New York City

intellectual movement that ignited a new cultural identity for the blacks. It was time for a cultural celebration. African Americans had endured centuries of slavery and were looked at as less than human. Even after slavery was abolished not much changed in that white supremacy was quickly restored to the south where most African Americans lived. Beginning in 1880 mass amounts of African Americans migrated to the north. This Great Migration relocated hundreds of thousands to cities in the north.…

It is hard to describe and write letter to America, but things have changed a lot before and now. Before America was number one country in the world and most immigrant were willing to come and worked here. An immigrant from other countries believed that their life would be better and secure if they come to live US and work. But now everything is change and has different situations, so it will hard to scope their dream in America. When I came to US, economic was not that bad, I saw people happy…

I am an immigrant, which sometimes I view as a privilege and other times not so much. It felt wonderful when my relatives were kind to my family when we got our visas to come to the United States. I was born in Bangladesh in a small village in my tiny house. Not the typical story you hear from many of my peers. My birth is very important to me, not because I ever celebrated it. It wasn’t even until I came to the United States that I realized that people actually celebrate their birthdays, but I…

I reached Washington D.C. only seven hours after I left Columbia, which meant that I still had half the day to visit. The main reason I stopped here was to visit the monuments. My first stop was the Washington Monument. The monument is a 555 foot marble tower, representing our first president, George Washington. The tower lays behind a giant pool, that is supposed to reflect the monument. After my first stop, I went to the Lincoln Memorial. The Lincoln memorial is a lot different than the…

Childcare Experience Brooklyn Heights, NY -Shannon Family 2017-2015 When I first came to New York I began working with the Shannon family, three children of the ages two, six, and eight. For two years I worked 30-40 hours a week with them. Beginning the day with managing an active schedule of an appointments for the youngest child, art, music, swimming and theater classes, as well as daily park and neighborhood walks, playdates, endless imaginary games, and books keeping us busy while the…

Pearsall, Shelly. (2006). All of the above. New York, NY: Little Brown and Company. Four inner city students are going through the journey of building the world’s largest tetrahedron. The engaging and suspenseful story intertwines personal stories of the teachers, students, and the community. This book, which is inspired by actual events, is filled with unexpected humor and distressing characters. All of the Above makes math alive, while at the same time teaches friendship and diversity in…

New York City is the home to thousands of people from all over the world. The five boroughs are culturally diverse, with communities like Flushing in Queens, predominantly Asian or Borough Park, Brooklyn, the home of the biggest Orthodox Jew population in the United States. Even in smaller communities, we see everyone sort of “just go” with their people. Perhaps it helps them be able to identify themselves in this concrete jungle or just the conformity to know the deli down the street sells your…

neighborhoods in New York, Bensonhurst has also been subjected to gentrification and reurbanization. Undeniably, over the years, my neighborhood has experienced death and life as an authentic urban place. Essentially, the drastic changes of the population, social relations, and etc. have led to the development of its current authenticity related to its new beginning. Bensonhurst has undergone a cultural, social, and economic transformation; evident from how the attributes of the new, innovative…

able to give back to my community. At times when I feel deterred, I draw upon my memory of the New York City Science and Engineering Fair where I won first place in the Geology category. This was the stepping stone that qualified me to enter the Intel International Science and Engineering fair. This memory renews my conviction that hard work and persistence enable goals to be achieved and brings forth new…

Qualitas of Life Foundation (Qualitas) is a non-profit organization that was established in New York City in July 2007. Qualita’s founder, Marcela Orvañanos de Rozvarin, is a Mexican philanthropist with a particular expertise in institutional development and capacity building for non-profits, foundations and other civil society institutions. Mrs. Marcela moved to New York City in 2004, and after seeing the critical living conditions of Latinos in NYC she was stunned and consulted with financial…