Join Italian community events in Rochester, NY celebrating your cultural heritage. Find cultural festivals, professional networking events, religious celebrations, educational workshops, fundraisers, and social gatherings that bring the Italian community together. Stay connected with events that honor your traditions and create meaningful connections.
The Consulate General in New York has four dependent Honorary Consulates. They are offices managed by private citizens who assist the community in collaboration with the Consulate General by providing a number of administrative services.
In the middle of the 20th century, Italian Americans felt that they were not considered as socially desirable as the rest of the American population. Realizing that changes in perceptions were needed, six prominent Italian Americans began a far-reaching crusade to demonstrate their ethnicity’s worth to the Greater Rochester, NY community. It would begin with a mission to create an awareness that Italian Americans were indeed a people capable of doing good for those who were neglected and less fortunate in society. To that end, a Foundation for charitable giving was created as a New York State Not-for-Profit corporation, having U.S. IRS 501(c)(3) status. That entity is known as the Italian Heritage Foundation of Rochester.
Our mission is to help students succeed in school without having to worry about financial barriers.
Inaugurated with much fanfare in October 1997, the Italian American Center (IACC) is the largest multi-functional center in the region. It was the vision of a group of energetic and dedicated people who launched a monthly bilingual Italian-American newspaper and roughed out their objectives. The IACC building rose from its foundation as a truly cooperative endeavor.
The Mission of the Italian American Community Center is to sustain the social vitality and cultural vibrancy of the Italian American heritage by strengthening family life, uplifting human services, binding together the diverse historical traditions of Italians, and honoring the legacy of Italian immigration to the United States.
