Dear IAA Members and Supporters Columbus Day is under threat AGAIN, this time in NH. New Hampshire House Bill HB1335 Removal of Columbus Day, has been docketed for a hearing by the House Executive Departments and Administration Committee at 2pm, February 21, 2024 in the Legislative Office Building, Room 306-308, 33 North State Street, Concord, NH 03301. Please take a moment to send an email opposing this bill, HB1335, to the members of the committee. We have provided you a list of emails for the committee as well as a sample email you can send, below. Simply cut and paste the e ..read more

CALL TO ACTION:   THERE IS STILL TIME TO EMAIL COMMITTE MEMBERS IN SUPPORT OF COLUMBUS DAY   Dear IAA Members and Supporters We still have until TONIGHT to email the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to urge them to vote AGAINST advancing the two anti-Columbus Day bills, H2989 (sponsored by Rep Christine Barber (D), Somerville) and S1976 (sponsored by Sen Joanne Comerford (D), Northampton) out of committee. Can you please take a moment to write the committee members asking them to oppose these bills and to vote against moving them out of committee? We ..read more

Dear IAA Members and Supporters Thank you for your continued support in keeping Columbus Day a State Holiday in Massachusetts. It was reported to us in November that the group calling for a ballot question in 2024 to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People Day collected ZERO signatures. As a result this effort to erase our Italian-American heritage has been defeated. However we must still contend with the 2 bills pending before the legislature which would also cancel Columbus Day. As you remember, in October, the IAA had members attend a public hearing for these bills ..read more

Mass in Honor of the Life and Works of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Mass in honor of Mother Cabrini will be celebrated tomorrow, Sunday Nov 12th, at 10:30am at St Leonard's in the North End, 320 Hannover St, Boston, MA. HEROES AND HEROINES - SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI, M.S.C. By Frank Mazzaglia, November 8, 2019 At birth, her name was Francesca Saverio Cabrini. After her death, she is now known as Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini, the patron saint of Immigrants. When she was canonized on July 7, 1946 by Pope Pius XII, some 122,000 people filled Soldier Field in Chicago for a Mass of thanksgiving ..read more

An open letter from The Italian American Alliance Denouncing Anti-Semitism and the Atrocities of October 7, 2023 In Italian lore, there is story told of a landowner who pleads with his neighbor to help him repair a wall along the river which is rising in a heavy storm. Without a pause, the neighbor agrees and explains to his family. “It’s enough that he is my neighbor, but I also know that the flood will not stop on his land.” The Italian American Alliance, a group of over 7,000 Italian Americans who support social justice for all, publicly denounce anti-Semitism and the scapegoating of Jews t ..read more

Dear IAA Members, It is my pleasure as VP President of the IAA to share my amazing visit and experience at the White House on October 1 2th. It truly was an honor to be part of this delegation of American Italians who were invited by The First Lady to the White House for the first time ever reception to honor Italian American Heritage Month. She is the first Italian-American to serve as the First Lady! Her speech took place in the famous East Room which is next to the Green, Blue, and Red Rooms which have many of the oil paintings of past presidents. You cannot help but to be overwhelmed by t ..read more

On October 9th, Italians affectionately gathered at the Tall Ship Park in East Boston in commemoration of Italian Heritage Month and in honor of Christopher Columbus. The event was hosted by the Italian American Alliance to celebrate and share our culture and heritage with the thousands who attended the event. Sponsors of the event included: The National Italian American Foundation, the Consulate General of Italy in Boston, the Veronica Robles Cultural Center, the Post Gazette, the Center for Italian Studies at Fitchburg State University, Ansonia Council 1513 of the Knights of Columbus, Angel ..read more

QUARTO ABEUNTE SAECULO ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON THE COLUMBUS QUADRICENTENNIAL To Our Venerable Brethren, the Archbishops and Bishops of Spain, Italy, and the two Americas. Now that four centuries have sped since a Ligurian first, under God's guidance, touched shores unknown beyo nd the Atlantic, the whole world is eager to celebrate the memory of the event, and glorify its author. Nor could a worthier reason be found where through zeal should be kindled. For the exploit is in itself the highest and grandest which any age has ever seen accomplished by man; and he who achieved it, for the ..read more

Friends, Celebrate Columbus Day with the IAA! Please join us for our Second Annual Columbus Day Italian American Cultural Celebration! Columbus Day, Monday, October 9, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tall Ship Park, 1 East Pier Dr., East Boston, Pier 1 FOOD, VENDORS, MUSIC, CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES FREE ADMISSION – ALL ARE WELCOME For more information as to how you can participate, please contact Carol Rossi at ,iaafestaitaliana@outlook.com ..read more

Friends, We are still waiting to confirm the time and location of the committee hearing regarding the 2 Anti-Columbus Day bills, tentatively scheduled for October 3, 2023 at the State House. In the meantime, however, you can still help. Please take a moment to email the members of the committee and respectfully let them know you are OPPOSED to replacing Columbus Day as a state holiday. Below, we have provided the emails for the committee members as well as a sample email to send them. Simply copy and paste them into your email system. We are also looking for people to give live testimony at t ..read more