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This multi-generational and dynamic event was celebrated by more than 2,000 visitors and exceeded our expectations. The festival included social dancing, singing, art displays, guest speakers, children's activities, a sensory/nursery room for a quiet space and so much more. SEVEN food vendors, over 50 community organizations and fine art and craft vendors displayed and promoted their foodways and products for the public. This event was ADA accessible for mobility devices and certified service animals were welcome. Click on this link to view the wonderful news story about this event. Look at the program below. Program Schedule: ~11:00 am Opening Thanksgiving Address ~11:30 am Featured Artist: Peter Jones – Pottery ~12:00 pm Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers – participatory social dancing ~12:45 pm Featured Artist: Barry Powless – Painting ~1:15 pm Onondaga Women Singers ~1:40 pm Speaker: Hilary-Anne Coppola – The Dangers of Nuclear Power ~2:00 pm Speaker: Jeanne Shenandoah – Celebration! Return, Reawakening, Restoration of 1,000 acres ~2:20 pm Featured Artist: Huggy (John) & Monique – Beading, Clothing and Quill work ~2:50 pm Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers – participatory social dancing (second session) ~3:30 pm Brandon Lazore, Onondaga Snipe, Painter and Muralist ~4:00 pm Culture Dance Group featuring “Youth Smoke Dance Class” ~5:00 pm Closing Thanksgiving Address Menu: BBQ w/ sides, grilled corn, strawberry drink, lemonade, soda, bison stew, burgers w/ sides, 3 sisters salad, smashburgers on hot scoons, corn soup, 3 sisters soup, cornbread, tacos on frybread, hot scoons, scoon dogs, hot dogs, strawberry shortcake, and more! Art and fine crafts for sale: beadwork, beading supplies, beaded jewelry, leatherwork, stonework, bonework, sashes, sculpture, skirts, medallions, earrings, key chains, lanyards, art prints, woodwork, greeting cards, baskets, wampum jewelry, moccasins, herbal medicines, salves, tinctures, regalia, clothing, trade silver, flutes, beaded purses, velvet birds, shirts, and more! Community organizations and sponsors who participated by tabling: Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, Onondaga Nation Education, Skä•noñh - Great Law of Peace Center, Onondaga Nation Farm, First Nations Employee Resource Group - National Grid, Zen Center of Syracuse, Syracuse DSA, EnergySmart CNY, CNY Solidarity Coalition, Upstate Medical University, University of Rochester, Cancer Services Program- Onondaga County Health Department, Native American Veterans Awareness, Syracuse University Engaged Humanities Network, Alliance for a Green Economy, Jewish Voice for Peace Syracuse, Onondaga County Public Libraries, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage CNY, Allies of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, and Center for Native Peoples & the Environment. Our other sponsors included: Unchained, ArtRage Gallery, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, Onondaga Community College Foundation, American Indian Law Alliance, Indigenous Values Initiative, and Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance. Major funding was provided by Central New York Community Foundation. Organized by Onondaga Nation community members, Tsha'Thon'nhes staff, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, and We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage CNY. THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1631558721535-YOMV3KCYPS02OEKJVQE4/onondaga-logo.png Home - Onondaga Nation Amicus Brief on Columbus Statue As of September 9th, 2021, the Onondaga Nation Amicus Brief is now available to the public. The Amicus Affirmation provides an in-depth historical account of the Onondaga Nation’s living history with the Columbus Statue. Read Amicus Affirmation Legal Affidavit from Tadodaho Sidney Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1625763562227-JW1T12KB3HVFDB4UGH4V/replacecolumbus.jpg Home - Celebrate Diversity, Replace Columbus As part of a broad public relations campaign, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, in collaboration with Women of Italian and Syracuse Heritage, is distributing lawn signs with the message "Celebrate Diversity - Replace Columbus" in the greater Syracuse area. Lawn signs are available at Syracuse Cultural Workers or by contacting Sue Eiholzer at rsue@twcny.rr.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1628188927254-FEOOUKSJN1GC781U4O4C/Rita2.jpg Home - Celebrating Notable Italian and Italian-American Women The United States has typically prioritized honoring men in history. Here is a non-comprehensive list of resources of women with Italian heritage., worthy of being remembered, both contemporary to Columbus and more recent. Notable Italian Women https://www.wishcny.org/materials-for-teachers daily 0.75 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617068796509-NA60OD73GNGEJUL6PIIF/ships-mast-at-night-1632463.jpg Secondary+ Educator Materials Rethinking & Replacing Columbus: Lesson Plan Resources These flexible learning experiences are designed for students in grades 7-12 and provide them with an opportunity to examine the controversy this “explorer” has raised in Syracuse and other places throughout the USA. Students can compare how the history of Columbus is portrayed in their texts, research materials and on-line resources so they will be able to balance how this fits with the way they were taught, and compare it with emerging primary source information. Ideally, this learning unit culminates with a one-hour ZOOM