The Civic League was founded by former Congressman Joe DioGuardi and a board of Albanian Americans in 1989 as the only registered, volunteer grassroots lobby in Washington, DC, representing the concerns of Albanian Americans about the national cause of seven million Albanians living side by side in Albania, Kosova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Presheve, Medvegje, Bujanoc, and Chameria. The Civic League is registered to lobby the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government, and it files semi-annual reports with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate and the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. http://blog.aacl.com/
Joe DioGuardi and wife Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi lead Albanians in 2008 Columbus Day Parade