We the Italians December 18, 2016 - 86 | Page 4

th # 86 DECEMBER 19 , 2016 # 86 DECEmber 19 th 2016 read previous #Editorials EDITORIAL #86: What’s up with WTI By Umberto Mucci Ciao from Rome! Merry Christmas, and a Happy 2017!! Do you like our new newsletter? And what about our new website? We’ve been working a lot on both of them, and we hope that you’ll like them as much as we do. They are easier, newer, faster. Enjoy! Our book is now offered on Amazon with a discount, as you all can decide to make it a perfect Christmas gift for somebody in your family, or some friends, or a member of your Italian club… 100 different interviews about Italy and the US, what’s better than that? We also have news for our social media friends. We are now not only on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter. From now on you can also find us on Instagram and YouTube! The last photos you will find on our Instagram profile and the last videos you will find on our YouTube channel are about the two presentations of the Italian version of We the Italians – the book, this month in Rome. The first presentation on 4 | WE THE ITALIANS www.wetheitalians.com December 5 at Centro Studi Americani was moderated by Lucia Pasqualini, Head of Italian language promotion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Deputy Italian Consul General in New York. We had the honour of having several intervierwees with us: Renzo Arbore (ar- tist, singer and director); Delfina Licata (Editor of Rapporto sugli Italiani nel mondo); Mauro Battocchi (Former Italian Consul General in San Francisco); Paolo Messa (Executive Director of Centro Studi Americani); Franco Pavoncello (President of the John Cabot University); Portia Prebys (President of the Association of American College and University Programs in Italy). On December 8 we presented the book at the Book fair Più Libri Più Liberi. The moderator was the Italian journalist Mariella Valdiserri, and the two in- WE THE ITALIANS | 5 www.wetheitalians.com