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Discussion: Alternative Modes of Exchange

 

Saturday, February 23  -  4:30pm
The Clocktower, 29-27 41st Ave, Long Island City, Queens 

This 3 course conversation hosted by public arts organization ‘No Longer Empty’ will look at non-monetary forms of exchange that are emerging in artistic and social practice.  Participants will discuss which alternative systems of exchange they have initiated and what has been effective, commenting on issues of ownership, relationship-building, performance, value and evaluation.
This discussion will take the ‘Long Table’ format in which participants will be seated at a long table, and served three ‘courses’ of conversation and questions. Dessert will be on the public, who will be invited to sit on the table and participate throughout the conversation.

Panelists: Gonzalo Casals (host), Sol Aramendi, Tania Bruguera, Deborah Fisher, Caroline Woolard

Workshop Making Media for the Movement

Taller de Medios para el Movimiento
Lunes 7 de Enero del 2013, de 10am a 12 del medio día

Gratuito y Abierto al Público 

Lugar: Movimiento Inmigrante Internacional, 108-59 Avenida Roosevelt cerca de la parada 111th del tren 7.

Pueden los periodistas y los que hacen la noticia organizarse mejor para alcanzar sus metas?  A través de este taller con el cineasta de la Escuela de Periodismo Autentico, Greg Berger (conocido en México como “Gringoyo”) ha colaborado con movimientos sociales para crear estrategias efectivas para hacer y distribuir video periodístico. En este breve taller, veremos las películas más recientes de Gringoyo y hablaremos como y porque fueron creadas.  Así también exploraremos ideas para estrategia de medios para movimientos en los cuales estén involucrados los participantes.

Acerca del Presentador

Greg Berger, también conocido como “Gringoyo,” es un cineasta basado en Mexico, periodista y profesor de Cine en la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. Berger, también se desempeña como director de Narco Noticias de TV. Desde 1998 ha hecho reportajes en movimientos sociales en Latino América. Su trabajo ha sido visto en museos, galerías y plazas en los cinco continentes, incluyendo al Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, el Museo Guggenheim, el Museo Getty, el Museo de Arte Moderno de la ciudad de Nueva York y en el Zocalo de la Ciudad de México. El tiene un sitio web www.gringoyo.com <http://www.gringoyo.com/>  y es el director de Narco Noticias TV. Anteriormente, trabajo como productor libre para la cadena Telesur basada en Caracas.

 

 

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Workshop Making Media for the Movement
Monday January 7, 2013, 10am-12pm

Free & Open to All

Location: Immigrant Movement International, 108-59 Roosevelt Ave, near 111th Street Stop on the 7 Train

Can journalists and media makers help movements to become better organized and achieve their goals? Through his work with the School of Authentic Journalism, filmmaker Greg Berger (known in Mexico as “Gringoyo”) has collaborated with social movements to create effective strategies to make and distribute video journalism. In this brief workshop we will watch Gringoyo’s recent films and talk about how and why they were created, as well as brainstorm ideas for media strategies for movements that workshop participants are involved in.

 

About the Presenter

Greg Berger, known also as “Gringoyo,” is a Mexico-based filmmaker, journalist, and professor of film at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos as well as the director of Narco News TV. Since 1998 he has reported on social movements in Latin America. His work has been screened at museums, galleries, and town squares on five continents, including at the the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum, The Getty Museum, Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Mexico City Zocalo. He runs the website www.gringoyo.com <http://www.gringoyo.com/>  and is the director of Narco News TV. Previously, he worked as a freelance producer for Caracas-based network Telesur.

 

College Prep Workshop Series

Saturdays
1 – 3 PM

For the entire month of January IM International will be hosting workshops with the Latino Youth for Higher Education on college preparation in Spanish.

January 5       Deferred Action
January 12     Introduction to the Education System in the United States
January 19     Path to College – What do you need to know?
January 26     Financial Aid

This workshop is free and open the public. To register please call us at 718-424-6502 or 347-559-4373.

Talleres de Nutrición con Cornell University

Martes
10 – 11:30 AM

Aprenderá Acerca de: Nutrición Básica, Tamaño de la Porción, Higiene al preparar alimentos, Planificación de un menú, Compra de alimentos y presupuesto, Preparación de comidas, Cómo alimentar a los niños, Actividad física. Usted preparará recetas nutritivas y deliciosas y probará nuevos alimentos. Quienes asistan por los menos a 6-8 sesiones recibirán un certificado de Cornell University Cooperative Extension

Learn about applying to college with the NYSYLC

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Eventos para el Día de los Muertos

28 de Octubre 2012
Domingo 4-8 PM
Ceremonia de Danza

2 de Noviembre
Viernes 6-10 PM
Talleres para todas las edades.

Calpulli Tletl Papalotzin les invita a ser parte de la ofrenda que será exibida desde el día 26 de octubre a 2 de noviembre.

Events for the Day of the Dead

October 28, 2012
Sunday 4-8 PM
Dance Ceremony

November 2, 2012
Friday 6-10 PM
Workshops for all ages.

Calpulli Tletl Papalotzin invites you to be a part of the offering that will be exhibited at IM International from October 16th to November 2nd.

 

LEGAL SERVICES SCHEDULE FALL 2012

Legal intakes and workshops are free and open to the public.  Please call us at (718) 424 6502 to reserve an appointment.