SPEAK OUT where students can share what they learned with other student participants. There are a variety of educational resources included that address: Doctrine of Discovery, The Controversy of Columbus, Island of the Blue Dolphin and Singing Down the Moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1615084728438-U1PR5DXRD86IZHGKTAKH/1619+project+cover.jpg Secondary+ Educator Materials The 1619 Project The 1619 Project focuses on telling a more accurate version of United States history. According to the NYT (outside link), “The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.” Due to paywalls with the NYT, a PDF of the project is linked here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627247015178-18ZK8BJ4H0U6HQQMZZDY/Sioux+children+before+at+Carlisle+1883.jpg Secondary+ Educator Materials Indian Boarding (Residential School) School Resources Three Sioux students as they arrived at the Carlisle Indian School in 1883. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627250714555-561VSEPONRVY8CCN79D7/Carlisle+Children+after+three+years%2C+1886.jpg Secondary+ Educator Materials - Make it stand out The same three Sioux students three years later at Carlisle Indian School, 1886 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1629084960262-UCH98OKW3KG11LVW9613/Indian+Boarding+Schools+by+State.JPG Secondary+ Educator Materials - Make it stand out Indian Boarding Schools by State* Please note- some are still operational. https://www.wishcny.org/notable-italian-women daily 0.75 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/6bd794c1-edaa-4512-86bd-8fe7ede85b3d/Snip+of+famous+women.png Notable Italian Women - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1625151764107-5CO1R4ZL5HS60YE5TEP9/Maria_Montessori1913-853x1024.jpg Notable Italian Women - Maria Montessori Maria Montessori was an Italian educator and founder of the Montessori educational system. In 1896, Maria was the first woman in Italy to graduate from the University of Rome for medicine. Montessori scorned conventional classrooms, where “children, like butterflies mounted on pins, are fastened each to his place.” She sought, instead, to teach children by supplying concrete materials and organizing situations beneficial to learning with these materials. Her pedagogical methods are still in use today, and her legacy as an Italian author, educator, and physician developed new frontiers for women in medicine. Learn more about Maria in the video below, entitled, “Teacher of the Unteachable: The life and method of Maria Montessori.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1625151783311-7T8V5TQ2EWQA8CDIEL66/Rita.jpg Notable Italian Women - Rita Levi-Montalcini Rita Levi-Montalcini was a pioneering scientist in neurobiology, and received a joint Nobel Prize for her discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF). As a teenager, she became interested in medical science after seeing a close family friend die of stomach cancer. When Germans invaded Italy in 1943, her family fled to Florence where they survived the Holocaust under false identities. Using a makeshift laboratory in her bedroom, she continued her research on nerve fibers in chicken embryos. She received many scientific awards and accolades throughout her life, and became the first Nobel Laureate to reach the age of 100. She died in 2012 at the age of 103. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1626408521232-YFUJRKW6CK2HRS7P03NU/Geraldine+Ferraro.jpg Notable Italian Women - Geraldine Ferraro Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman to run for the vice president in the United States. Her mother was a first generation Italian American seamstress and her father was an Italian immigrant. She graduated from high school at 16 and put herself through law school. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 1984, running alongside former vice president Walter Mondale; this made her the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major American political party. Listen to her acceptance speech(outside link)! (outside link) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618251056991-5UXUFRTMT9E376ACJJE1/Judith_with_the_head_of_Holofernes.jpg Notable Italian Women - Fede Galizia Fede (1578-1630) learned to paint from her father, Nunzio Galizia. She first came to notice at the age of 12, a miniature painter She was commissioned to paint miniatures and portraits. One of her paintings hangs in a Sarasota, Fla. Museum. She also made altar pieces and still-lifes. One of her 1602 paintings is considered the first known still- life by an Italian artist. She is recognized a a pioneer of still life paintings. She never married. She lived a happy life and had a successful art career. In 1690 she died of the plague in Milan. See more of Galizia’s art here! (outside link) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1629295136304-M9DTXZPE1BC5IVO5CNLB/ida-lupino-hollywood-lede.jpg Notable Italian Women - IDA LUPINO Ida ((2/4/1918-8/3/1995) was a trail blazer who took no 'junk' from the Hollywood movie industry. Ida was truly one to admire! Her parents were Connie O'Shea and Stanley Lupino, of the famous musical comedy family dating back to the Renaissance, in Italy. She was born in Great Britain, and became an American citizen in 1948. She wrote her first play at the age of seven and by the age of ten she had memorized the leading female roles in each of Shakespeare's plays. She contracted polio at the age of 16 which made walking difficult for the rest of her life. Ida often incurred the ire of Warner Brothers boss Jack Warner by objecting to her