Tagged: Immigrant neighborhood
Written by Anna Archibald The past year has been one for the books at New Women New Yorkers. Aside from successful first, second, third, and fourth runs of the LEAD Program, which provides professional training and support for young women immigrants in NYC, as well as a variety of other accomplishments, we’ve built an impressive team of bloggers — the majority of whom are young women immigrants themselves. In 2015, they wrote stories encompassing myriad issues surrounding women in...
Written by Abbey Kurtz Astoria reminds me of my third grade class geography project — 20 students studying 20 different countries and putting together a visual presentation to share with the other kids and their families for world culture day. We had rows of desks filled with food, artifacts, clothing, posters, and dictionaries lining our small, cozy classroom. Making your way around the room, you accumulated delicious food, colorful jewelry, new ways to say “hello,” and the excitement of feeling...
Written by Jahaida Hernandez Jesurum Within just two square miles in the southeastern portion of Queens, lies Rosedale, home to a population of a little more than 30,000 residents. I first drove to Rosedale on a sunny Saturday afternoon in August. The first thing I saw was Brookville Park, with its welcoming and overwhelming greenery scattered with family picnics, basketball players, and bicycle riders. Driving south on Brookville Boulevard I glanced at beautiful homes of pristine white painted...
