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Podcast: The Italian American Podcast
Episode: IAP 183: Conversations on Columbus: An Unprecedented Response
Description: On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Philadelphia Councilmember Mark F. Squilla, The 1492 Society, and the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations all joined forces to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney's Executive Order No. 2-21, with which he unilaterally cancelled Columbus Day as a holiday in the City of Brotherly Love and replaced it with "Indigenous Peoples Day." This week, host John M. Viola sits down with Atty. George Bochetto, who is representing the plaintiffs in this landmark case. The plaintiffs contend that no...