casting-refusing poorly written scores that she felt were below her dignity as an actress. As a result, she spent much being suspended. Becoming bored with acting she took up directing and ultimately formed her own studio with her husband. Their studio's mission was to made socially conscious films that also could entertain- bringing realism to the screen. They explored virtually taboo subjects, such as rape, bigamy, unwed pregnancy and abortion. Throughout her career she made 59 movies and directed 8 others. She is widely regarded as the most prominent female filmmaker working in the 1950s during the Hollywood studio system. She also directed more than 100 episodes of television productions in a variety of genres including westerns, murder mysteries, situation comedies and gangster stories. She was the only woman to direct an episode of “The Twilight Zone,” as well as being the only director to have starred in an episode of the show. Village Voice writer Carrie Rickey holds Lupino up as a model in modern feminist filmmaking: “Not only did Lupino take control of production, direction and screenplay but each of her movies addresses the brutal repercussions of sexuality independence and dependence. Other than her film and directing career she wrote short stories and children's books and composing music. She wrote "Aladdin’s Suite" in 1948, composed while on bed rest due to recurring polio symptoms. This picture was taken during the shooting of, "Yours for the Asking." Here Lupino signals director Alexander Hall that she can do the previous scene better, and would like another take.BY JOHN SPRINGER COLLECTION/CORBIS/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES. https://www.wishcny.org/contact daily 0.75 2024-07-17 https://www.wishcny.org/our-vision daily 0.75 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/eaa3e3e8-fcef-4d8b-b272-108b93227473/strawberry+tree+with+buds.jpg Our Vision - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wishcny.org/about-dod daily 0.75 2024-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618287837652-WQU1XNBR2Z8D4CEG9RP5/unsplash-image-MKXyRm-pK50.jpg About the Doctrine of Discovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/8b0254fa-9c13-4e03-a38c-e955d512e0e2/papal+bull+doctrine+of+discovery.jpg About the Doctrine of Discovery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/16aa2400-fef9-44ef-9a65-d974f200d169/PBS+Pope.jpg About the Doctrine of Discovery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/6c700845-d951-4b67-b642-b9e4e08ac11e/Church+and+file.jpg About the Doctrine of Discovery - Make it stand out Art credit Analena Provost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627087482633-M588K4MKL1A4GE2I9SLO/Bishop+Lucia.JPG About the Doctrine of Discovery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wishcny.org/italian-and-syracuse daily 0.75 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627088195269-A1YDD5HB29CMT56C9BUD/fornborn.jpg Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History - Make it stand out Loos, J. (March 19, 1897). "Syracuse's Foreign Born Population—Some Statistics". Syracuse Sunday Herald. Syracuse, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/f2a30e33-39a8-41f9-8d60-dee72318607c/robert+Searing%27s+book+sample+on+Facism.PNG Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627088885847-PWLUXJSA66XNTQMJ3K5T/300+Give+Rings+to+Mussolini.JPG Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627246470985-CACKQUZMA1RX79IY3SYF/North+Side.jpg Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History - Make it stand out Photo: 700 North Salina Street, North Salina Street Historic District, Syracuse, NY. Photographed by Crazyale, 2008, [cc0-by-1.0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed July, 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1629254000013-OD1E33WYSUZPPY5479V9/IMG_1165.jpg Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History St. Mary’s Church was constructed in 1874 By Lawrence O’Connor. In 1904 Bishop Patrick Ludden selected it to become the new Cathedral. Gardens were tended in front of the Church and then Cathedral and were there until the Columbus Monument was built and installed in this location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1629254986773-03K4TQHJ6VO65K8LXM1V/IMG_1163.PNG Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1629255897336-HCR02JT36RHS5N0B1CV6/IMG_1162.PNG Italian Immigrants and Syracuse History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.wishcny.org/cristoffa-corombo daily 0.75 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1621978676499-5251AMP9RG4C6QIFWFAQ/The+Diario+Of+Columbus.jpg Cristoffa Corombo - Offered here is an imperfect portrait of Christopher Columbus “Humans are complicated as is our relationship to power. The story of Columbus is a story of power; land acquisitions, precious resources, subjugation, and religion linked to the Monarchy of Spain and his agreement with them to receive 10% of all wealth acquired. The 15th Century was 600 years ago. Trustworthy sources of information aren’t as readily available as we enjoy today, nevertheless, information on Columbus is plentiful.” Please examine the resources compiled by Donna Inglima below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1619584617154-867M90QUKEB0YW71QD39/three+ships.jfif Cristoffa Corombo - The Monument of Christoforo Corombo (aka Christoforo Colombo, aka Cristobal Colon, aka Christopher Columbus) erected in 1934 in the center of Syracuse, insults the truth, and perpetuates denials of genocide, slavery, rape, dismemberment and starvation