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Laccetti Foundation Announces WorldCast23 for June 8

The Silvio Laccetti Foundation will present WorldCast23, an environmental studies seminar for and by high school students around the world. This is the third consecutive program of its kind for this highly anticipated broadcast.

Past year participants included: NJ schools Lyndhurst, Point Pleasant Boro, Watchung Valley Regional, Marco Polo School in New York City, select high schools from Venice and Novarra, Italy and two schools from Serra Negra in Brazil. Becton Regional presented last year and will do so again. For WorldCast21 and 22, Ca’ Foscari University, in Venice, Italy, hosted the zoomcast in cooperation with the Consul General of Italy in New York City.

This year, the new nonprofit Emigration and Empathy (E & E), will provide the platform for the broadcast. E & E was founded by Francesco Ponteriero, a top honor’s student at Delbarton Academy in Morristown, NJ. Francesco was the 2022 winner of the Silvio Laccetti Foundation’s Garibaldi Award for excellence in Italian Studies and Community Service. Francesco serves as the producer, master of ceremonies, and film editor of WorldCast23

- an amazing undertaking for a student heavily involved in school extracurriculars. The uniqueness of WorldCast is in presentations by high school students who live and learn in environmental hotspots. This adds immediate and personal dimensions to the program. The research is unencumbered by political ideologies or preconceived notions about problem areas. This year, we expanded the reach of the program, adding four new topics and schools in three new countries. Here is the program:

- Glenstal Abbey School, Limerick, Ireland: The Deterioration of the Gulf Stream

- St. Clare’s College, Griffith, ACT, Australia: Perils to the Great Barrier Reef

- Kirmayr School, Brazil: Threats to the Rain Forest

- Becton High School, New Jersey, USA: Endangered Species Amid Urban-suburban sprawl

- HHX Aalborg School, Saxograde, Denmark: Windmills and Clean Energy

- Delbarton School, New Jersey, USA: Jockey Hollow National Park

A keynote address will be delivered by Logan Bateman, of Montclair High School, NJ. Logan was the 2022 winner of the Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist Award given by the Laccetti Foudation. Bateman will urge all viewers to become involved in locally significant projects which benefit the environment, citing the example of his own work in organizing a group of students that restored and reopened a wildlife reserve near his home town. WorldCast23 will have its premiere on YouTube on June 8 at 10 a.m. Thus it can be seen during school hours in a classroom or in an auditorium setting. The general public is also invited to attend the premiere. It will be available thereafter on demand at any time for various uses by schools and environmental groups. Viewers may go to the website bit.ly/worldcast2023 where they will find a countdown clock to broadcast time. Afterwards, the program will be accessible at any time, worldwide. publishers

The Silvio Laccetti Foundation promotes Italian heritage studies and activities worldwide, particularly through its Garibaldi Award Program which recognizes high-achieving students who embody the values and social consciousness of Italian America.

Francesco Pontoriero, may be reached at cesco58@optimum.net. Dr. Laccetti may be reached at slaccett@ stevens.edu for questions or comments.

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