Wednesday, December 11, 2024

NJ Italian Heritage Commissioner Cav. Dr. Gilda Rorro Addressed Parliament in Rome and Received an Honorary Italian City Citizenship

Umberto Mucci, Editor of the international “We the Italians” online magazine, invited Cav. Dame Gilda Battaglia Rorro to be a presenter at his conference on “Italians in Diaspora,” in Rome. The NJIHC Chairperson, Robert DiBiase, attended the event with Dr. Rorro at Parliament in the Palazzo San Macuto’s Chamber of Deputies on 17 June 2024.

In the Chamber of Deputies are Dr. Gilda Battaglia Rorro, Dr. Mary Rorro, Ex-Ambassador of Italy to the Dominican Republic, His Excellency Andrea Canepari, author Elizabeth Bettina, Chairperson of the NJIHC, Robert DiBiase, and editor of We the Italians international magazine, Umberto Mucci.
Cav. Gilda Battaglia Rorro, Ed.D. addresses the Italian Parliament.

Dr. Rorro spoke on the new video project for “The Universality of Italian Heritage” curriculum, a document she spearheaded with the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) from 2003 to the present. She also spoke on efforts of her Trenton Columbus Statue Restoration Committee to restore the Trenton Columbus statue, which was vandalized and moved to a warehouse in 2020. She was pleased to add that, thanks to Hamilton Township Mayor, Hon. Jeff Martin, a commemorative Flag Raising ceremony will take place after a five-year hiatus, on Columbus Day, 14 October, in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.

Robert Allegrini – Photo We the Italians

The President of the NIAF (National Italian American Foundation), Robert Allegrini, also spoke at the conference. He was pleased to hear that the NIAF had made the initial donation for the development of the NJIH:C The Universality of Italian Heritage, curriculum.

Drs. Gilda and Mary Rorro received honorary citizenship from the seaside city of Margherita di Savoia, the place where Dr. Gilda’s father was born, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the region of Puglia.

Dr. Rorro presented the mayor of the city, Hon. Bernardo Lodispoto, with a pin and pen from the Mayor of Hamilton Township. The Italian Mayor organized a presentation ceremony for the mother/daughter duo, in which all staff of the City Hall attended. The visitors were awarded plaques bestowing honorary citizenship from the city, after which Mayor Lodispoto signed a book for Mayor Martin on the history of the salt industry of Margherita di Savoia, the largest in the European Union.

Mayor Martin and Gilda Rorro
Tiziano Thomas Dossena
Tiziano Thomas Dossenahttp://tizianodossena.info
Tiziano Thomas Dossena is the Editorial Director of L’Idea Magazine. He is the author of “Caro Fantozzi” (2008), “Dona Flor, An Opera by van Westerhout” (2010), "Sunny Days and Sleepless Nights" (2016), "The World as an Impression: The Landscapes of Emilio Giuseppe Dossena" (2020), "Federico Tosti, Poeta Antiregime" (2021), and "La Danza del Colore" (2023). Dossena is the editor of A Feast of Narrative anthology series and co-editor of Rediscovered Operas Series books on librettos.

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