Immigrants Wake America's Podcast

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 their lives, and also discuss the pitfalls of mythologizing the grandmother figure in immigrant history.

Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.iv6hvrve246i

Priscilla's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/wwii-ration-cards-recipe

Kaylee's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/colombian-hot-chocolate-pot

This podcast is supported by Humanities New York, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University. In partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum.

For more information visit our Website: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/

For more information about the America Civic Association visit: https://americancivic.com/

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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.4jdwpzslbzqk

Goretti's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/empaako

This podcast is supported by Humanities New York, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University. In partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum.

For more information visit our Website: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/

For more information about the America Civic Association visit: https://americancivic.com/

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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.c2jc1acjacql

Alison's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum, New York:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/box-of-mysteries-1984

This podcast is supported by Humanities New York, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University. In partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum.

For more information visit our Website: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/

For more information about the America Civic Association visit: https://americancivic.com/

Instagram: @immigrantswakeamerica
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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 Tenement Museum, New York:    https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/garden-of-life

Laura's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum, New York: https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/photo-of-sauce-recipe

This podcast is supported by Humanities New York, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University. In partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum.

For more information visit our Website: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/

For more information about the America Civic Association visit: https://americancivic.com/

Instagram: @immigrantswakeamerica
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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 migration. We also discuss the Tenement Museum’s digital archive Your Story Our Story and talk about the scope of this podcast.

Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.owzmzop866ei

This podcast is supported by Humanities New York, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University. In partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum.

For more information visit our Website: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/

For more information about the America Civic Association visit: https://americancivic.com/

Instagram: @immigrantswakeamerica
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