by | Sep 25, 2008 5:46 pm | Comments (25)
The mayor assembled Irish, Jewish, black, Lithuanian and Ecuadorian leaders (among others) to the Green Thursday afternoon to speak out against what he called a hate group’s divisive fuss over the flying over the Mexican flag on the Green.
by | Sep 23, 2008 4:19 pm | Comments (1)
“This is your great-great-granddaughter,” cried the voice by the tombstones. “We are free indeed!”
Continue reading ‘Libation & Historic Apology At Amistad Graves’
by | Sep 18, 2008 8:01 am | Comments (7)
“Su casa en esta ciudad.” That’s how Patricio Troya described a watershed for New Haven’s growing, vibrant Ecuadorian community — one that echoes a century-old milestone for Italian immigrants.
by | Sep 15, 2008 8:16 am | Comments (4)
Donning masks and sequined capes, locals celebrated Mexican Independence Day in Fair Haven.
by | Sep 2, 2008 12:56 pm | Comments (3)
Father Martin Kelly has served as a priest for 15 years in Puerto Quito, a town in Ecuador. On Monday, he found Puerto Quito here in New Haven.
by | Aug 13, 2008 9:06 am | Comments (5)
“Ahora igual con el otro pie,” instructed the soccer coach: Run the drill again, using your other foot this time.
11-year-old Jean Carlos Disla responded in English. “Oh man,” he complained, “with the lefties?”
by | Aug 8, 2008 12:33 pm | Comments (7)
New Haven’s new science magnet school will open as scheduled this fall in a temporary home, with future engineers having the option of learning basic Arabic from a recently arrived Iraqi refugee.
Continue reading ‘Science High’s Ready, With An Arabic Twist’
by | Jul 31, 2008 1:01 pm | Comments (0)
Muhammed Ugurlu is building a successful Fair Haven cellphone business by creating personal connections with other local immigrants. He spent one morning this week helping out Amir Shog, whose face was still swollen from getting jumped the night before.
by | Jul 11, 2008 2:02 pm | Comments (2)
He was jailed. Beaten. Marked for assassination. Seme Ndzana survived to keep exposing misdeeds in the African nation of Cameroon — now, from a second-floor walk-up in New Haven.
by | Jun 17, 2008 3:56 pm | Comments (1)
A year ago, just after the ICE raids, the celebration was sparsely attended. But on Monday, the annual party at a Fair Haven English language learning center was packed with happy tutors, like Rita Barse (left), and students, like Maria Tunkiewicz (right).
Continue reading ‘English Learners Celebrated in Fair Haven’
by | Jun 17, 2008 1:44 pm | Comments (0)
When Terry Duffy received her naturalization certificate, it was a magical moment for her two kids. “As soon as she touches that piece of paper, she’s an American!” marveled her son Sean. Caitlin expected the paper to make her mom immediately lose her Scottish accent.
Continue reading ‘Magical Transformations At District Court’
by | May 28, 2008 10:14 am | Comments (9)
The Board of Ed received a lesson on morality, straight from the first century B.C. The teachings were delivered — in Latin — by a New Haven high school student.
by | May 19, 2008 7:40 am | Comments (7)
Young artist Andres Madariaga saw a fellow immigrant robbed and killed in Fair Haven. He saw his own muse falter thanks to his immigration status. Then ARTE found out about him.
by | May 12, 2008 12:11 pm | Comments (0)
Anna Zhang learned a blood-red secret — and let gallery-goers in on it.
by | May 6, 2008 3:09 pm | Comments (0)
Father Jim Manship (pictured here with Monse√±or Altamirano and Maria Elizabeth) of St. Rose of Lima has been filing dispatches from his visit to Ecuador, to see families and neighbors of New Haven’s, and his church’s, newest arrivals. (Find his previous dispatches here, here, here here, & here.)
Continue reading ‘The Devout: An Intersection Between the Divine and Secular’
by | May 5, 2008 3:01 pm | Comments (5)
The soccer season in Fair Haven officially opened with the help of a dozen local and international dignitaries, eight speeches, two national anthems, one commemorative plaque, an official citation, 16 soccer teams, one Ecuadorian dance troupe, and a bevy of beauty queens.
by | Apr 28, 2008 11:55 am | Comments (1)
Father Jim Manship surveys the impact of flooding in Ecuador, as he continues his bilingual Independent diary on his trip to the homeland of many of his newest congregants at St. Rose of Lima in Fair Haven.
by | Apr 28, 2008 8:17 am | Comments (25)
The worldwide debate over human rights and the coming Olympics arrived in New Haven, as a pro-China rally and a parade of protesters met in a shouting, flag-saturated, musical confrontation in the middle of the Green.
by | Apr 24, 2008 12:27 pm | Comments (1)
Father Jim Manship finds corruption — but education, too — sprouting from the Ecuadorian soil
by | Apr 23, 2008 8:17 am | Comments (0)
Click on the play arrow to watch — and read on to learn more about it.
by | Apr 22, 2008 1:01 pm | Comments (1)
Sylvia Lewis-Thomas was welcomed into “the American family” just in time to carry out what she considers one of her most important roles of a citizen.
by | Apr 21, 2008 9:17 am | Comments (0)
After fleeing his native Tibet, Lama Tsondru Sangpo (pictured) is “planting the Buddha seed” in New Haven with a display of sacred paintings.
by | Apr 18, 2008 9:45 am | Comments (1)
New Haven alders compared notes on immigration and other issues with a delegation of city administrators from Denmark. Downtown Alderwoman Bitsie Clark took the opportunity to give their country credit for inspiring her in the early days of the New Haven resident ID card controversy.