Immigrants Wake America's Podcast

About Immigrants Wake America's Podcast

This podcast is a growing archive of stories that have not been heard before, and we hope it will inspire you to have conversations about your own family’s history of migration, whether from recent history or from long ago. Our guests share their experiences and stories of immigration from diverse perspectives: as immigrants, as descendants of immigrants, or as immigration caseworkers. These episodes allow us to find similarities and differences among ourselves and offer us a space for dialogues about family, culture, and belonging. Our guests range across generations (ages 18-78) and they and their families come from various corners of the world, such as Albania, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Italy, India, Myanmar, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, Uganda, Uzbekistan, among others. Please join us! Season 1: Celebrating Women Hosts & Producers: Le Li, Shruti Jain, Lisa Yun. Executive Producers: Lisa Yun & Kathryn Lloyd. Immigrants Wake America is supported by Humanities New York, in partnership with the Tenement Museum. Season 2: Hidden Heroes Hosts & Producers: Lisa Yun, Shruti Jain, Le Li, Mamen Rodriguez. Executive Producer: Lisa Yun. Immigrants Wake America is supported by Humanities New York, in partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum. Immigrants Wake America © 2022 by Immigrants Wake America is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Publisher

Immigrants Wake America

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jan 2022

Latest episode

15 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2024

   Hidden Heroes: Tamar Boyajian

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY. A non-profit organization whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”.Our guest today is Tamar B...

2. 

   6 Sept 2024

   Hidden Heroes: Goretti Mugambwa (Special Re-edit)

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY. A non-profit organization whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”.Goretti Mugambwa is an imm...

3. 

   29 Aug 2024

   Hidden Heroes: Aye Aye Mar

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY. A non-profit organization whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”.Our guest today is Aye Aye...

4. 

   16 Aug 2024

   Hidden Heroes: Edward Marte

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY. A non-profit organization whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”.Edward Marte was a casewor...

5. 

   10 Aug 2024

   Hidden Heroes: Laila Hernandez

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association, a non-profit organization in Binghamton, New York, whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”. Our guest in ...

6. 

   29 Jul 2024

   Hidden Heroes: Hussein Adams

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association, a non-profit organization in Binghamton, New York, whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”. Hussein Adams...

7. 

   3 Jul 2024

   Season II: Hidden Heroes in a Small Town

   Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association, a non-profit organization in Binghamton, New York, whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity.This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”. This podcast i...

8. 

   19 Aug 2022

   Finding Our Grandmother in the Records

   Our guests today are Nicole Perkins and Tori Atkins. Nicole and Tori are cousins who have been trying to trace their grandmother’s life and history of immigration from Italy to the United States. In this episode, we see a unique blend of storytelling across generations.Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.dfjqt6jmzuit Nicole's story in Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum, New York:https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/social-history-applic...

9. 

   15 Jul 2022

   Cooking Bonds: Food and Intergenerational Belonging

   Our guests today are Phariha Rahman and Theresa Alarcon. Both Phariha and Theresa have been Binghamton University students and involved in community engagement.Phariha and Theresa talk about the memories of their grandmothers and the complications of stereotypes about immigrants and their descendants. They also discuss how the bonds and values constructed around food influence their sense of self and belonging.Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcript...

10. 

    15 Jun 2022

    The Gift and Burden of Tradition

    Our guests today are Kojo Senoo and Max Kurant. Kojo was a student at Binghamton University and currently works as a photographer in New York City and at the Tenement Museum. Max is a student at Binghamton University who is actively involved in work related to community engagement.Kojo and Max talk about how they perceive their personal identity, their relationship with their families, and the conflicts or contradictions they negotiate within their families and in the world at large.Transcrip...

11. 

    15 May 2022

    Bond with Our Immigrant Mothers

    Today our guests are Priscilla Martel and Kaylee Sanabria. Priscilla is a flavor maven, chef, and food consultant living in Connecticut. She is also a successful cookbook author and recipe developer. Kaylee was a Binghamton University student and is now working in the corporate fashion industry in New York. Priscilla and Kaylee talk about how the different objects that get passed on form intergenerational bonds among women. They share the role that their grandmothers and mothers play in ...

12. 

    16 Apr 2022

    Women Win the Bread (Special Episode)

    This special episode featuring Goretti Mugambwa, Immigrant Case Manager at the American Civic Association, Binghamton, NY is hosted by Dr. Lisa Yun, Associate Professor at Binghamton University–SUNY. Goretti shares with us her arduous and inspiring journey of migration and re-migration. She also sheds light on the variety of struggles immigrant women go through when they move to America.Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.4jdwpzslbzqkGoretti'...

13. 

    15 Mar 2022

    The Box of Herstory

    Our guest for this episode is Alison Wang. Alison was a Binghamton University student and is now a registered nurse in New York. In this episode, Alison talks about her family and personal stories around migration. She tells us the story of how she found a box of letters while cleaning her closet, and how the letters and the conversations that ensued had an impact on her identity. Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.c2jc1acjacqlAlison's story on Yo...

14. 

    15 Feb 2022

    Multicultural in America

    Today our guests are Jim Holley and Laura D’Angelo. Jim worked as a librarian in Broome County, Binghamton, NY for over 50 years and is currently a yoga teacher at Binghamton University. Laura was a Binghamton University student and is now working in New York. Jim and Laura talk about their grandparents and their own personal stories around migration.Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.ducooejdme9t Jim's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Teneme...

15. 

    15 Jan 2022

    Introductory Episode

    Periodically in history, immigrant women have been the target of dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric and violence. In response, we have created this podcast Immigrants Wake America, in partnership with the Tenement Museum in New York.In this episode, we have with us Kathryn Lloyd, Director of Programs at the Tenement Museum, New York, and Dr. Lisa Yun, Associate Professor of English at Binghamton University–SUNY. Kat and Lisa share with us their personal stories of immigration and migra...

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