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Mexican children find place to learn in Mott Haven
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.
Mexicans are the fastest-growing immigrant group in New York City, and many parents who speak only Spanish face the same dilemma of how to help their children succeed in English-speaking classrooms.
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Alliance is an organization born in protest
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.
By Cristina Herrera Borquez Cristina@motthavenherald.com MASA was unofficially born in 2001, in response to the drastic changes in immigration policy after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11. When the City University of New York and the State University of New York declared that undocumented immigrant students would have [...]
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Show uses Mott Haven streets to tell story of the Bronx
Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by Christina Herrera.
Performance on a bus explores a changing borough, but critics say it misses the point.
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Mott Haven immigrants tend their roots
Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by Christina Herrera.
Proud of their heritage, Garifunas keep their culture alive Casa Yurumein is a house that looks like a home. The walls of its living room are covered with friendly family pictures. But though the people in the sepia photos bear a family resemblance, they are not mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, siblings and cousins. [...]
