Fi2W on the Radio: Artist Captures Napa’s Undocumented Vineyard Workers Laboring While Wildfires Burn
Using art to call attention to extremely unsafe working conditions.
Using art to call attention to extremely unsafe working conditions.
The Colón-Santiago family is determined to stay and rebuild.
Casa Pueblo kept the lights on when most of the island was in darkness.
Residents of Utuado, Puerto Rico were stranded after Hurricane Maria by washed out roads and mudslides; photo: Eric D. Woodall
The next Fi2W online magazine will report on migration triggered by climate change. Our focus will be the mass exodus of Puerto Ricans from the island to the U.S. mainland following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, as well as the migration of residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands to the mainland.
Our coverage will examine the impact on communities where Puerto Rican climate migrants are settling as well as changes in their relationship to the communities they left behind.
We will explore the challenges facing people arriving on the mainland as well as the social, economic and political transformation of cities and states with large Puerto Rican populations such as New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Illinois.
We will tell this story through individual narratives as well as more broad-based reporting that explores what it means to be a climate refugee, and the implications of this phenomenon for the nation as a whole.
We are looking for stories in any medium – feature articles, audio, video, photo essay, or maps – that help bring a deeper understanding to these complex issues. Story pitches should be submitted in English. Stories may be published in English and Spanish.
To submit your pitch, or for questions, contact Rachael Bongiorno at rbongiorno@newschool.edu
Fi2W is supported by the David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation, the Ralph E. Odgen Foundation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, an anonymous donor and readers like you.
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