We the Italians July 18, 2016 - 81 | Page 4

th tH # 81 JULY 18 , 2016 # 81 juLY 18 , 2016 read previous #Editorials EDITORIAL #81: What’s up with WTI By Umberto Mucci Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 81st issue of our online magazine. At We the Italians there’s a lot going on. We’re working on a complete restyling of our website, which will be ready in September and won’t disappoint our readers. In the meantime, on behalf of We the Italians I’ve been honored to participate to a couple of important happenings. The first one took place in Rome, at the Rome Campus of St. John’s University where I had the honor to be the keynote speaker of the second conference of the American Italian Sociohistorical Association, organized by my good friend Prof. Louis Gesualdi. 4 | WE THE ITALIANS www.wetheitalians.com The second one was the presentation of the Italian version of our book in Reggio Calabria, where I had the pleasure to have with me as speakers Hon. Colombia A. Barrosse, American Consul in Naples; Prof. Simone Cinotto, one of the 50 interviewees and author of the book “Making Italian America: Consumer Cul- We’re also very happy because We the Italians sponsored for the second time the Italian team who played against USA at the Newport Polo Club in Newport, Rhode Island for the 25th season of the Newport International Polo Series. With 2,000 people attending, at the end of a very tight match, USA beat Italy, led by Captain Marco Elser and top players from Rome, by 8 to 7: but what’s impor- ture and the Production of Ethnic Identities”; and Paolo Zagami, representative for Calabria of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy. More than 200 people attended the event in a wonderful location. WE THE ITALIANS | 5 www.wetheitalians.com