violently forced by Corombo and his retinue on the Guanahani, Taino, and other indigenous people he encountered on his four voyages. His brutal and tyrannical governance coupled with mismanagement, resulted in his forceful removal and return to Spain in chains. The records and diaries from three of Corombo’s four voyages, violently document the beginning of colonization in what was romantically termed the “New World”. These actions can also be understood as an original and criminal ‘cancelling of culture’ which continues against the native people of the ‘Americas’ and around the world today. Native people are still violently oppressed and murdered for defending their native lands and their very right to exist as a People. The members of WISH CNY embrace the truthful history of Syracuse, which is inclusive of the original people: the Haudenosaunee- specifically the Onondaga. The Haudenosaunee were also met with violence, loss of their lands and of their way of life, by colonists. Sadly, our Nation continues to perpetuate this lack of respect toward our Native People. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1621572677849-VEARGHO7QMIIZ12WLDYE/columbus_syracuse-750x420.jpg Cristoffa Corombo https://www.wishcny.org/landacknowledgements daily 0.75 2023-03-22 https://www.wishcny.org/colleen-zawadzki daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617218928142-PC7TSX95RD286BKPV5YZ/me.jpg Colleen Zawadzki Colleen Zawadzki “My grandfather Antonio Ruta, who was a single parent to my mother and who eventually became my surrogate father, raised my mother on his salary as a Nettleton’s shoemaker on the north side of Syracuse. These hard working people were often ridiculed as ‘Guineas, Wops, or Greaseballs,’ yet they shared a common bond of pride for their Italian heritage and love of church and family. They knew what it felt like to be at the receiving end of persecution and poverty. I have great pride to have been raised by a resilient single parent Italian mother and grandfather. Columbus does not symbolize our proud heritage, nor does he embody our hard working spirit, “cohones.” We must remove and replace this symbol of atrocity, genocide, and subjugation of the original native people of our land and find more truthful way to honor my immigrant ancestors.” https://www.wishcny.org/founding-member-bios daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618367748866-ODXT2LSQUP2WN93YC7TV/IMG_9236.jpg Founding Member Bios Hilary-Anne Coppola I am thankful for this group and the support they have given me as I connect more with my family’s Italian history. read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617164058995-Z76N9B0B64Z5Y48KXKPU/tarki.jpg Founding Member Bios Tarki L. Heath “My grandfather, Tarky Lombardi, Senior, came to America through Ellis Island in 1916 from the region of Abruzzo. My grandmother, Jennie (Cerio), known to her grandchildren as Mommamia, was born and lived most of her life in Syracuse. I have fond memories of them from my very early childhood, including large dinners at a crowded table, homemade pasta, huge salads, Grandpadad cooking, laughing, and sometime rather loud voices speaking in Italian, as we picked out a few of the “spicier” words. However, by the age of eight or nine, my childhood changed rather dramatically. For reasons unknown to me at that age, the family dynamic became fraught. My father moved us out of Syracuse to a horse farm…” read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618278047289-GTOK62HKPOH368SVXVCN/Cindy.JPG Founding Member Bios Cindy Squillace “I was raised on the banks of the Hudson River and moved to Syracuse nearly 50 years ago where my husband and I have raised our children, worked and are now retired. My paternal grandparents were both born and raised in Calabria, Italy. My grandfather, Franco Squillace emigrated here from Squillace, Calabria after his wife died birthing their first child. My grandmother, Mary Milade was school age when her mother, father and brother all emigrated from Cosenza, Calabria to the United States. Her father had been recruited to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania where he died within 2 years of working in the mines...” read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/fe17975e-04e7-4bf4-978c-24c8ccce1dcb/allison.jpg Founding Member Bios - Make it stand out Allison Sarno DeVoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618277566326-AB8SAR2TFNUWGGOO1RT7/shannon.JPG Founding Member Bios Shannon Fabiani “O’Fabiani”—the nickname our extended family and friends used to refer to my family growing up. My real last name, Fabiani, was gifted to me by my father’s Italian family. My first name, Shannon, gifted to me by my mother, represented my Irish roots—specifically the strength of the Shannon River. “I know how to eat and I know how to drink!” I used to proudly claim. I am proud of my Italian-American heritage as much as my Irish-American heritage…” read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618277731700-CULM5O7Z52F9MQ44QBPC/Donna.JPG Founding Member Bios Donna Inglima “My father’s parents Vincenzo (Vincent) Inglima and Carmella LoPinto immigrated to the United States from Sicily in 1899 and 1903. They married in 1907. My father was born in 1909. My family left Italy as opportunities were limited. My grandparents and their siblings thrived on Long Island. To my memory, our family didn’t have conversations about Christopher Columbus. We lived in Freeport, Long Island in a house built by Vincent’s brothers. My Grandfather was a barber. When he died in 1955, my father, a musician, took