The Italian Consul General of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles COMITES, along with the Harbor area Italian American organizing committee, have announced that a community wide meeting and seminar will take place in San Pedro this coming April 18, 2013 at the very welcoming auditorium facilities of Mary Star of the Sea Church located 870 W. 8th Street San Pedro.
 
The meeting is scheduled to start promptly  at 6:00PM with several important subjects  to address. The first being the opportunity for Consul General of Italy, the Hon.  Giuseppe Perrone, and the President of 
the COMITES Valerio Chiarotti to formally meet with the Harbor area and San Pedro Italian American Community.

Consul Giuseppe Perrone

Consul Giuseppe Perrone

 
Secondly, for the local Los Angeles COMITES to address  the Harbor area residents on  its varied functions as well as its main role of serving and representing Italian citizens in the southwestern part of the United States. And thirdly, and most significantly, for the Italian consular staff  to convey  and inform the largest concentration of Italian Americans in Southern California on the numerous services offered by its office, as well as to entertain questions from the audience pertaining to specific issues, such as the numerous entitlements, pensions, etc., benefiting Italian citizens.
 
Although COMITES is widely known to represent Italian citizens wherever they find themselves away from their home country, not many may recognize the fact that the organization acts as their  local representatives to the world-wide organization known as Consiglio Generale  degli Italiani all’Estero and, through this entity, both to the Italian Parliament as well as the 6 parliamentary seats allocated to Italian citizens living abroad.
 
Additionally, and as further  information to the readers, the Los Angeles COMITES, as originally envisaged by Italian legislation, and designed to extend legal rights and representation to Italian citizens living abroad, functions as the main intermediary between the thousands of Italian citizens living in the Los Angeles Consular circumscription, which includes not only Southern California but Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
 
Locally, the current Board of COMITES members consists of a President (Valerio Chiarotti), a Vice President (Cynthia Catalino), a Secretary (Giampaolo Mancuso), a Treasurer (Marisa Antonini),  and ten Counselors, (Nando Basile, Rosa Di Masi, Filippo Floridia,  Mario Gerla, Ugo Mamolo, Duccio Mortillaro, Giovanni Parente, Ben Piazza, Giuseppe Sasso)  all of whom have been either directly elected by past formal elections by eligible voters or “co-opted” from the community at large and representing Italian American organizations.
 
For inquiries about this very important and informative forthcoming meeting, please call (310) 691-8907 or e-mail at comites@comitesla.net

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