Today’s Italy is the future that pushes forward in the USA

National Italian American Heritage Month. In the United States, the month of October celebrates the Italian and Italian American contribution to the Country’s progress. And L’Italo-Americano, which has been giving voice to the Italian-American community of the West Coast since 1908, can’t but join the celebrations.

 

When the paper was founded by Gabriello Spini, its main objective was clear: “To inform, bring together, and support” the growing Italian community of Los Angeles. This mission has remained the same throughout the years, but it has been extended to other communities. Today the newspaper is distributed in four different States, with the aim of connecting all the Italian-American communities of the West Coast.

 

Thanks to your support, the newspaper is developing and constantly improving the way it portrays the contemporary Italian-American spirit, without denying the ties that link us to our Country overseas. We hold on to the language, the memories, the dear ones, and all that makes us different among 316 millions of US citizens; but in everyday life we risk losing contact with contemporary Italy, which lives and undergoes changes in the Mediterranean.

 

L’Italo-Americano is committed to maintaining that connection with Italy through the stories, profiles, news and memories that we offer you every week. Our contributors in Italy can provide us with a description of the Country as it is today, without any distortions or fabrications, as well as with quality articles in Italian.

 

This makes our work both authentic and useful to those who wish to practice or learn the language.

At the same time, the newspaper also focuses on the US, where we live as Italians and Italian-Americans, in order to show who we are and what we are capable of.

 

Last week, the Italian Prime Minister reaffirmed the importance of the century-old relationship between Italy and the US on the occasion of his official visit. This started in San Francisco, California, where he met with young talents and entrepreneurs who represent the best expression of Italian innovation, technology, and research.

 

We are the future that pushes forward in the Silicon Valley, start ups that create high tech products made in Italy and relocate in California, scientists who work at Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, astronauts like Luca Parmitano who lives in Houston and was the first Italian to perform spacewalk.

 

We are both the present and the future of the United States. And when we proudly celebrate Columbus Day, we must celebrate not only the discovery of America but also this Italian-American spirit that pushes forward here in the USA. Happy Heritage Month to you all!