Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) is the oldest and largest association of American Men and Women of Italian descent in the United States. (National Site) The Grand Lodge of the Northwest (GLNW) is one of the 21 State Charters throughout the U.S. with 20 Local Lodges (Directory link) currently in Oregon and Washington. It is the goal of the GLNW to develop discussion groups, Italian language classes, and cultural programs. Women constitute more than 50 percent (50%) of OSIA's membership, a …

… We are referred to in many ways: the Pattern Beings, the Winged Ones, the Travelers of the Heavens, the Sky People, the Light Bearers and the Flying Tribes-we are but the Hostssent in service for a transition back into Godness and to act as alarm clocks to those sleeping while destruction descends upon you. We are come at your request to open the door of the prison you have built around your selves without realizing the consequences of the isolation of a fragment taken from the whole of God-ness …