Un nuovo momento: Reframing Columbus By Reclaiming Our Italian Past

330 Homer Street,Newton MA 02459

21 October, 2021

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Registration at newtonfreelibrary.net is required. Tickets issued by Eventbrite will not be honored. Please do not use the ticket feature. We are not accepting Eventbrite registrations. Please register (required) here. In an era in which anti-racism efforts are center stage in the U.S., it has become increasingly difficult to justify association with the historical record of Columbus, the original European invader of the Indigenous nations of the Americas. Must the Italian American community be forever linked to this violent legacy in order for us to be considered American? Join us for a discussion with Gabriel Piemonte, founder and president of the Italian American Heritage Society of Chicago, in which the history of Italian American political culture is traced and a path forward is mapped which respects both Italian American heritage and faces the uncomfortable truths of our past. This program is part of Overdue: Confronting Race and Racism in Newton. http://www.newtonfreelibrary.net/