Measure introduced by Congressmen Pascrell and Tiberi which would make October Italian and Italian American Heritage Month
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Aug. 2, 2011 — UNICO National’s Anti-Bias Committee has succeeded in having a Congressional resolution introduced that would permanently make…
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Dec. 22, 2010 — At a recent national meeting, UNICO National, the largest Italian American service organization in America, declared that pasta products from Campagna Brand in Italy, exclusively imported by Fancy Foods, Inc., NY, are now the “Official Pasta of UNICO Nat…
UNICO National: ‘VH1′s My Big Friggin’ Wedding Is a Big Racist Stereotype of Italian Americans’
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Nov. 9, 2010 — Describing the show as yet another disgraceful and disheartening chapter of Executive Producer SallyAnn Salsano’s malicious exploitation and stereotyping of young Italian Americans for profit, UNICO National is asking VH1 to pull the plug on “My B…
UNICO National Announces Mille Grazie Award Winners
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Oct. 22, 2010 — UNICO National President Chris DiMattio today announced UNICO’s prestigious “Mille Grazie” Award – given to those fostering a positive image of Italian Americans – will be presented to Joanne Arduino, an Artistic Director of B…
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Sept. 9, 2010 — After succeeding last year in having the State of New Jersey recognize October as Italian-American Heritage Month, UNICO National’s Anti-Bias Committee has launched a petition-led campaign to designate October as National Italian and Italian-Ameri…
Governor’s budget cuts Italian commission, but leaves funding for all other ethnic commissions
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Aug. 31, 2010 — UNICO National today called upon New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to restore funding to the New Jersey Italian American Heritage Commission, which had its e…
Mafia II ‘Party’ Fizzles, Italian Americans Stand United
NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2010 — Claiming a clear victory in a long battle, Andre’ DiMino, who is leading a coalition of groups and individuals from the Italian American community, declared, “I have no doubt our efforts resulted in the Mafia II Launch Party, at the 92nd Street Y’s Tribe…
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Aug. 18, 2010 — Calling it a “pile of racist nonsense” that perpetuates stereotypes of Italian Americans as violent, murderous mobsters, UNICO National’s Andre’ DiMino is demanding that Take Two Interactive halt the release of the “Mafia 2&#…
Flag and outline of NJ used as unfortunate symbols for show
FAIRFIELD, N.J., July 20, 2010 — A mural of the Italian flag, which covered part of the front of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” beach house at Seaside Heights and was used to unfortunately symbolize the show which stereotyped Ita…
FAIRFIELD, N.J., June 24, 2010 — UNICO National President Andre’ DiMino today reported he is “cautiously optimistic” about the potential lack of derogatory Italian American references and imagery in the upcoming second season of MTV’s “Jersey Shore.”…
