UNICO National is a service organization of Italian Americans established in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1922 to "engage in charitable works, support higher education, and perform patriotic deeds".
At that time of its founding, the trial of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti was in the news, and many stories fostered a belief that Italian Americans were loyal primarily to their homeland.
At an annual convention held each year during July or August in different cities across the country, the membership elects an executive board of officers[10] to conduct the activities of the national organization.
As of April 2010, he had made over 40 major media appearances[11][12][13][14][15] in Unico's campaign against the MTV reality show Jersey Shore and other negative portrayals of Italian Americans.
[20] DiMino also targeted the video game Mafia II for allegedly portraying Italians and Italian-Americans as gangsters, and accused Take-Two Interactive of "blatantly and unfairly discriminating and demeaning" the community.