over the barber shop and played gigs on weekends. My Grandmother died in 1958. I have no firsthand memories of my Grandfather and although my memories of my Nana are scant, they are rich with feelings…” read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618278073226-CVJUVBZ2M928G4LIEICU/me.jpg Founding Member Bios Colleen Zawadzki “You would never know from my name that I am of Italian heritage. My great grandparents on both of my mother’s side of the family were impoverished laborers and farmers who emigrated from Naples to Syracuse at the turn of the century to begin new lives and seek out financial opportunities. My great grandfather Albert Ruta and his wife Gioquindina were third cousins, and after giving it a go here, Albert despondently left his wife and five children and returned to Italy. My great grandfather, Leonard Carfagno settled where the train took him and got a job working for the Syracuse Parks Department beautifying downtown Syracuse…” read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/25b8fc0f-81bb-47b0-b891-681ea306dc36/Paul+for+web.JPG Founding Member Bios - Make it stand out Paul Ciavarri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618277639505-OI3HHED8TVDC28YSX58I/grace.jpg Founding Member Bios Grace Fritzke Grace had been a master’s student at Syracuse University in Religion. She was a volunteer with the Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center and a former research associate for Tamástslikt Cultural Institute and Whitman College. She is a non-Italian-American member of WISH CNY, providing website and social media support and enjoying the company of this wonderful group of women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618278152909-OX7K3H109M9H78YCLH6E/Natalie.JPG Founding Member Bios Natalie LoRusso “As a fourth generation Italian-American growing up in Syracuse, my Italian heritage was crucial to the formation of my cultural and family dynamics. As far back as I remember, my father would tell me about our family’s history. He would tell me about my great-grandfather arriving at Ellis Island in the hopes of establishing a better life. The numerous opportunities to establish a career and provide for my great-grandmother were abundant in the growing economy, and he wanted to be included...” read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618277824693-7WRJIVGMDPQENHSRPTLO/MaryAnn.jpeg Founding Member Bios MaryAnn Zeppetello “My paternal grandparents were Savino Carrino and Mariangela Montone. They arrived from Altripalda, Italy in the late 1890s. My maternal grandparents were Joseph Corso and Teresa Pagano. They came from Terme Immerse, Sicily in 1910. My grandparents were here when the statue was erected. Most likely, they contributed to its cost. At the time, they needed an object of pride to offset the discrimination they experienced…” read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1632457348540-QAZMHTUMTBBR4F0DIATL/E80385A0-3B62-48FE-AA0A-C681142E5D75.jpeg Founding Member Bios - Make it stand out Stefania Ianno https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/11ff1e03-c36d-4ef9-8278-310048d63589/Michael+for+Web.JPG Founding Member Bios - Make it stand out Michael Messina-Yauchzy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/5b544ad9-a95c-4586-8b2e-5a151b660669/D%27borah+Rizzo.JPG Founding Member Bios - Make it stand out D’Borah Rizzo https://www.wishcny.org/tarki-l-heath daily 0.75 2021-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617848294902-A1AASIGY8O611LB76F96/tarki.jpg Tarki L. Heath - My grandfather, Tarky Lombardi, Senior, came to America through Ellis Island in 1916 from the region of Abruzzo. My grandmother, Jennie (Cerio), known to her grandchildren as Mommamia, was born and lived most of her life in Syracuse. I have fond memories of them from my very early childhood, including large dinners at a crowded table, homemade pasta, huge salads, Grandpadad cooking, laughing, and sometime rather loud voices speaking in Italian, as we picked out a few of the “spicier” words. However, by the age of eight or nine, my childhood changed rather dramatically. For reasons unknown to me at that age, the family dynamic became fraught. My father moved us out of Syracuse to a horse farm. While life there was filled with the benefits that come with living in the country, we were now apart from extended family. Whether we were living in Syracuse or the farm, my childhood was filled with a culturally diverse series of caretakers and caregivers. Most prominent was a kind and gentle woman from Akwesasne. Her influence on my life was great, and she taught me and my closest older sister a different way of cooking, sewing, knowing plants, and seeing the world holistically. I was raised Catholic and went to “The Convent School” in Syracuse for first, second and third grades. Moving to the country meant changing schools, and while the public schools were a great challenge socially, academically all went well. This is when I learned about Columbus. Like all children schooled in America, I learned of his travels. The year we studied the “explorers” (sixth grade), I had a remarkable teacher. She infused these lessons with geography and helped us understand that the conquering of lands and people by Europeans was possible because of the Doctrine of Discovery. Knowing and caring deeply for an indigenous woman in my own life made these notions of conquest confusing and the dehumanizing of the original inhabitants - inconceivable. While this knowledge did inform and change my views on European conquers, it was not until I became a teacher that I