Deepika Jain, shares what she’s learned about raising children in America. When you’re a new, financially insecure immigrant, raising a child isn’t easy. This is especially true if your new country is vastly different culturally from your home country, as is the United States compared to India. My husband and I arrived in USA […]
Category: Culture
In this last segment we present immigrants who’ve come to America and found the freedom and opportunity to fully express themselves. We will be talking to artists, writers, teachers, scientists, musicians, and any other persons of culture. We hope you enjoy their work.
Accelerating Growth of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in New Jersey
New Jersey’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is helping to create a new generation of entrepreneurs with a program to accelerate the inclusion of recent immigrants into the business community Hispanic Entrepreneur Training Program The Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (SHCCNJ) has created a groundbreaking program to help create new business owners among the approximately […]
Celebrating New Jersey’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs
New Jersey’s Immigrant Entrepreneurs Contribution Recognized. NJIEA, a broad-based coalition of New Jersey businesses and trade organizations recently celebrated immigrant entrepreneurship with their fourth annual Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards on November 2, 2016. The Awards program was created to recognize and honor the past and present contributions of immigrant business owners in the State of New […]
Hollywood Helps Celebrate “Immigrant Heritage Month” in June
Launched by President Obama in 2014, Immigrant Heritage Month is celebrating it’s third anniversary in June by teaming up with more than 50 high-profile artists and entertainers to reclaim the word immigrant and encourage others to do the same. “We are a nation of immigrants, and I hope we have the wisdom to understand that […]
Election 2016: Trump Inspires More Immigrants to Seek Citizenship
With all his rivals swept aside, Donald Trump has inspired enough Republican primary voters to virtually clinch the GOP nomination. But while his notorious rhetoric about building walls and banning Muslims clearly appeal to some, the controversial billionaire appears to have inspired another huge swath of voters: Immigrants. The Economic Times reports that tens of […]
Chinese Artist Finds Success in the United States, You Can Too!
Hung Liu immigrated to America in 1984 with less than $20 in her pocket. She found success in the United States and today Hung’s artwork is collected around the world; her prints and paintings can sell for as much as $100,000. Hung Liu’s work can be found in numerous art galleries around the world, which […]
British Artist Finds New Meaning in the New World
Sculptor Garth Evans has enjoyed international success from the NYC area for the last thirty years after he found new meaning in the new world. Garth Evans first came to the U.S. as an art teacher and enjoyed his freedom here so much that he never went home. Born in Wales after the Second World […]