Newsletter February 2020




FEBRUARY 2020 NEWSLETTER
American Corner Trieste / Associazione Italo Americana FVG

FEBRUARY –BLACK HISTORY MONTH, CARNIVAL BREAK, PROJECT 28, SOCIAL SECURITY.   Check out a Book, DVD, Magazine.  Participate in an Event.  Go to the Cinema. Did you renew your membership?  Come down during our office hours.  View the Newsletter on the Blog in Text Format and in Calendar Format.  Forward the newsletter to a friend! 

OFFICE:
OFFICE and LIBRARY HOURS
Mornings from 9-12:  Tuesday and Thursday. Saturdays
Afternoons 4-7: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
CARNIVAL VACATION – We will be closed from Saturday, 22/2 until Friday 28/2 – No Lessons or Library.  Have fun!
Winter Weather Closing Policy- We close ONLY IF the city of Trieste closes public schools for severe weather.  Stay up to date on our BLOG. 

NEWS – SPECIAL EVENTS at the AMERICAN CORNER
05/02, 10 am – STATE of the UNION ADDRESS Viewing in Playback – We’ll watch the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Joint Session of the U.S. Congress.

2019/20 - AIA FVG MEMBERSHIP
We are an association.  In order to participate in members only events, attend the American Film Series, take a course, check out library materials, you MUST be a 2019/20 MEMBER. 
Our 2019/20 Membership Year began on September 1st. 
Here is the Membership Form.  If you have been a member in recent years, we can quickly upload your data in the office.  Membership prices remain unchanged.  Euro 25 – Ridotto for Students 16 and over, Teachers and 65 and over.  Euro 35 – Intero.  Membership is valid until August 31, 2020.    Questions? aia.fvg@gmail.com

FOR MEMBERS ONLY

39th AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro dei Fabbri – Via dei Fabbri  -Shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 pm
You can renew your Membership Cards at any time of the year.   9 great films including:  Admission to Films for Members Only.  No single tickets sold.

6/02: BOOKSMART. Dir. Olivia Wilde. Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein. Comedy. 102 minutes.
On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more.
27/02: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. Dir. Barry Jenkins. Starring Stephan James, Regina King. Drama. 119 minutes.
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.


AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES
NOTICE TO PARENTS - PreK, Elementary 123, 345, Native Speakers – YOU MUST COME UPSTAIRS TO PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN.  For safety reasons, children cannot leave the premises by themselves. 

2019/20 COURSES
WINTER COURSE REGISTRATION is CLOSED. 
SPRING REGISTRATION for NEW STUDENTS WILL OPEN on MARCH 9th.  Spring classes start March 24th.
CLICK HERE for INFO KIDS CLASSES 2019/20
CLICK HERE for INFO ADULT CLASSES 2019/20

SPECIAL AMERICAN CORNER THEMATIC EVENTS

BLACK HISTORY MONTH is our Theme.  Learn more about Black History and the 150th Anniversary of the Black Voting Rights. 
Special Events:
11/02, 10 am – Short Story Club – Liars Don’t Qualify by Junius Edwards. 
12/02, 10 am – Film SELMA (2014) Dir. Ava DuVernay, Starring: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth.  Drama/ Bio 128 min.
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.

REGULAR AMERICAN CORNER EVENTS
TEEN MAKER SPACE – every Friday from 4:30 – 7 pm – Free for Tweens and Teens. Adult Mentor.  Check out the transformation of the space!  Great job Joshua and Kids! 

13/02, 10:30 am - NATI per LEGGERE –Bilingual Reading English/Italian for ages 0-36 mo.
21/02, 5:00 pm – FAMILY FILM – The PRINCESS and the FROG (2009) 97 min. Animation.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
Fridays, 9-12 – Project 28 – Female Asylum Seeker Sewing Project with ICS.  Do you sew? Want to learn or teach?  We’re starting on our Spring Project.  Join us!
04/02, 10 am – Tuesday Coffee Break – A cup of coffee and great conversation in English.
11/02, 11 am - Short Story Club – See Above in Black History Month

20/02, 7 pm - Women’s Book Club – The Overstory by Richard Powers.  Pulitzer Prize Winning Bestseller. Send an email to participate. 


TESOL – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. 
07/02, 5 pm – Development of Intercultural & Global Competences with Literature and Film.  Speaker:  Barbara Lapornik
English Teachers, remember to renew your 2020 TESOL membership with your Carta Docente.  Get MIUR Credit and Free Professional Development.
A call for guest speakers.  Are you an English teacher who would like to lead a seminar or workshop for the Trieste Local Group?  Would you like to join us or be added to the TESOL Local Group Mailing List? Send an email to tesolitalytrieste@gmail.com  
06/03 –Save the Date for the next TESOL Meeting – U.S. State Department Online Resources for English Language Learning with Anne Johnson - Regional Public Engagement Specialist, U.S. Embassy Rome.

PROJECT 28 - Project 28 participants are female asylum seekers, in Italy with their children, spouses or relatives, from various nations, and assisted by local mentor women.  Our sewing project is by women for young women.  Join us!  We’re looking for seamstresses, designers, sponsors, health care professionals.  Stay tuned for news on our launch on March 6th for International Women’s Day. 


REFUGEE BEAR PROJECT – Integration through Entrepreneurship
Check out our Refugee Bear Migration Map.  Many bears got new homes over the holidays. Tell us where your bear is and we’ll add your location to the map!  Send us a picture and the location of your refugee bear and we’ll add it to Instagram.  Follow the Refugee Bears on Instagram and Facebook . A call for fabric donations and large buttons!  Non-stretch materials please. 

NEWS FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS
28/02 - SOCIAL SECURITY – In Trieste. Presentation and Individual Appointments.  Apply for a Social Security Number or TIN.  Learn more about the Social Security System.  Forward this message to an American friend.
Make an ONLINE Appointment to speak individually: 9:15 – 11:15 am
Attend the Presentation:  11:30 – no reservation necessary. 

2020 is a GENERAL ELECTION YEAR. 
If you’re an American Citizen, you can register to vote… even if you have never resided in the United States Request your Absentee Ballots now with your Federal Post Card Application, so you will be set for the entire year.  Let your voice be heard in the Presidential Primaries and General Election.  VOTING REGISTRATION INFO HERE.

VOLUNTEERS
We are a Volunteer Run Non-Profit Association. Volunteers run our Library, American Corner Programs and Activities.  We are looking for Volunteers to Work at the Cinema, Help with Sewing and with our Morning Activities at the Front Desk and in the Library, TESOL Speakers, Teen Maker Space Mentors, Assistants for Nati per Leggere.  Send us an email and we’ll find a role for you.  University of Trieste students in Humanities, P.R. and other majors can earn with us (CFU).  We accept students with a minimum of 75 hours (3 CFU).  You'll have a great experience and improve your English, while you also learn valuable life and people skills.  Contact us! aia.fvg@gmail.com 

AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE – Since 2007, we have been part of the American Spaces Network.  Programs, consultation of the library, public internet access computers, and Wi-Fi are always Free and Open to the Public.  A great place to study, meet friends, bring your kids.  Specific sections of the library are dedicated to Educational Advising, Children’s Corner Library and Women’s Space.  Consult our on line catalog of Books and DVDs.   The American Corner also offers Life Skills in English Courses for Refugees and Case Workers thanks to a U.S. Department of State Grant and the US Diplomatic Mission to Italy.  The American Corner promotes the Refugee Bear Integration through Entrepreneurship Project, encouraging professional refugee tailors to use their skills.