UPROOTED: How Newark Acquired a Medical School & Destroyed a Neighborhood
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 5PM
WHERE: Facebook Live
“Uprooted” is the story of how a Newark neighborhood was demolished—and its residents displaced—for the creation of a medical school in the 1960s.Using address data and GIS mapping technologies, a team of students, historians, researchers and designers at Rutgers and Columbia Universities, collaborated to build an interactive map that shows the trajectories of two phases of emigration from the neighborhood. By plotting the names and geolocations of the individuals who were displaced we have created a spatial representation of the stories of the people who once called University Heights their home.
Tune in to hear from the researchers and creators behind this exciting interactive project!
Story Behind the Song with Yeimy Gamez
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug 11, 4PM
WHERE: Instagram Live @newestamericans
Newark artist YEIMY GAMEZ CASTILLO talks about the story behind her new single, Sueño Mojado.
Newark Story Bus Launch
WHEN: Saturday, July 10, 10AM – 5PM
WHERE: Treat Place, Newark
The Newark Story Bus will make its maiden voyage at the Murals | Market | Music event on Treat Place in Newark. Covered in vibrant designs by local artists Gera and Werc, the bus celebrates our diverse cultural heritage. Visitors are invited to climb aboard our mobile media lab, have their portraits made, record their stories, and take home a print of their portrait.
100 Days of Biden: Accountability in the White House
WHEN: Monday, May 3, 6PM
WHERE: Facebook Live
After President Biden’s first 100 days in office, we check in to see how the administration is delivering on its promises regarding immigration.
FEATURED GUESTS:
MARISOL CONDE-HERNANDEZ is the first female undocumented attorney in the state of New Jersey whose story is the focus of our documentary series American Sueño.
ANGY RIVERA is the Co-Director of the New York State Youth Leadership Council; her story is documented in the film No Le Digas a Nadie (Don’t Tell Anyone)
A conversation with Roberto Lovato on his memoir, “Unforgetting,” and Gaiutra Bahadur
WHEN: Thursday, January 14
WHERE: Facebook Live
A conversation with the artists of “This Guiding Light”
WHEN: 3PM EST Thursday, December 17
WHERE: Facebook Live
The Pandemic & Its Impact on Guatemala
WHEN: 3PM EST Wednesday, December 16
WHERE: Facebook Live
Immigration Policy and the 2020 Election
WHEN: 6PM EST Monday, November 2
WHERE: Facebook Live
Undocumented & Unafraid with RU Dreamers
WHEN: 1PM EST Monday, October 19
WHERE Facebook Live
Amiri Baraka Birthday Poetry Slam
WHEN: 6PM EST Wednesday, October 7
WHERE: Facebook Live
New Story: Essential Until Expendable
Story published: October 1, 2020
Facebook Live event: October 2, 2020, 5PM
On Friday, October 2, Newest Americans will host a conversation on Facebook Live with author Mary Ann Koruth, photographer Ed Kashi, and Angelica Espinal-Garcia, who is a board-member at Casa Freehold and a health educator at Freehold’s Department of Health.
“We are left out. I am disappointed. I’ve lived here 20 years. I didn’t get anything.”
Alicia Valeriano, referring to the CARES act, which bypassed her family due to her undocumented status.
New Story: An American Meo
July 20, 2020 @ 6:00PM
Watch Here:
FacebookLive/newestamericans
Newest Americans Mary Ann Koruth in conversation with Anisa Rahim about her experience learning her family history and writing her remarkable piece: An American Meo.
New Story: Mirian Mijangos
July 13, 2020 @ 6:00PM
Watch Here:
Facebooklive/
newestamericans
“I knew that if the hoof of the horse got to my head, it would be over for me.”
– Mirian Mijangos
A conversation with Rita Dentino of Casa Freehold and Tsering Lama of Adhikaar about immigrant domestic workers in New Jersey, their struggles, their stories and the campaign for their rights.
New Story: Historias para lo que viene
July 6, 2020 @ 5:00PM
Watch Here:
FacebookLive/
newestamericans
Histories for what’s to come
Facebook Live with Catalina Muñoz Rojas discussing Newest Americans’ latest multimedia story, Historias Para Lo Que Viene.
New Story: Shanta Adhikary Ghimire
Coming June 29
A Nepali domestic worker finds her calling as a poet and activist.
