Why I became an American

Posted on June 16, 2010

Real Simple magazine is running a feature story this upcoming July issue called “Why I became an American.” The story profiles six women who became U.S. citizens within the last year who “explain why they proudly adopted this country as their own.” Thank you to our reader Aura Seltzer for the tip!

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World Cup Culture

Posted on June 14, 2010

The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC is running a special segment they call the Immigrant World Cup, “Throughout the World Cup, we’ll select random matchups and hear from immigrants of each country about why their community is NYC’s best in food, music, and other areas.” The show encourages callers to celebrate their own culture while appreciating the others. Some of the questions being asked are below:

Why is your country’s food the best?
Why is your country’s music the best?
Why is your country’s nature the prettiest?
Why are your people the most beautiful?
Why is your immigrant community NYC’s best?
oh, and…Why is your soccer team the best?!

The Immigrant World Cup will continue throughout the world up on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC.
For more information, visit http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/series/immigrant-world-cup/

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Upcoming Event: First Person American at AIGA/NY

Posted on June 7, 2010

First Person American is invited to be a presenter at an upcoming AIGA/NY event titled, “MY DOG AND PONY: FRESH BLOOD!” on June 15, 2010.

About the event from the AIGA/NY site:

A whole new crop of younger-techier-faster-stronger grad students are about to be unleashed on the city. What are they thinking? What have they done? What do they know that we don’t know? We’ve rounded up a few of the best and will give them each five minutes to blow your mind with the work that has kept them up late for the past few months: their thesis. But old-school it’s not, because this evening at Galapagos will be a Pecha-Kucha-style whirlwind of talent and taste, laden with potent potential.

We’ll be hearing from MICA, MIT Media Lab, NYU ITP, Parsons Design + Technology, Pratt Comm-D, RISD, SVA MFA Design, SVA D-Crit and Yale. Scott Stowell will moderate this fast-paced frenzy of an evening that you don’t want to miss.

Come, have a drink and learn all about First Person American.

RSVP at http://www.aigany.org/events/details/10G9/

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Dora the Illegal Immigrant Explorer

Posted on May 24, 2010


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 Debbie Groben of Sarasota, Fla., for a contest for the fake news site FreakingNews.com. Read the full article by the Associated Press.

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Immigrant Number One

Posted on May 14, 2010

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 York Magazine.

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