From the left: Dolores Alfieri, Mickela Mallozzi, Terry Paladini Baumgarten, Josepine A. Maietta, Rev Msgr Hilary Franco, Matilda Raffa Cuomo, Mirko M Notarangelo, Joseph Guagliardo.
The Program
President of the AIAE, Cav. Josephine A. Marietta, presenting the event- We give scholarships to students in order that they can travel to Italy, because we want them to experience where their ancestors come from. And when they come back we hope that they will continue to study Italian in the universities. President Cav. Josephine A. Marietta
Former First Lady of NY Matilda Raffa Cuomo talks about the New York Mentoring Program for kids in school- These kids don’t have a family, and a family is everything. So if they can have a mentor, one on one, an hour every weekn for a year, it would change them profoundly, it is incredible how this program transforms them. Matilda Raffa Cuomo on the New York Mentoring Program
A full house at the Consulate for the event
All of the awardees
Terry Paladini-Baumgarten - The AIAE Woman of the Year. Interviewed by i-Italy- My father taught me always to give back in life and that’s what I’m trying to do with the Lion’s Club and also with the New York City Mentory Program. Terry Paladini-Baumgarten
Cav. Dott. Joseph A. Guagliardo - Recipient of the Leadership and Heritage Award. Interviewed by i-Italy- Tonight they honored me I think specifically because we started the push back on the City Council when they were trying to take away Columbus Day in New York. Cav. Dott. Joseph A. Guagliardo
Chef Rosanna Di Michele and the catering offered by the AICNY
The delicious catering
The AICNY team
A wonderful cake to celebrate the AIAE