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Apply for a Free Trip to Italy Through the Voyage of Discovery The all-expenses paid trip designed for college students to Italy is endowed by Ambassador Peter F. Secchia
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is excited to announce applications are now open for the 2023 Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery program. For more than 20 years, the Voyage of Discovery has been providing Italian American college students who have never been to Italy a trip to discover their heritage every summer. The carefully curated two-week trip includes cultural tours and a day of community service throughout the National Italian American Foundation’s Region of Honor each year. “Thanks to the generosity and commitment from Ambassador Peter F. Seccia endowment, the Voyage of Discovery will be launching two back-toback trips with space for 24 eligible students (a total of 48) next June,” said NIAF Director of Special Programs Gabriella Mileti. “Each trip will begin with four days in Rome, following a tour throughout NIAF’s 2023
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Region of Honor.” Voyage of Discovery is the cornerstone program at the National Italian American Foundation. For the first time, affiliate organizations will be able to send a qualifying student from their organization. Application Requirements: 1. Must be between the ages of 18 and 23 at the time of travel (June 2023) 2. Must be a full-time student enrolled in a college or university for the semester preceding the trip (Spring 2023) 3. Must be of Italian descent and have never traveled to Italy 4. Must be a NIAF member How to Apply: - Apply online at niaf.org/programs/voyageof-discovery - Only online applications will be accepted. Applicants are also required to email a transcript, resumé, and two written recommendations on letterhead from a teacher, school official, or a political or community leader. - Deadline to apply is Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (11:59 p.m. PT) - Applicants will be notified via email Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 5 p.m. PT - Accepted applicants must confirm via email by Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 5 p.m. PT For questions, please email voyageofdiscovery@niaf.org. The National Italian American Foundation is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to preserving,
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SATE Announces Call For Artists for Seventh Annual Aphra Behn Festival
SATE is seeking submissions for Directors and Writers for the Seventh Annual Aphra Behn Festival, presented May 5-7, 2023, at the Centene Center for the Arts. The theme for the 2023 Festival is “Re-Told” and will utilize plays from the Expand the Canon list of classical plays by women & underrepresented genders. When established in 2017, a goal of the Aphra Behn Festival was to give women interested in directing and writing for theatre an opportunity to get more experience, try out ideas, experiment, and hone their craft. SATE now looks to make the Festival a more inclusive space for transgender and non-binary artists, as well. The Aphra Behn Festival is named for the fascinating poet, translator, and spy, Aphra Behn, who is widely considered to be the first English woman to make her living as a playwright. SATE produced a play about her, “Or,” by Liz Duffy Adams, in February 2015 and collaborated with Prison Performing Arts to adapt Behn’s play, “The Rover”, for the artists at the Women’s Continued on page 5