Celebrating Spring

It's the day after Noruz, Persian New Year, celebrated by people all over West and South Asia and the diaspora.  Here in NYC, I finally got my fire going after the blizzard and so many regressive changes since January put a freeze on things.

This is what's making me hopeful and what I'll be working on for the next stretch of time:

Art: Stedroy Cleghorne

 

The Path Home: multimedia story project bringing out voices of immigrants who got a pathway to citizenship during our nation's first and only legalization program in 1986.

We're creating a public engagement format to use the video in a dynamically structured setting where audience members can enter into a conversation with the stories of the past.
Want to see this come alive? We need support to fully build the model, test it with our community partners, and take it on the road. Contact me if you can help.

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Photo: Marisol Diaz at Pepatian's Bronx Artist Showcase

 

Dialogue. We need it, lots of it. Reach out if there are ways I can help you structure, design, or facilitate community dialogues on pressing issues. Every group, organization, and space can do this. With a little attention and help you can grow beautiful new community connections.

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Painting: Aliza Nisenbaum, on exhibit at Whitney Biennial

 

Myself and a group of Immigrant heritage women are creating a series of home learning circles to build mutual support networks for immigrant and refugee rights. We need help to get this off the ground. If you are interested, we'd love to hear from you.

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May warmth and tenderness enter the little spaces inside you and heal what hurts.
May those spaces sprout flowers for the new day.