Celebrating The Stories Of Our Community http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories Just another THIRTEEN site Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:03:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 NYS Assemblymember Guillermo Linares, Ed.D http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2013/01/08/nys-assemblymember-guillermo-linares-ed-d/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2013/01/08/nys-assemblymember-guillermo-linares-ed-d/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:59:37 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=42

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]]> Dominican American NYS Assemblymember Guillermo Linares, Ed.D talks about moving the the U.S. and New York’s ability to embrace diversity.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2013/01/08/nys-assemblymember-guillermo-linares-ed-d/feed/ 0 Suri Kasirer http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/12/18/suri-kasirer/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/12/18/suri-kasirer/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:24:44 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=105

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]]> Suri Kasirer of Syrian and Romanian descent explains how her family celebrated a blend of traditions when she was growing up, and how New York is a community of immigrants, regardless of how many generations removed.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/12/18/suri-kasirer/feed/ 0 Sekou Siby http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/11/13/sekou-siby/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/11/13/sekou-siby/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:28:07 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=96

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]]> Sekou Siby talks about the difficulties he faced after moving to New York from the Ivory Coast, working at Windows on the World before 9/11, and the diversity of the city.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/11/13/sekou-siby/feed/ 0 Sol Aramendi http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/10/19/sol-aramendi/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/10/19/sol-aramendi/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:25:51 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=60

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]]> Sol Aramendi explains how photography helped her feel a part of New York City after she moved from Argentina.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/10/19/sol-aramendi/feed/ 0 Luigi DiPalo http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/10/18/luigi-dipalo/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/10/18/luigi-dipalo/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:45:31 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=46

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]]> Italian American Luigi DiPalo talks about how his great grandfather came to New York and started his own business to make a better life for his family.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/10/18/luigi-dipalo/feed/ 0 Min Ying Cao and Dolma Lhamo http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/09/17/min-ying-cao-and-dolma-lhamo/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/09/17/min-ying-cao-and-dolma-lhamo/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:00:46 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=44

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]]> Min Ying Cao and Dolma Lhamo discuss the experience of growing up outside of their home countries and interacting with other cultures in NYC.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/09/17/min-ying-cao-and-dolma-lhamo/feed/ 0 Marica and Dr. Jan Vilcek http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/08/21/marica-and-dr-jan-vilcek/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/08/21/marica-and-dr-jan-vilcek/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:34:13 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=40

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]]> Marica and Dr. Jan Vilcek discuss arriving in New York from Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia), and the unique experiences and opportunities their new life in America provided them.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/08/21/marica-and-dr-jan-vilcek/feed/ 0 Luna Ranjit http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/07/09/luna-ranjit/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/07/09/luna-ranjit/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:54:56 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=38

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]]> Luna Ranjit discusses New York’s ability to embrace differences and being part of the city’s large and diverse South Asian community away from her native Nepal.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/07/09/luna-ranjit/feed/ 0 Ciaran Staunton http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/06/19/ciaran-staunton/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/06/19/ciaran-staunton/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:25 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=36

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]]> Ciaran Staunton discusses visiting Ireland with his family to celebrate his Irish roots, while appreciating the diversity of New York City.

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]]> http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/06/19/ciaran-staunton/feed/ 0 Yelena Makhnin http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/05/16/yelena-makhnin/ http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/2012/05/16/yelena-makhnin/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:51:12 +0000 Michelle Michalos http://www.thirteen.org/community-stories/?p=34

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]]> Yelena Makhnin discusses emigrating from Russia to the U.S. and the value of public television in making the arts accessible to all New Yorkers.

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