The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States
Serving our Community for 29 Years!
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LUSUS Newsletter
New Edition of LUSUS to Highlight Portuguese Culture
Part of PALCUS' mission is to promote the Portuguese culture and those who are helping to keep it alive. We welcome input from anyone on people or groups to feature, as well as additional categories to include.
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Featured Folklore - Rancho Folclórico Corações Lusíadas
Their goal is: “Spreading the culture of the Minho in the Boston area, one vira at a time.”
This Portuguese folk dancing group is from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Traditions / Customs - Our Lady of Miracles Celebration: Gustine, California
“This page was created to inform and to share photos of the Our Lady of Miracles festa in Gustine CA.”
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Featured Fado Singer – David Garcia
“David Silveira Garcia was born on December 7th, 1980 in San Jose, California to two adoring Azorean immigrant parents, Rosa Maria and António Garcia. Since David’s parents had only been in the U.S. for six years, David was raised in the true, old-fashioned Portuguese way: only speaking Portuguese and listening to all genres of Portuguese music.”
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Featured Photographer – Melissa Alves
Melissa Alves is a photographer from Connecticut.
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Featured Restaurant –
Antonio's Churrasqueira and Rodizio
Antonio's Churrasqueira and Rodizio is a Portuguese restaurant located in New York.
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Featured Architect –
Eduardo Souto de Moura
“Eduardo Souto de Moura was born in Porto, Portugal in 1952. His father was a doctor (ophthalmologist) and his mother a home maker. He has one brother and one sister. The sister is also a doctor and his brother is a lawyer with a political career—formerly he was Attorney General of Portugal.
He is frequently invited as a guest professor to Lausanne and Zurich in Switzerland as well as Harvard in the United States. These guest lectures at universities and seminars over the years have afforded him the opportunity to meet many colleagues in the field, among them Jacques Herzog and Aldo Rossi.”
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Featured Design Website –
Artigos at Portugalia Marketplace
Artigos, a new concept store in Fall River’s Portugalia Marketplace highlights the best of products from Portugal. The store offers an array of porcelain dinnerware, furniture, gift items, toiletries and more. Marketplace is a place to purchase Portuguese home décor as well as Portuguese food.
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Featured Fashion Website – Portutees Portuguese Apparel Company
“PortuTees is created and designed by Portuguese for anyone that knows and loves the Portuguese culture. You don't have to be Portuguese to laugh, smile and enjoy all the designs and products we have to offer.
Growing up in the Portuguese culture/community can be quiet entertaining and that's what we go for with our products.”
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Featured Author – Millicent Borges Accardi
“Millicent Borges Accardi, a Portuguese-American writer has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, CantoMundo, California Arts Council, Fulbright Foundation, Fundação Luso-Americana (FLAD), the Barbara Deming Foundation (Money for Women).”
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Featured Winery – Lusu Cellars
On their website, it states: “The origin of our name is inspired by the legend of Lusus, who brought vines and winemaking to the Iberian peninsula. Lusus, a companion of Bacchus the Roman god of wine, voyaged to the mountains, valleys and coasts of Portugal and began many of the now centuries-old enological traditions that carry a rich history in the region. The different soils and climates in each region created unique connections between the people and the vines. My family made wine for generations on mainland Portugal and the island of Madeira. Bringing their knowledge, embedded in tradition, to a new land in California, renewed the cycle Lusus created.”
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Featured Scientist – Manuela M. Veloso
Professor Veloso states: “I research in the area of Artificial Intelligence. My long-term research goal is the effective construction of autonomous agents where cognition, perception, and action are combined to address planning, execution, and learning tasks.”
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Featured Actress – Daniela Melchior
“Daniela Melchior is a Portuguese film and television actress. Melchior started her career with several Portuguese film and television productions, including Ouro Verde, A Herdeira, The Black Book, and Parque Mayer. In May 2019, Melchior was cast in her first American film, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, as Ratcatcher 2”.
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Featured Singer – Sky Ferreira
“Sky Tonia Ferreira (born July 8, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Ferreira's first extended play, As If!, was released digitally on March 22, 2011. Her second EP, Ghost, was released on October 16, 2012 to generally positive reviews.”
Ferreira's heritage is Native American, Brazilian and Portuguese.
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If you would like to feature your artwork or written works in this newsletter, please send your bio, images and other information to [email protected]
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JOIN PALCUS
Are you a PALCUS member yet?
We are stronger together!
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If you agree with the work undertaken by PALCUS to build the social, cultural and political capital of our community, then please join us and become a member today!
Strong membership participation means a stronger voice in the national Portuguese-American agenda. In order to advance Portuguese language education, increase presence in the congressional caucuses, and provide economic opportunities, the collective voice of thousands is needed!
In addition, PALCUS is a member-driven non-profit organization that depends on membership dues and fundraising events to fund its operations. Members of the all-volunteer board of directors donate their time and personal funds for travel, lodging and tickets to attend networking events and planning sessions so our administrative costs are relatively low but nonetheless critical to doing business on a daily basis.
There are membership categories to suit every budget and level of interest. Please click on our membership webpage and join our voice today!
Questions? Contact Graci for more information!
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Did you enjoy this newsletter? Do you know about all the programs PALCUS offers our community? Please visit our website and become a member today!
We can't do what we do without your support!
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Jobs for Portuguese Speakers
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PALCUS Mission
In order to create a singular voice to advocate for the Portuguese-American and Luso-American communities at large, the Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States Inc. (PALCUS) was founded in 1991 as a non-partisan, non-profit, organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.
The PALCUS mission is to address domestic and international concerns of the Portuguese-American Community.
The Council conducts an expanding program of educational and public affairs activities on issues of interest to the Portuguese-American community and of salience to the Luso-American Relationship.
PALCUS is committed to serving the community through increasingly active government relations efforts, the promotion of a greater awareness of ethnic accomplishments and encouraging stronger ties between Portugal and the United States. In this role PALCUS advances the community professionally, politically and culturally while working to ensure that issues directly affecting our community are addressed through our network of government and community leaders.
PALCUS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization under the IRS tax code and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia. Donations are tax deductible to extent allowed by law and will be acknowledged.
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PALCUS has earned the 2019 Gold GuideStarUSA Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency. Visit our profile HERE
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Contact Information
Phone: 202-466-4664
9255 Center St., Suite 404
Manassas, VA 20110
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