Tag: News

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Homesick: Dominican Poet Francis Mateo on Washington Heights, Nostalgia, and Identity

“My American Dream is creating … as an actor, as an artist as a poet.”

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Bolivian Immigrants Celebrate ‘Alasitas’ Festival By Making Big Dreams Small

An indigenous festival where participants collect miniature versions of the objects they covet with the hopes of getting the real thing.

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‘What I Carried’ Volume Seven: With Songs in Their Hearts

The latest installment of our ‘What I Carried’ collaboration with Cowbird, using sound, photography and text to tell stories about immigrants.

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Podcast: Kaya Natin! (We Can Do It) Raises Funds and Spirits for Typhoon Haiyan Relief

Listen to stories, poetry, and music from a recent fundraiser for disaster relief at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop.

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Ten Films About Immigrants to Watch Over the Holidays

Check out Miranda Shafer’s list of ten must-see films about immigration spanning nearly a century.

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Filipino American Writers Recall Love Affair With Typhoons at Recent Literary Fundraiser

Cristina Pastor reports on a recent event hosted by the Asian American Writers Workshop to raise funds for Typhoon Haiyan relief.

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‘What I Carried’ Volume Three: Romanian Records, and a Lebanese Family Cookbook

Using sound, photography and text, stories about immigrants from our collaboration with Cowbird.

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‘What I Carried’ Volume Two: Little Italy, and the Family Milkshake Machine

The second installment of our Cowbird multimedia series examining personal objects with special meaning to immigrants.

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‘What I Carried’ – A New Collection of Immigration Stories From Fi2W and Cowbird

Through sound, text and photography, a new series examines personal objects with special meaning to immigrants.

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Natural Hair Gaining Popularity Among African-American & Black Immigrant Women, Except at Work

Black women say they continue to struggle when it comes to having natural hairstyles accepted in the corporate workplace.