Tag: New York

Immigrants in New York City
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Podcast: Among Dark-Skinned Immigrants Some See Skin Bleaching as a Path to Success

Christina Berthaud explores the practice of skin-bleaching among Caribbean immigrants in the U.S.

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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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I Won’t be Home for Christmas: Facing the Holidays as an Immigrant

Many who can’t go home recreate holiday traditions in the U.S.

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‘What I Carried’ Volume Six: A Jamaican Bible and a Nepali Calendar

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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‘What I Carried’ Featured on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show

Fi2W executive producer John Rudolph talks about our new multimedia project.

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Thanksgiving on the Radio: Pavochón, ‘Thanksgivukkah,’ and Other Fusions

Listen to Kathy Gunst on NHPR’s ‘Word of Mouth,” and Von Diaz on NPR’s Latino USA talking about Thanksgiving traditions and hybrids.

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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 Four: Love Notes

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

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How New Yorkers Can Help Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan

“The relief efforts are dismal compared with the scale of the destruction,” says former Fi2W fellow Aurora Almendral in the Philippines.

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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.