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Photo Credit: Susan Stfanyshyn
Diego Bastianutti (Guest Speaker) was a professor at Queens University and is Angie's stepfather. He was born in Italy before World War 2. By the time the war ended, Diego and his family had no house to live in because their city was carpet bombed. He then emigrated, with his family, to the United States. Being Italian, he was seen as an inferior race. He lost his sense of culture. He now works in the downtown east side with homeless people who have lost their identity. He writes poetry telling the stories of these people. His poetry is accompanied with pictures of the people photographed by colleague Guido Jon Bertelli. Together, they have an exhibit called, "Breaking the Fourth Wall" that showcases their works. The exhibit will be on display at the Italian Cultural Centre from Sept. 10th to Oct. 5th. The exhibit will then be at the Roundhouse Centre downtown next year in March and April. Diego then read some of his poetry. Sandy presented the certificate.
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