Congratulations to all those who wrote to the NJ Legislature to express their
disappointment at the then proposed elimination of funding for the New Jersey
State Italian American Commission.

$135,000 was reinstated in the final version of the Fiscal Year 2004 State Budget,
in accordance with the advisory below.

IAOV, and UNICO who were instrumental in this effort, were concerned, and did the community an important service, and did themselves proud!!!
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Subj:   Italian American Commission
Date:   7/22/03 11:01:17 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:   SenKean@njleg.org
To: Eaa097@aol.com

Dear Mr. Alfano:

Thank you for contacting us to express your concerns about Governor McGreevey's proposed Fiscal Year 2004 State Budget which would have eliminated all funding for the Commission on Italian American Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs. We thought you might appreciate receiving an update on this important matter.

You will be pleased to know that $135,000 was reinstated in the final version of the Fiscal Year 2004 State Budget.

We hope this information is helpful you.  Please do not hesitate to contact us again on this or any other matter.

Sincerely yours,

Thomas H. Kean, Jr., Senator;
Eric Munoz, M.D., Assemblyman
Jon M. Bramnick, Assemblyman
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ACCENTUATE the Positive, ELIMINATE the Negative!!!!

Speaking out with One Voice against Negative Stereotyping

Italian-American One Voice Coalition is a national network of activists enabling the Italian American community to act as one united voice when dealing with defamation, discrimination and negative stereotyping.

Member organizations provide a liaison with the IA One Voice Coalition to disseminate information to the Italian American community and protest with one voice against each outrage against our heritage, culture and character.

Italian American One Voice - Who We Are

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Italian American One Voice Coalition
http://www.italianamericanonevoice.org/iaindex.html