Feet in Two Worlds
Slide Show: In Gentrified Williamsburg, Latino Community Fights to Maintain its Identity
Since 1972, the non-profit organization Los Sures has been helping to rebuild the south side of Williamsburg, a Brooklyn neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. Los Sures offers affordable housing, social services and legal assistance to old time residents who do not want to give up their homes. READ MORE »
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Podcast:
How To Wear Your Hair? A Potent Question For African & Caribbean Immigrant Women »
June 14, 2013
For black women from Africa and the Caribbean settling in the U.S. means many changes. As immigrants their identity is shifting, as women they feel pressure to fit in and feel beautiful. On this podcast, Miranda Shafer and Sally Nnamani visit hair salons and the homes of immigrant black women from Africa and the Caribbean to talk about hair. read more »
On the Radio:
Exploring the Legacy of New York's First Immigrant »
June 12, 2013
Juan Rodriguez was the first non-Indian immigrant to settle in Manhattan. Be he wasn't Dutch or English—rather, he was from what is now the Dominican Republic. Maija Garcia and her collaborator, Armando Batista, are bringing Rodriguez's little-known story to the stage. But it's not the only tribute he's getting in New York. Three miles of Broadway—the part that runs through heavily Dominican neighborhoods includling Washington Heights—was recently renamed Juan Rodriguez Way. read more »
Podcast:
What's in an Accent? Both Opportunity and Barriers for Immigrant Actresses »
June 3, 2013
Nanda Abella has been struggling with her Spanish accent for years. Like many Hispanic actresses trying to make it in New York, the Argentinian-born says she can sense it the moment she walks into an audition. "You see the faces when you have an accent," she says, "you see how they look at you." And so twice a month Abella pays $90 for forty five minutes with a coach to help her sound more American. Actress Ruya Koman is from Turkey, but she wants to learn a Spanish accent to get more roles. read more »
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