Portrayed by press and public opinion as ʻcriminalsʼ, Italian immigrants suffered discrimination and violence in the United States. The lynching of eleven of them in Louisiana represented the height of racial hatred against them
Vincenzo Sellaro, moved to New York at the end of the 19th century, fought for the rights to the medical care of his fellow countrymen and women and founded the largest network of mutual aid overseas
Leaving behind one’s beloved and habits requires a great courage, but also an unconditional passion. In fact, as the Sicilian writer Vincenzo Consolo once said, the act of leaving reflects the civilization level of a people. Sicilians who leave their land are neither disdainful nor disappointed, but eager to grow and do some good...
Born in the Philippines but arrived in Sicily when she was a year old, the young woman helps the second-generation immigrants to find their place in society through an association she personally founded after being discriminated in her childhood. This is her way to react to the current government and to the recent “Decreto...
Sicily has dazzled the Polish interior architect Joanna Bartkowiak since her first trip to the island and for over 15 years, enough to make her want to resume her studies of Sicilian literature. About the discovery of such a new and unimaginable land she said: «As I flew, I didn't know what to expect...
You meet new people, visit incredible places and maybe fall in love as well, while learning another language and passing exams thanks to a good scholarship. Friends and relatives are convinced that you are happy to live abroad, then you come back, and everyone believes you are happy to be home again. But is...
A country so beautiful and yet little known, if not through second-hand news and many prejudices. It is enough to go there and have this 47-year-old restaurateur and pioneer from Messina as a guide to discover a fascinating and perhaps not so “foreign” land You are probably asking what you could possibly do once...
Young, talented and creative: here is how the Sicilian Gaspare and Alessandro climbed the success in London bars between a Passito and a glass of Marsala For us it is not a matter of success, but of passion: moving to London was necessary because this city represents the capital of cocktails, but we always...
