OSDIA "Capitolo di Roma” #3002 BIMONTHLY NEWSLETTER No. 2 - Year 1 JULY-AUGUST 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Every issue of Caput Mundi offe r s y o u t h e m o s t interesting news in the field of Italy-US relations. Amici Per Sempre From the desk of Capitolo di Capitolo di Roma will meet online with Roma Founder and President, Carmelo Cutuli key persons in the Italy-USA relations Read full article > page 7 Members of Capitolo di Roma of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America meet every month on Google’s online videoconferencing platform to honor an important player in the Italian-US relations scene Members of Capitolo di Roma of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America meet every month on Google’s online videoconferencing platform to honor an important player in the Italian- US relations scene. Vincenzo Sellaro Each speech is followed by a Question An italian language video Time exclusively dedicated to members about the life and the work of and selected guests. A summary of the OSDIA founder Sellaro event is then made available on the OSDIA's Capitolo di Roma YouTube Read full article > page 2 channel to spread the most important contents to an external audience. Online meetings are held live on the Google Meet platform, and have an average length of an hour and a half. Summaries of the event on Youtube have an average length of a quarter an hour and are uploaded online the week subsequent to the live event. Attendance at each event is reserved Michele Ficara for members of Capitolo di Roma. Non- A speech by The Swiss members can request an invitation from Blockchain Consortium the secretary ([email protected]). Read full article > page 5 #news Page 2 Capitolo di Roma celebrate OSDIA Sicilian Art Critic Paolo Battaglia La Terra founder Vincenzo Sellaro with an Borgese become youtube biopic in italian language Honorary Member of OSDIA Capitolo di Roma Battaglia La Terra Borgese gave his voice to Capitolo di Roma Video on Sellaro’s life Paolo Battaglia La Terra Borgese is a sicilian art critic, in 1984 he graduated in Set Design with highest honors. Until 1999 he joined niche companies for art and art book publishing for bibliophiles. Since 2000 his work has concentrated in the drafting of An Youtube videopic about OSDIA founder Vincenzo Sellaro was made by Capitolo di Roma on the basis of an texts for third parties. In 2011 he founded article wrote by president Cutuli. The article was adapted for video and narrated by Sicilian art critic Paolo the Premio Arte Pentafoglio, an honor apt to Battaglia La Terra Borgese. insignire annually artists, writers and ordinary citizens who have oriented their Among the first significant cultural initiatives founding the Columbus Italian Hospital, Dr. thinking and their actions towards the good put in place by the OSDIA Capitolo di Roma, Sellaro realized that for most immigrants to humanitarian. Among the most authoritative figures awarded the honor detaches that a youtube biopic on the life of Vincenzo the United States and Canada, mutual aid Philippe Daverio. In 2012, signs an Sellaro was created. societies had provided opportunities for them agreement with the University of Palermo, t o s p e a k t h e i r n a t i v e becoming Tutor in internships for graduates The video documentary was languages and keep their and undergraduates. In 2013 the Academy made on an arrangement of “old country” customs alive. of Sicily appointed him, together with the an article, published on the highest Sicilian Authority, among the italian magazine Formiche, Formiche’s article I n 1 9 0 4 , D r. S e l l a r o permanent members of the National Liolà by President Cutuli. The and this video are the conceived the idea of Prize Honorary Committee, important Sicilian art critic Paolo uniting all Italian Americans recognition which were awarded celebrities Battaglia La Terra Borgese only document, of into one large fraternal such as the actress Debora Caprioglio and Damiano Damiani, director of The Octopus, lent his narrating voice to this kind, in italian organization. On June 7, miniseries RAI. In 2014, je coins the term the documentary. language about the 1 9 0 5 , h e h e l d a n “participatory” meaning retrain and re- organizational meeting at interpret the role of the artist in the group Vincenzo Sellaro, founder of his home. Present were exhibitions. For the 2014/2015 he was the Order Sons of Italy in life and the work of Antonio Marzullo, a lawyer; appointed Prefect of the Rotary Club America, was born April 24, OSDIA founder L u d o v i c o F e r r a r i , a Palermo Sud. From 2015 to 2018 he served 1868, in Polizzi Generosa in artistic consultant to the City of Castronovo p h a