Next Meeting - The next monthly meeting will be held on Monday, December 1, 2008 at 7 p.m. in the FOP Hall, 1336 Spring Garden Street. Food and refreshments will be served. Please note, District 3 will also be holding their meeting on that night.
President’s Message
By now, some of you may have heard of ongoing [...]
Category Archives: OSIA
December 2008 News
Sons of Italy Statement: Rev. Wright
Press Contact: Kylie Cafiero, (202) 547-2900 kcafiero@osia.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2008 We write on behalf of the 103 year old Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) and our 550,000 family members throughout the nation, and our anti-defamation arm, the Commission for Social Justice (CSJ), to strongly and unequivocally reject and condemn recently [...]
2007 Grand Lodge of PA Convention Report
Custodes Pacis’ delegates went to the convention June 20th to June 24, 2007. The following is a report in brief of the connvention.
Delegates in Attendance
Theresa Cardamone
Angela Cardamone
Charles H. O’Connor
Charles O’Connor, Jr.
Rita Rastelli
Maurizio DeLisi
Gary Cardamone – as State Trustee
Elections
Custodes Pacis members were nominated for and accepted various positions within the Grand Lodge on the district, [...]
Seeing Double
The following article is from the Son’s of Italy:
Sempre Avanti column for June 2007:
Seeing Double
by Dona De Sanctis
Washington - May 1, 2007 - Any doubts about the existence of a double standard when it comes to Italian Americans and political correctness were swept away for good last April during the Imus incident. You remember [...]
Scholarships for Studying in Italy and the U.S. Offered by the Sons of Italy Foundation
Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 for undergraduate and graduate studies in all disciplines
Washington, DC– February 12, 2007 American students of Italian descent are encouraged to apply for scholarships through the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF), the philanthropic arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America, the nation’s oldest and largest organization for men [...]
Sons of Italy Charges Batavia School Play Sterotypes Italian Americans
Washington, DC– November 7, 2006 A play to be performed at the Rotolo Middle School this month stereotypes Italian Americans and is “most inappropriate entertainment” for children, charges the Sons of Italy Commission for Social Justice (CSJ), the anti-defamation arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the oldest and largest Italian American [...]
Italian Americans Charge Free Enterprise Fund Committee with Ethnic Stereotyping
Press Contact: Kylie Cafiero, (202) 547-2900 kcafiero@osia.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 25, 2006 - The Free Enterprise Fund Committee, a lobbying group in Washington, DC, is guilty of stereotyping Italian Americans, charges the Commission for Social Justice (CSJ), the anti-defamation arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the largest Italian American organization [...]
Italian-American Crime Fighters
New Study from Sons of Italy
Washington - August 10, 2005 - The pivotal role that Italian Americans have played since the 19th century in enforcing the law is the subject of a new study from the Commission for Social Justice (CSJ), the anti-defamation arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA), the oldest [...]
