Week Ahead: Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2025

 

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English Conversation Club - registration required for each meeting

Teen Maker Space - 1st time registration required

Ukrainian Documentary Series - in Ukrainian with English subtitles

Trieste Ukulele Club - 1st time registration required - Our 3rd Birthday this meeting!

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Black History Month 2025


Black History Month, also recognized as African American History Month, holds a significant place in the cultural fabric of the United States, observed every February. This annual commemoration is a dedicated time to celebrate and acknowledge the remarkable achievements, contributions, and overall history of African Americans, showcasing how their efforts have left an indelible mark on the nation’s past and continue to shape its future.

This designated month serves as a crucial opportunity for people across the nation to not only acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Black Americans to society but also to spotlight the pioneers who fought for civil rights and racial equality. A central figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., often serves as a starting point for individuals seeking to build their understanding of African American contributions to the nation.

The first U.S. stamp to honor an African American was the ten-cent Booker T. Washington stamp, issued in 1940. In 1978, the Postal Service initiated the Black Heritage stamp series, to recognize the achievements of individual African Americans.


RESOURCES

POSTAL HISTORY - AFRICAN AMERICANS featured on US Stamps - USPS article

AFRICAN AMERICAN ICONS on US STAMPS - People Magazine 

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE US POST OFFICE - Article - Smithsonian

US POST OFFICE  VIDEO 1948

HOW THE POST OFFICE MADE AMERICA 

WILL THE POST OFFICE BE A PART OF OUR FUTURE AS IT WAS A PART OF OUR PAST - CBS News.  10 MIN.

HOW THE POST OFFICE READS ILLEGIBLE ADDRESSES - 7 min

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP - PRE-K - 7 min.

Ukrainian Women United 2024/25

 

Ukrainian Women United




Ukrainian women in Trieste meet with a Cultural Mediator.    Times can vary.  Contact Lyudmyla before coming.

Conversations, crafting, Ukrainian Library, Bread Making, Various Activities.

Group Leader:  Lyudmyla 

For Info:   Send an email to Lyudmyla at mila31373@gmail.com 



UKRAINIAN DOCUMENTARY SERIES - in Ukrainian with English subtitles
at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste
Piezza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste


31/01, 17
7/02, 17
21/02, 17


м. Трієсте, в п'ятницю 31.01.2025р о 17 годині,  в асоціації Американ Корнер, на п'яца сан Антоніо,6, розпочинається трансляція серій суспільних проектів з соціально значущим контентом.

Тривалість 45 хв. Вхід вільний. Запрошуємо на перегляд

Тривалість 45 хв.
Вхід вільний. Запрошуємо на перегляд

Trieste, on Friday, January 31, 2025 at 5 p.m., at the American Corner association, Piazza San Antonio, 6, the broadcast of a series of public projects with socially significant content begins.

Duration 45 min. 
Admission is free. We invite you to watch




17/01/2024, 17:00 - Film Documentary:  
SHCHEDRYK against "The Russian World" - in Ukrainian with English subtitles. 80 min. Free Entry




English Conversation Club 2025

 







Looking for someone to speak English with? Come practice your communication skills in a relaxed atmosphere by joining the FREE English Conversation Club with American Corner Trieste! 

This is NOT an English Class.

Our FREE 1 hour sessions involve short presentations, Q&A, and small-group discussions on different topics and their American aspect with our American facilitator Melissa!

REGISTRATION LINK Register only the 1st time that you attend.    


Limit - 10 participants

English Conversation Club

Thursday mornings - 11:30 -12:30

Jan. 16, 2025
Jan. 30, 2025
Feb. 13, 2025
Feb. 27, 2025
Mar. 13, 2025

Presidential Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery

 


Official Presidential Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian, Washington D.C.

Ever since George Washington became President in 1789, the presidency has been a major focus of American political life, and as with nearly everything associated with that office, presidential portraits have from the outset attracted considerable popular interest. There was, in fact, a time when painted, sculpted or engraved likenesses were the only means that most people knew their Presidents. In the case of Washington, there were even sporadic debates through much of the nineteenth century over which portrait had most accurately recorded him for posterity.


It is no surprise, then, that presidential portraiture has been a major collecting concern at the National Portrait Gallery ever since it opened its doors in 1968. The media for presidential imagery has ranged everywhere from the traditional oil-on-canvas and marble to cotton handkerchiefs and sewing-box lids, and the Gallery houses today a richly varied array of presidential likenesses. In the selection of portraits on view here, some are more sophisticated and striking than others; some are quite rare or altogether unique; some are calculated to impress us with their gravity while others are warmly intimate. Taken collectively, however, they all have one thing in common: In one degree or another, they all evoke the history of the nation's highest office and the individuals who have occupied it.

The Week Ahead: January 20-26, 2025

 




Registration required for Teen Maker Space and TESOL Conference 


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Martin Luther King Jr. Day - US Federal Holiday - National Day of Service

Presidential Inauguration in Streaming - 5:30 pm - LIVE from Washington DC

Teen Maker Space - 1st time registration required

TESOL - Dyslexia and Second Language Learners - Conference for Teachers - Registration Required


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Presidential Inauguration 2025


Donald Trump will take the Oath of Office at on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 6 pm (Italian time) in Washington D.C. 12 noon.

We will be here at 5:30 pm to watch the Pre-Ceremony events.  

Join us to watch the event in streaming in English.  FREE and Open to the Public

The White House - YouTube 

PBS News Hour

Inauguration details

Oath and procedures

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Inaugural Events

Past inaugurations:

Highlights of the Biden Inauguration - January 2021

Highlights of the Trump Inauguration - January 2017

Highlights of the Obama Inauguration - January 2013

https://www.hmhco.com/blog/classroom-presidential-inauguration-activities-for-students?srsltid=AfmBOorFI3m669aB9jTtoBxFaU7xbrpl4lYR0IVE9VsxEc_JyE4Pdckl

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/inaugural-addresses