r m a c i s t ; G i u s e p p e the province of Palermo, Vincenzo Sellaro di Sicilia, where he led the creation of the Carlino, a sculptor; and Sicily. His parents were Museum of Contemporary Art in Palazzo Pietro Viscardi and Roberto Giandalia. He worked alongside the Giuseppe Sellaro, a shoemaker, and Serafino Merlo, two barbers. The first formal meeting Embassy of Poland in Italy, Embassy of the Polizzotto. As is customary for the first boy in of the Order was held three weeks later. Republic of Armenia, the Embassy of Austria many southern Italian families, he was named in international organizations such as after his paternal grandfather. At that second meeting, Dr. Sellaro was UNESCO, Public Schools, the Journalists’ elected as National President) of the Sons of Association, Medical Association. Has He received his medical degree in 1895 from Italy. The name of the group was soon curated cancel philatelic with the Italian the University of Naples and immigrated to changed to L’Ordine Figli d’Italia in America Post. Has honored teachers of the University the United States in 1897 where he settled in of Bern. In 2016, as a man of culture, he was (the Order Sons of Italy in America or OSIA), a New York City. Based upon his experience in awarded the honorary title of Knight of the golden lion was adopted as its emblem. Supreme Order and the Ancient Rite Regenerated Templar – Supreme Grand Council of the 9th Grade Cathedrale. In 2017 he founded in Milan Italy Activate party with https://youtu.be/uZY_qaeXNas other people. His latest works are: Embassy of Austria in international organizations such a s U N E S C O , P u b l i c S c h o o l s , t h e Vincenzo Sellaro ed il contributo degli emigrati italiani in USA is J o u r n a l i s t s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n , M e d i c a l available on YouTube. Association, has curated cancel philatelic with the Italian Postal service, has honored teacher of the University of Bern. #italianamericans Page 3 OSDIA and the largest italian-american organizations join forces to defend the memory of Columbus In the wake of the recent attacks on Columbus Day and the statues of Christopher Columbus, which have spread throughout the United States, the five most important organizations supporting the Italian-American community of over 23 million people across the United States have decided to join forces, founding the National Columbus Education Foundation. The Order of the Sons of Italy in America (www.osia.org), together with other population who, for centuries now, have Columbus Day should be preserved and important organizations supporting considered it to be the identity of the celebrated by all Americans. Americans of Italian descent, the United States". This was stated by Columbus Citizens Foundation, ISDA, "We of the Order of the Sons of Italy in OSDIA Capitolo di Roma president, America - continues Cutuli - will also NIAF and UNICO National, have joined Carmelo Cutuli. forces for an unprecedented operation support the activities of the National by funding the establishment of the The National Columbus Education Columbus Education Foundation by N a t i o n a l C o l u m b u s E d u c a t i o n Foundation was founded to conduct and collaborating on a series of research Foundation. disseminate research, studies and projects contributing to the development analysis on the figure of Christopher of educational materials and multimedia "We are witnessing an unprecedented Columbus. The Foundation intends to content accessible to the general public attack on the symbols of American develop political solutions and proposals and opinion makers in particular". culture and in particular on the memory to support the preservation of Columbus of Christopher Columbus, a symbol very The Foundation is preparing to launch a Day, rectifying the false narrative major public campaign and a website dear not only to the Italian-American surrounding the famous navigator. The community, guardian of the memory of called KnowColumbus to promote a resources will be directed to promote a more objective approach to reading the Italian navigator who discovered the social debate on the many reasons why new world, but also to the rest of the US Colombo's work. NIAF to Honor Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in 2020 with Leonardo da Vinci Award NIAF Award for Leadership in Health and Science will be presented to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is proud to important basic scientific observations that underpin the announce that NIAF’s prestigious 2020 Leonardo da Vinci current understanding of the regulation of the human immune Award for Leadership in Health and Science will be presented response.