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LIKE AND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK Dante Alighieri Society of Denver Website: https://dantealighieriofdenver.com/ PRESIDENT’S REPORT     Following the recent Black Lives Matter protests, the city of Denver removed the Columbus memorial sculpture from Civic Center Park to protect it from vandalism. They are looking to change the purpose of the sculpture and have asked Denver’s…

LIKE AND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK Dante Alighieri Society of Denver Website: https://dantealighieriofdenver.com/   PRESIDENT’S REPORT With the now “Safer-at-Home” directive, things are starting to reopen to the public, though there is still considerable uncertainty about what will be the outcome. Our Board continues to meet via ZOOM, cultural meetings and Italian classes continue to…

LIKE AND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK Dante Alighieri Society of Denver Website: https://dantealighieriofdenver.com PRESIDENT’S REPORT As we continue to struggle under the heretofore uncharted grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has unanimously decided to cancel all activities in the near future. This means that cultural meetings/activities during the month of June and…

LIKE AND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK PRESIDENT’S REPORT Did you know that it was the Italians who, when suffering with the Black Plague in the mid-14th century, realized the need for social separation for quaranta giorni to slow the rate of infection? Thus, the now ubiquitous “quarantine”. As we grapple with the impact of COVID-19, everyone at the…

LIKE AND FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK Dante Alighieri Society of Denver Website: https://dantealighieriofdenver.com/ PRESIDENT’S REPORT As we are now facing a whole new world reality brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, your Dante Alighieri Society Board of Directors deemed it necessary to convene a special meeting to determine our response to the situation. With the…