realized how unique those lessons were. Life has taken me to various parts of the country - from Navajo and Phoenix, Arizona to Charlottesville and Williamsburg, Virginia - as I obtained degrees and worked in fields involving animal husbandry, vet technology, elementary and special education, marketing, and educational leadership. It has been a rather circuitous route back to Central New York. Although estrangement with my parents and my father’s family remained throughout my life, I have always acknowledged my Italian heritage, recalling to my two lovely children the fondness and respect that I retain for my grandparents. Tarki L. Heath While life there was filled with the benefits that come with living in the country, we were now apart from extended family. Whether we were living in Syracuse or the farm, my childhood was filled with a culturally diverse series of caretakers and caregivers. Most prominent was a kind and gentle woman from Akwesasne. Her influence on my life was great, and she taught me and my closest older sister a different way of cooking, sewing, knowing plants, and seeing the world holistically. I was raised Catholic and went to “The Convent School” in Syracuse for first, second and third grades. Moving to the country meant changing schools, and while the public schools were a great challenge socially, academically all went well. This is when I learned about Columbus. Like all children schooled in America, I learned of his travels. The year we studied the “explorers” (sixth grade), I had a remarkable teacher. She infused these lessons with geography and helped us understand that the conquering of lands and people by Europeans was possible because of the Doctrine of Discovery. Knowing and caring deeply for an indigenous woman in my own life made these notions of conquest confusing and the dehumanizing of the original inhabitants - inconceivable. While this knowledge did inform and change my views on European conquers, it was not until I became a teacher that I realized how unique those lessons were. Life has taken me to various parts of the country - from Navajo and Phoenix, Arizona to Charlottesville and Williamsburg, Virginia - as I obtained degrees and worked in fields involving animal husbandry, vet technology, elementary and special education, marketing, and educational leadership. It has been a rather circuitous route back to Central New York. Although estrangement with my parents and my father’s family remained throughout my life, I have always acknowledged my Italian heritage, recalling to my two lovely children the fondness and respect that I retain for my grandparents. https://www.wishcny.org/shannon-fabiani daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617855488903-ZJFGOKUM23RZ3QC46NFY/shannon.JPG Shannon Fabiani Shannon Fabiani “What has been called to focus lately, due to the necessary replacement of the Columbus statue, is my Italian side. The claim of some of my Italian-American neighbors that Columbus represents our Italian heritage, a source of pride in our family tree, has prompted me to dig deeper into what my ancestry means to me. My father’s mother and father were both full blooded Italian, first generation Americans. Apparently, my grandmother’s family was from Sicily. My grandmother worked as a seamstress and persevered as the mother of three. Her husband died when my father was just eight years old. My father brought money to his mother by clamming in Long Island. Still, Nonnie was generous to her grandkids and all who knew her. Nonnie was a force. She always lifted me and my siblings up- brought us out of bad moods and dark places, kept us going. My father came up and has been carrying that torch for us now. This is the resolve, strength, hard work, and tough-love compassion that come to mind when I think of my Italian heritage. I am proud to be part of this group of women. I know my grandmother would be proud of me as well. She never gave up, and neither will I. It would be ideal to have a plan in place for the statue’s replacement, but we do not need to wait for that- nor should we. Every day Columbus stands tall in the middle of our city is another day the spirit and community of our City is misrepresented and our BIPOC neighbors disrespected. Let us remove him NOW and replace him after the fact. There are many options and ideas we could borrow from other cities, like temporary art installations or educational exhibits. But in order to replace it, it must be removed first! Removing the Columbus statue does not erase history, it shifts focus on who we idolize given 'new' perspectives on the past. It is a patriotic act to tear down the false idols of our culture, to fight for the truth over a lie that helps injustice to perpetuate itself in our communities today. My grandparent’s persevered through prejudice and discrimination when they arrived in Brooklyn. Their struggles, and many of our struggles today, have deep roots.” https://www.wishcny.org/hilaryanne-coppola daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617985665589-SHEM63N3YP5B647F4QPZ/IMG_9236.jpg Hilary-Anne Coppola Hilary-Anne Coppola “I am thankful for this group and the support they have given me as I connect more with my family’s Italian piece of our history. As a child, I was often dissatisfied with the “historical record” presented to me in a educational context, as I could find no reasonable explanation for why European colonists and Indigenous people were in conflict for hundreds of years, or why Indigenous communities are impoverished today. I have since learned the truth about what happened here and around the