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==Background==

==Background==

Gemma's father, Peter, Sr. (1924-2007) was born in Providence; his mother, the former Jane M. St. Amand (1924-2015), was originally from Worcester, [[Massachusetts]] but a long-term resident with her family of Warwick in Kent County in central Rhode Island. Peter, Sr., and Jane are interred at Saint Ann Cemetery in Cranston in Providence County. He has an older brother, John Patrick Gemma, Sr., of [[Dover]], [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140059489|title=Jane M. St. Amand Gemma|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}]</ref>

Gemma's father, Peter, Sr. (1924-2007) was born in Providence; his mother, the former Jane M. St. Amand (1924-2015), was originally from Worcester, [[Massachusetts]] but a long-term resident with her family of Warwick in Kent County in central Rhode Island. Peter, Sr., and Jane are interred at Saint Ann Cemetery in Cranston in Providence County. He has an older brother, John Patrick Gemma, Sr., of [[Dover]], [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140059489|title=Jane M. St. Amand Gemma|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma graduated in 1968 from the [[Roman Catholic]] all-male Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Peter-Gemma/8729037279|title=Peter Gemma: Class of 1968|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is no longer a Catholic, however. In 2016, while touring [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Gemma said on [[Facebook]] that he is "so thankful for my personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]] - no [[cathedral]]s needed."<ref name=fbook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/petergemma?fref=nf|title=Peter Gemma|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma graduated in 1968 from the [[Roman Catholic]] all-male Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Peter-Gemma/8729037279|title=Peter Gemma: Class of 1968|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is no longer a Catholic, however. In 2016, while touring [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Gemma said on [[Facebook]] that he is "so thankful for my personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]] - no [[cathedral]]s needed."<ref name=fbook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/petergemma?fref=nf|title=Peter Gemma|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

===Political activities===

===Political activities===

For more than three decades, Gemma has worked in the political arena, managing campaigns, raising money for candidates and causes, and training candidates and campaign staffs.<ref name=readings>{{cite web|url=http://www.quarterly-review.org/what-were-reading-peter-b-gemma/|title=What We're Reading: Peter Gemma|publisher=''Quarterly Review''|date=June 13, 2012|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked with non-profit organizations, such as the American Institute for Cancer Research, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the National Association of Arab-Americans, the Center for Homeless Veterans, the Wildfowl Trust of North America, and ''azz Magazine''.<ref name=pbgbio/>

For more than three decades, Gemma has worked in the political arena, managing campaigns, raising money for candidates and causes, and training candidates and campaign staffs.<ref name=readings>{{cite web|url=http://www.quarterly-review.org/what-were-reading-peter-b-gemma/|title=What We're Reading: Peter Gemma|publisher=''Quarterly Review''|date=June 13, 2012|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked with non-profit organizations, such as the American Institute for Cancer Research, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the National Association of Arab-Americans, the Center for Homeless Veterans, the Wildfowl Trust of North America, and ''Jazz Magazine''.<ref name=pbgbio/>

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