https://franoi.com/columns/a-movement-is-born/ Embrace Your Inner Italian Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.2 https://franoi.com/columns/a-movement-is-born/#comment-8922 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:26:17 +0000 https://franoi.com/?p=13955#comment-8922 Since saving Columbus is urgent, one direct approach would be to request a commitment from political candidates to commit to support Columbus day in advance. This can be a condition of Italian American support or non support for the candidates in the larger Italian community. When they get the message that votes are at stake it may make a difference. The commitments or non commitments should be publicized in our organizational newsletters and publications. That may give us a stronger voice. This was recently done in Sacramento, California for two local elections. one candidate in each election committed support for Columbus Day. One of them won. and the other came close. It was a fresh start in preparing for the future.

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