After Washington, the institutional mission to the United States which involves, until May 26, the president of the Lombardy Region, the councilor for Welfare and the undersecretary of the Presidency with responsibility for International Relations, stops in Chicago.
On Wednesday 22 May, an event took place in the city of Illinois with representatives of World Business Chicago, the official economic development organization of the city of Chicago. The Lombard delegation met Adrienne Tongate, Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives of Chicago Sister Cities International and Pasquale Gianni and Franco La Marca, members of the Sister Cities Milan-Chicago Committee.
“Also in Chicago – explains the president of the Region – a networking event was held in which, among others, the consul general in Chicago Thomas Botzios and Ron Onesti, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans – JCCIA, participated. reality that since 1952 has brought together over sixty Italian American organizations in the Chicago area, promoting the valorization of Italian culture”.
The delegation will also remain in the city on Thursday 23 May, “a day during which – adds the undersecretary for International Relations – among the various activities on the agenda, a visit to the robotic surgery center of the University of Illinois is also planned. Also scheduled the signing of the new agreement for cooperation, exchange and study of the Italian language between the Union Ridge Middle School in Harwood Heights and the Alessandro Manzoni comprehensive institute in Legnano”.
