News & Events

Leonardo DiCaprio to be Honored at Washington Gala
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Register for the NIAF 33rd Anniversary Gala - October 18
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NIAF 12th Annual Gala for Young Italian Americans
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Elena Bonelli to Perform in NYC
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Business - Italian Style Expo
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Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational
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The Best Travel Deal to Italy!
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NIAF Roman Roundtable conference, The United States – Italy: Transatlantic Cooperation and Challenges, held at Villa Taverna in Rome, Italy
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Mark Your Calendars for the Sixth Annual Sarazen Memorial Cup
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Club Italia - First Class Hotels in Italy starting at $19.99/day
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Image & Identity
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) monitors the depiction of Italian Americans in media sources including commercials, movies, and television programs, as well as newspaper & magazine articles and advertisements. NIAF remains committed to fighting the negative and inaccurate depictions of Italian Americans while at the same time highlighting the positive images of Italian Americans and their numerous contributions to the United States.

Have you recently viewed something that either negatively or positively depicted Italian Americans? Please share them with NIAF so that we can appropriately respond.
Email John Marino at anti-defamation@niaf.org.

They can also be sent to:

The National Italian American Foundation
Attention: John Marino
1860 19th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Stay up to date with NIAF's anti-stereotyping and positive image campaign through the Focus: Image & Identity occassional reports as well as the Picks & Pans column of the NIAF News Magazine


Focus: Image & Identity Reports
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Picks & Pans
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Combatting Sterotyping
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