It’s spring and I am preparing a global outreach for my Foundation’s WorldCast 23 Environmental Studies broadcast for high school students.These include students in Italian Studies classes as well as in environmental sciences. In searching the globe for both Italian Studies and Environmental Sciences students,…
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Italian Diaspora Has Helped Shape the World
by Silvio Lacetti Jersey Journal / nj.com While preparing a global outreach for my foundation’s WorldCast 23 environmental studies broadcast for high school students, I pondered the vast settlement of Italians worldwide, the Italian diaspora. Americans, particularly Italian Americans, are barely aware of the dimensions of the Italian diaspora. People of Italian heritage have played…