Join us for Stories That Move Us on July 25 “A 19-year-old girl, sweating in her cocktail dress and her eyes wide with fear, was driving through a slum in Rio de Janeiro with a middle-aged male stranger. She was lost, and also late for her friend’s wedding, so she had little choice but to blindly trust that this stranger would not rape or assault her, and that he would take her to her destination.“ This is just one...
Written by Divya Ramesh A 19-year-old girl, sweating in her cocktail dress and her eyes wide with fear, was driving through a slum in Rio de Janeiro with a middle-aged male stranger. She was lost, and also late for her friend’s wedding, so she had little choice but to blindly trust that this stranger would not rape or assault her, and that he would take her to her destination. A crowd of nearly 70 people sat transfixed as they listened...
New Women New Yorkers kicked off Immigrant Heritage Month with an incredible evening at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, with The Moth and a group of 11 young women immigrants, storytellers for the night. For the very first time, these young immigrant women shared their stories with family and friends, and made us cry, laugh, and feel inspired and energized. Keep an eye out for our upcoming storytelling performance open to the public in July — we’ll be sharing...
Mika’s photograph and story were curated as part of the photo and storytelling exhibit, “Real People. Real Lives. Women Immigrants of New York.” It was pretty hard to keep my heart peaceful. My goal was to become a successful model. That means I needed to have the right agency, as well as talent. It wasn’t easy to get there, because New York is the most competitive place in the world. My friend taught me a lot of things to...