world: European Christian supremacy, used to justify violence against non-”White”, non-Christian peoples; legalized by the series of Catholic papal bulls named the Doctrine of Discovery. The DOD has not been repudiated by the Catholic Church and is a basis for US legal rulings involving unceded Indigenous lands. These decrees motivated mass occupation of sovereign lands, subjugation of native populations, and abolished liberty for Indigenous peoples and land. The continuing impacts of the DOD are in my story and all of our stories. Cristoffa Corombo’s contribution to colonization and White supremacy provided Italian immigrants enough “White-ness” to integrate more comfortably into American society; his acts of murder, torture, rape of children, and enslavement were not as widely-known then as they are now. When I see the monument in Syracuse, I feel sickened by the insulting and misguided glorification of a historical figure who led an attempted genocide. The Columbus my father’s family envisioned was not the real Columbus. The danger of a single, narrow-minded story, especially the story of God-approved conquest, is in how it distorts the truth and is used by oppressive systems to justify murder, land theft, racism, enslavement, imprisonment, kidnapping children, segregation, censorship, destruction of our earth; the harms continue, and are real today throughout the world.” https://www.wishcny.org/maryann-zeppetello daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617849431163-GYXRA69633Z0FZG098O4/MaryAnn.jpeg MaryAnn Zeppetello MaryAnn Zeppetello “In my childhood, Columbus was the Italian that could fill me with pride. When I was bullied for being Italian, I could always point to the fact that my "tormentors" wouldn't be here if it were not for Columbus. The Columbus Statue has been a part of my long life. I graduated from Central High School and would often pass the statue when I would go to our marvelous library located in the circle. A few years ago I learned about the "Doctrine of Discovery", which laid the foundation for Columbus to claim this land for Spain and enslave the peoples he found here. I learned about the real Columbus, not the sanitized version. Learning about the real Columbus is enough for me to support his removal from such a prominent circle. I think if my grandparents were alive, they would approve. “ https://www.wishcny.org/natalie-lorusso daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617842116115-S39XXESE91ASIQGDCI7G/Natalie.JPG Natalie LoRusso Natalie LoRusso “Upon arriving at Ellis Island, however, he was surprised to see that the ledger said “BROWN” next to his race. He would not have referred to himself in such terms, though his skin was naturally olive-toned. It was not until he and his family were established in Upstate New York that he realized what this demarcation meant. He encountered racism and harassment throughout his life. Let’s fast-forward to my childhood in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. My family frequented local Italian staples such as Angotti’s, Lombardi’s, and Casa del Pan. Summers were spent in Alexandria Bay with Frank and Caroline LoRusso, my grandparents who spoke with spicy whispers of an Italian-American accent and never understood the meaning of “a little more, please” when handed a dinner plate. They were fierce with their beliefs, generous with their cooking, and bone-crushing with their hugs. While I miss their physical presence in my life, I know I carry these same traits within myself. To me, being an Italian American has no tangible connection to Christopher Columbus. I admire my great-grandparents’ fortitude and grit with leaving their home to begin anew, but I detest the circumstances in which this land was acquired. Columbus does not represent my heritage, as he perpetuated and stood for beliefs that my family [1] starkly opposed. Racism, genocide, and white supremacy have no place in America, and they have no place in the City of Syracuse. I ask for the removal of a statue that holds false meaning for my ancestors or myself, and actively harms Native Americans with every passing day. This symbol of hate and otherness has no place in our sanctuary.” https://www.wishcny.org/donna-inglima daily 0.75 2021-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1617855909764-DVBTY5LOQPK6XLDXRLWT/Donna.JPG Donna Inglima Donna Ingima “My older sister and I would go to her house on Saturdays and vacuum her rugs. Nana made a game of it. Each section of the house from the entryway to the bedrooms were parts of a meal. The entryway was a salad, the living room was the “spaghett and meat-a balls,” the dining room was the vegetables, and so on. Nana liked to sing Volare as it was in Italian, and she also sang a song to my father..