Launch of “Uprooted” Interactive Displacement Map
08/04/2021Newark Story Bus Launch
07/10/202110:00 am
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
05/03/20216:00 pm
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)
Newest Americans wins Online Storytelling Project of the Year
What Now? A year into immigrant detention during a pandemic
03/11/20213:00 pm
A conversation with Roberto Lovato on his memoir, “Unforgetting,” and Gaiutra Bahadur
01/14/20212:00 pm
WHEN: Thursday, January 14
WHERE: Facebook Live
A conversation with the artists of “This Guiding Light”
12/17/20203:00 pm
WHEN: 3PM EST Thursday, December 17
WHERE: Facebook Live
The Pandemic & Its Impact on Guatemala
12/16/20203:00 pm
WHEN: 3PM EST Wednesday, December 16
WHERE: Facebook Live
Immigration Policy and the 2020 Election
11/02/20206:00 pm
WHEN: 6PM EST Monday, November 2
WHERE: Facebook Live
Undocumented & Unafraid with RU Dreamers
10/19/20201:00 pm
WHEN: 1PM EST Monday, October 19
WHERE Facebook Live
First Generation Voters
10/16/202012:00 pm
WHEN: 12PM EST Friday, October 16
WHERE: Facebook Live
Amiri Baraka Birthday Poetry Slam
10/07/20206:00 pm
WHEN: 6PM EST Wednesday, October 7
WHERE: Facebook Live
New Story: Essential Until Expendable
10/02/20205:00 pm
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.
New Story: An American Meo
07/20/2020July 20, 2020 @ 6:00PM
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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
07/13/2020July 13, 2020 @ 6:00PM
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“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
07/06/2020July 6, 2020 @ 5:00PM
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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
06/29/2020Coming June 29
A Nepali domestic worker finds her calling as a poet and activist.
Marisol Conde-Hernandez on SCOTUS and DACA
06/24/20205:00 pm
WHEN: 5PM EST Wednesday, June 24, 2020
WHERE: Instagram Live
New Story: Malta Through Refugee Eyes
06/22/2020This idyllic Mediterranean island is a hub for global migration.