Thirty-One Days of Italians
Thirty-One Days of Italians
Celebrate Italian American Heritage Month
Promote Italian American Heritage Month
Thirty-One Italians
Contributing to America
Contributing to the World
Italian American Doll
Remembering Our Heritage
2007 Quick Facts
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2007 List of Thirty-One Italians
 

In September 2006, while researching and writing the October issue of Tutto Italiano, I wondered why Italian American Heritage Month wasn’t commonly celebrated throughout the United States. "It needs to be promoted," I thought, and the idea of

Thirty-One Days of Italians was born.

In celebration of Italian heritage, I’ve compiled a list of Italians and Italian Americans who should be recognized for their extraordinary achievements. There are many, but this list is limited to 31 – one for each day in October. This list will be sent to the media each year to assist in publicizing Italian American Heritage Month.

Become a sponsor of Thirty-One Days of Italians.
 
Several sponsorship levels are available for organizations, businesses, and Italian-related Web sites. Your logo with link will be featured on selected pages of this Web site.
 
Individuals can be sponsors, too. Help preserve Italian heritage for future generations, or to honor your ancestors - your parents, or grandparents, or great grandparents who immigrated to America from Italy.   
 

 

 

Updated March 14. 2008

 

New Vote in 2008

A new vote will take place this year to select fourteen accomplished Italians and Italian Americans to honor during Italian American Heritage Month, October 2008. Details will be posted soon.

 

More names added.

The Literary section now includes Helen Barolini, John Ciardi, Pietro di Donato, and Daniela Gioseffi. Read about their contributions to Italian American culture and then read some of their books. It's been said that reading the works of Italian American authors will help preserve our heritage and culture.

 

Thirty-One Days of Italians is evolving. To make it easier to navigate Contributing to America, the categories have been grouped on separate pages. The list will remain open for nominees. The same applies to the list of those Contributing to the World, and accomplishments will be added as time permits.

 

 

Let’s put Italian American Heritage Month on the calendar throughout America and make it a month of honor and respect for our Italian heritage that will be celebrated all year long.

 

This Web site was created to educate people about the accomplishments of Italians and Italian Americans and to get others involved in promoting Italian American Heritage Month. We have an amazing culture that must be shared and the goal of Thirty-One Days of Italians is to broaden knowledge and understanding of our culture. This is a huge project and, if successful, it will change the way the media portrays Italians and the way the general public views Italians.

 

 

Previous Notes

2007 was the first year that Thirty-One Days of Italians was celebrated, and it received a very favorable response from the Italian American community. Among the milestones:

 

The National Italian American Foundation awarded me a grant for my work in promoting Italian American culture.

 

The Italian Historical Society of America expanded its Web site to include biographies of Italians who have contributed to the advancement of humankind. The Web site also features the current and some past issues of my e-newsletter, Tutto Italiano.

 

A beautiful new magazine, In Buona Salute, published in Northern California, placed a quarter-page banner for Thirty-One Days of Italians in its inaugural October/November 2007 issue.

 

Representatives from a variety of Italian related Web sites and organizations acknowledged Thirty-One Days of Italians, among them The Italian American Press, ItaliaUsa.com, The Annotico Report, Italian in Utah, the Christopher Columbus Italian Society, Italian American One Voice Coalition, and ItalianAmericanWriters.com. The Queens Times published the Press Release and the Bluefield Daily Telegraph in West Virginia published a letter that mentioned Thirty-One Days of Italians.

 

Last March, fifteen of the sixty-two nominees for those Contributing to America were selected Honorary Members. This list includes Italian and Italian Americans whose contributions have advanced and/or changed American culture. On this list – and on the first day of Italian American Heritage Month – is the Italian Immigrant, in appreciation of their journey to America.

 

In June, fourteen nominees were voted to the list of Thirty-One; and a new category was added – Your Favorite Italian, which is celebrated on the last day of Italian American Heritage Month.

 

 

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Do you know others interested in Italian heritage? Send them an e-mail by clicking on the envelope below. This Web site address is automatically included in your message.

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If you value Italian heritage, please get involved. Tell everyone about the wonderful Italians who have contributed so much to America and the world, and promote Italian American Heritage Month.

Ideas to promote our heritage with activities for children and adults.

 

 

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New Feature Coming Soon!
 
Articles about the history of Italian immigrants and their lives in America.

 
 
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Copyright 2008 Janice Therese Mancuso
 
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