… “Lazy bum-may, how you speck-y gett-y your work-y done-nay, sit-dy in da noon-a day sun-na, Lazy Bum-may” and then they would laugh. I remember lots of laughter. I moved back to Syracuse and immediately became aware of the years-long movement to remove the Columbus statue. In my opinion, it’s time to move the statue to another home. Syracuse is built on land that belonged to the Onondagas. A monument honoring the Haudenosaunee Confederacy would serve this city, Native Peoples and our nation with an enduring respect. We are living in a historic change cycle and although it’s deeply uncomfortable and confusing, it’s also imperative for our society to embrace the social justice course corrections that are so overdue.” https://www.wishcny.org/cindy-squillace daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1618030529814-9DA4E26CKK9D6LP7YYUU/Cindy.JPG Cindy Squillace Cindy Squillace “My great-grandmother, Carmella moved with her 2 young children back to NJ where they had other family and friends. She became the keeper of a boarding house for people emigrating from Calabria which is where my grandparents first met, married, moved to Newburgh NY and raised their family. My dad was the youngest of 8 children, and married a non-Italian woman, my mom, who soon learned to make sauce, sing Italian songs, gather at my Grandparents on Sundays and enjoy the rich life of our Italian heritage family. My grandfather was a butcher and owned a small corner store until he died. My grandmother and her 5 daughters all worked in unionized factories most of their adult lives, the men joined the service and worked construction. I moved to Syracuse in my early 20’s to go to school, met my husband in upstate NY and we have made Syracuse our home, he is a retired professor from SUNY ESF, I am a social worker. We love this city with all of its diversity and difficulties. Our lives have been profoundly influenced by our Onondaga Nation friends and neighbors and we understand now how the symbol of Columbus and the Doctrine of Discovery he represents has disastrously affected black, brown and red people around the world. I am working with this talented, dedicated group of Italian heritage women to promote and educate others about Italian people who more represent the values I believe in.” https://www.wishcny.org/restorative-justice daily 0.75 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627089742571-1MGFI1UMRIIC9XD55V4C/resotrative+justice.png Restorative Justice https://www.wishcny.org/toppled-and-removed-monuments daily 0.75 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1625165897095-CHWWP5NOW0SUZDKWDGB6/Boston.jpg Toppled and Removed Monuments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1625165977337-79YQMRJ8MCJ1Y5M1CRKC/St.Paul.jpg Toppled and Removed Monuments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1625166248576-WVGO0XVRXAY5BWYE925F/Richmond.jpg Toppled and Removed Monuments https://www.wishcny.org/in-the-news daily 0.75 2023-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/6fb58ada-6ef4-4f68-aa95-a0e75babf71c/Daily+Orange+File+Photo.jpg In the News - Make it stand out Daily Orange File Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/074f3d9f-10a7-41b0-92d4-5b69eb8ce2bd/Plains+head.jpg In the News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/94fd2ad3-450b-4921-a956-6f4ae4cc6162/banner+pic.JPG In the News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1627245608099-AGCO4LA0FE2XR53X71F9/IMG_2597.PNG In the News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1635636709121-69Q32IA5Q5Z0TDSM3Z21/It%E2%80%99s+time+to+retire+the+NY+State+Fair+%E2%80%98Indian+Princess%E2%80%99+%28Guest+Opinion+by+Yanenowi+Logan%29.jpg In the News - It’s time to retire the NY State Fair ‘Indian Princess’ (Guest Opinion by Yanenowi Logan) Yanenowi (She Guards the Corn) Logan, Seneca, resides on the Cattaraugus territory and is a sophomore at Cornell University. Logan was named "Indian Princess" for the 2021 New York State Fair -- a title she believes should be replaced with a more culturally appropriate honor. 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Click on the link below of this great Italian cook, as she cooks and shares advice on not holding grudges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1628612987866-10SLQ4RVM2DOKO3R5BRV/IMG_3185.jpg Recipes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1629170845740-4IG7RT9OJLAE3I61IPN7/Attachment-1+%287%29.jpeg Recipes Aunt Patricia’s very easy and also very popular Amaretto Balls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/1628828893782-KZRQJIPMQM3Z09N5TQ7G/IMG_3273.jpg Recipes WISH member, Colleen’s recent sauce for the grandkids. “There is no recipe-I’ve been doing it from muscle memory since I was six.” https://www.wishcny.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/71cb7957-c49f-45a4-9dc9-accee6c77618/Native+logo.png Get Involved - Native Sovereignty The Latest from Support Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Sovereignty & Rematriation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/afbc634b-85cb-4bf0-81b0-4abc568f929e/Onondaga+Nation+School.jpg Get Involved - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/dc0713e1-4042-4a14-837f-0497f4e9648c/Film+Festival.jpg Get Involved - Make it stand out We were honored to have "Rematriation's Indigenous Women's Voices Series: Marion Delaronde" featured in the 2022 Mother Tongue Film Festival hosted by the Smithsonian. The Mother Tongue Film Festival returned online from February 17 to March 4, 2022. The festival reflected the legacies of our ancestors as foundations for the futures. Rematriation's short docu-film highlights Marion Delaronde's creative use of puppets to promote the use of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) language in her home community of Kahnawake near Montreal, Canada. Directed by Katsitsionni Fox (Mohawk), Produced by Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida) and Cinematographer, Marie-Cecile Dietlin. This is one of 10 films in the Rematriation Indigenous Women's Voices series. All Mother Tongue screenings and events are free and open to the public. #MotherTongue2022 Learn more: mothertongue.si.edu Recovering Voices Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dbd219c6bdd6741e9df1c/59dbe4b5-3bdf-45ed-9f85-9ac5fce01aca/Insta+full+workshop.png Get Involved LEARN MORE ABOUT MONUMENTS. 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