WHEN: June 18, 2022 – 12:00PM

WHERE: The Newark Museum of Art, Newark

Join us Saturday 12-5 at The Newark Museum of Art. Hop on the Newark Story bus tell us your story and get your portrait taken. The bus is a mobile media lab created by Newest Americans that collects and shares the rich stories that make Newark a global city. See you Saturday!

WHEN: June 2, 2022 – 6:30PM

WHERE: Facebook Live

This Thursday, we’re premiering our conversation with Hamna Saleem, Dina Sayedahmed, Asmaa Ashraf, to reflect on the 2016 Newest Americans Film, Hijabi World, and where they are today. Don’t miss this riveting conversation about how they have grown as Hijabi women, and activists and what has changed since the release of Hijabi World.

This premiere is a part of the Stories From The Global City series, brought to you by Newest Americans in partnership with New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)The Newark Museum of ArtNewark Public Library & Newark Symphony Hall

Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboratory of journalists, media-makers, artists, faculty, and students housed at Rutgers University Newark.

WHEN: March 29, 2022 – 6:30PM EST

WHERE: Facebook Live

Join us for a virtual screening presenting the Newark Story Bus, as part of our virtual series Stories From The Global City.

Stories From the Global City, is a virtual screening series, brought to you by Newest Americans in partnership with NJPAC, The Newark Museum of Art, The Newark Public Library, Newark Symphony Hall, & NJ Symphony. Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboratory of journalists, media-makers, artists, faculty, and students housed at Rutgers University Newark.

WHEN: February 22, 2022 – 6:30PM EST

WHERE: Facebook Live

Join us for a virtual screening of our short film, “We Came & Stayed: Coyt Jones/Ras Baraka”.

Stories From the Global City, is a virtual screening series, brought to you by Newest Americans in partnership with NJPAC, The Newark Museum of Art, The Newark Public Library, Newark Symphony Hall, & NJ Symphony. Newest Americans is a multimedia collaboratory of journalists, media-makers, artists, faculty, and students housed at Rutgers University Newark.

We’re proud to screen the short film, We Came & Stayed, which is produced by Talking Eyes Media. This eight-minute documentary juxtaposes an interview with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with sound bytes from an interview with the voice of his grandfather, Coyt Jones, who migrated to Newark in 1927. Jones had been interviewed for the Krueger Scott African American Oral History Collection, the largest archive documenting the journey of African Americans to the State of NJ during the Great Migration. 

WHEN: Tuesday, January 25, 6:30PM

WHERE: Facebook Live

Join us for Stories From The Global City, a monthly series that celebrates Newark, its residents and the diverse voices that make this a city of a thousand tales.

We’re kicking off the series with a screening of Picturing Newark, a short video in which Newark high school students share their vision of life in Newark through photography, followed by a chat with local Newark photographers Anthony Alvarez, Cesar Melgar, and Chrystofer Davis.

Tune into Facebook Live on January 25, at 6:30PM.

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug 11, 4PM

WHERE: Instagram Live @newestamericans

Newark artist YEIMY GAMEZ CASTILLO talks about the story behind her new single, Sueño Mojado.

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.

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)

WHEN: Thursday, January 14

WHERE: Facebook Live

WHEN: 3PM EST Thursday, December 17

WHERE: Facebook Live

WHEN: 3PM EST Wednesday, December 16

WHERE: Facebook Live

WHEN: 6PM EST Monday, November 2

WHERE: Facebook Live

WHEN: 1PM EST Monday, October 19

WHERE Facebook Live

WHEN: 12PM EST Friday, October 16

WHERE: Facebook Live

WHEN: 6PM EST Wednesday, October 7

WHERE: Facebook Live

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.