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Category Archives: Immigration
What’s Your Story? 2013 Welcoming Stories Potluck and Screening
What’s Your Story? 2013 Welcoming Stories Potluck and Screening Sunday, April 21, 2013, 4:30-7:00pm Location: Immigrant Movement International Address: 108-59 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens, NY 11368 Transportation: 7 train to the 103rd and Roosevelt Avenue stop Free & Open to All, … Continue reading
What’s Your Story? 2012 Premiere
First Person American presents the What’s Your Story? 2012 Premiere – a collection of short films that explore personal immigration narratives from high school students NEW YORK, NY, July 13, 2012—First Person American and the Human Rights class at Newcomers High … Continue reading
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The Pride of America
Each year around Independence Day, Carnegie Corporation of New York, in partnership with The New York Times, salutes our founder Andrew Carnegie’s legacy, by celebrating an ideal he held so dearly: citizenship. On this particular day, The Carnegie Corporation honors … Continue reading
Dora the Illegal Immigrant Explorer
In a slew of parodies on the Internet, in newspapers and at public rallies, the doe-eyed cartoon character has become an unlikely symbol of a heated debate. This composite image of Dora the Explorer was created late last year by … Continue reading
Immigrant Number One
The New York Magazine writes about the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island. In 1892, she was the first foreigner to arrive at Ellis Island. By 1893, she was an American mystery. Read the full article by the New … Continue reading
