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Fi2W Film Series Celebrates NYC Immigrant Heritage Week

Join us at The New School on April 21 – 23 for a film series exploring immigrant experiences in film.

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More Than One Way to Crack a Coconut: Making Puerto Rican Tembleque

As part of her exploration of the Puerto Rican cookbook Cocina Criolla, Von Diaz takes on a simple dessert. But it’s not that easy without a machete.

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The DREAM Movement’s New Agenda: Five Young Immigrants Tell Us Why They’ve Moved Beyond Seeking a Pathway to Citizenship

Frustrated with the deadlock in Washington over immigration reform, young immigrant activists are starting to distance themselves from the core goals of the DREAMer movement.

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Video: Here, I Am the Real Me

For Colombian musician Gregorio Uribe, leading his own big band in NYC is the realization of his American Dream. Watch Uribe in an original Fi2W story.

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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.