October

(M) 10/22          Centro Comunitario: Legal Intakes 6:00-8:00 PM

(W) 10/24         Queens Legal Services: Overview of QLS and DV 101, 10:30-12:30 PM

(M) 10/29          Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 10:00-1:00 PM

November

(M) 11/5            Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 5:00-8:00 PM

(W) 11/7           Queens Legal Services:  Overview of NYS Courts and Orders of Protection Workshop, 10:30-12:30 PM

(Th) 11/8          Ana Maria Bazan: Domestic Violence, U-Visa, VAWA Workshop 6:00-7:30 PM

(M) 11/12          Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 10:00-1:00 PM

(M) 11/12          Mauricio Norona: Immigration Fraud Workshop, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

(W) 11/14         Queens Legal Services: Immigration and Domestic Violence Workshop, 10:30-12:30 PM

(M)11/19           NYLAG: Legal Intakes, 10:00-3:00 PM

(M)11/19           Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 5:00-8:00 PM

(M) 11/26          Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 10:00-1:00 PM

(M) 11/26          Luzdary Giraldo/NYCOSH: Violence in the Workplace & U-Visa Workshop 6:00-8:00 PM

(W)11/28          Queens Legal Services: Public Benefits and Domestic Violence Workshop, 10:30-12:30 PM

December

(M) 12/3           Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 5:00-8:00 PM

(W) 12/5           Ana Maria Bazan: New Development & Basic of Immigration Workshop, 6:00-7:30 PM

(M) 12/10          Michele Lampach/UNLocal: Legal Intakes 10:00-1:00 PM

WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

WHAT’S YOUR STORY? CORONA PLAZA WELCOMING STORIES

CUÁL ES TU HISTORIA? CORONA PLAZA LE DA LA BIENVENIDA A TUS HISTORIAS

(OFFSITE/AFUERA DEL MUSEO)

(En Español abajo)

Location: Corona Plaza, Roosevelt Avenue between National and 104th Street, Corona, Queens
Transportation: 7 train to the 103rd and Roosevelt Avenue stop

Free & Open to All

The Queens Museum of Art and First Person American present What’s Your Story? Corona Plaza Welcoming Stories — a community event screening 9 short films that explore personal narratives from immigrants about the people who welcomed them and changed their lives forever.

What’s Your Story? Corona Plaza Welcoming Stories will start at 5:30 PM with a potluck style “welcoming dinner” where local residents can meet others in the community and “welcome” each other to the neighborhood with favorite dishes from their home country. The event will be fully bi-lingual in English and Spanish.

With Corona Plaza serving as the family room, What’s Your Story? Corona Welcoming Stories will show the tremendous impact small acts of kindness had during several immigrants’ lives. The films were created as part of the Newcomers High School Welcoming Stories Workshop and the Welcoming Stories pilot series and include Yasmany’s story of discovering his American “swag”, Nika’s story about overcoming the difficulties of the American classroom, and Leila’s escaping an arranged marriage to pursue her own American dream. The community will also see how Newcomers High School students transformed from story tellers to activists in the short film Behind the Scenes of Newcomer High School Welcoming Stories.

After the screening Newcomers High School students will share their welcoming stories and how they became a welcoming person. First Person American will provide a welcoming guide and answer any questions about what it means to be welcoming in an effort to empower the audience to be more welcoming in their own communities. At the conclusion of the screening guest will have the opportunity to share their own welcoming stories at the First Person American Welcoming Stories video booth.
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A local hub for the immigrant community in Corona, Corona Plaza will become a stage for storytelling and activism. The event will be an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate its diversity, but it will also give attendees the chance to learn how they can be more welcoming and promote a culture of understanding in their neighborhood.

ABOUT FIRST PERSON AMERICAN
First Person American focuses on stories of modern immigrants in the US, and explores what it means to be American through the lens of the immigrant in an expressive, personal and narrative style. First Person American aims to change the public’s perception of immigrants and to interject a new voice through deep and poignant portraits of people who immigrated to America. The mission of First Person American is to have a transformative effect on individual immigrant and non-immigrant lives and communities. First Person American is a recipient of the 2010 Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant and the 2011 Design Ignites Change Grant. For more information, please visit www.firstpersonamerican.org, follow us on Twitter @FPAmerican, and like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/firstpersonamerican.

SUPPORT

Public Events in Corona Plaza are made possible with support from the Institute for Museum & Library Services, Surdna Foundation, the NYC Cultural Innovation Fund of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Office of NYC Councilmember Julissa Ferreras. Additional organizational support provided by Queens Economic Development Corporation, Immigrant Movement International, and Corona CAN.

Welcoming Stories is developed in partnership with Active Voice with support from Sappi Ideas that Matter, Adobe Foundaton/Worldstudio Design Ignites Change, and Facing History and Ourselves. Additional organizational support provided by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Inc.

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Cuál es tu Historia? Corona Plaza le da la bienvenida a tus historias

Lugar: Corona Plaza Avenida Roosevelt entre las calles National y 104 en Corona, Queens
Transportación: El tren 7 a la parada 103 y la Avenida Roosevelt
Gratuito y Abierto a todo el Público

El Museo de Arte de Queens y Americano en Primera Persona presentan Cuál es tu Historia? Corona Plaza la da la Bienvenida a tus Historias – un evento comunitario que presenta 9 cortometrajes que exploran las narrativas personales de inmigrantes acerca de las personas que les dieron la bienvenida y cambiaron sus vidas para siempre.

Cuál es tu Historia? Corona Plaza le da la Bienvenida a tus Historias comenzará a las 5:30PM con una “cena de recibimiento” donde todos están invitados a conocerse y a traer un plato tradicional de su país para compartirlo con todos. El evento será totalmente bilingüe en ingles y en español. Corona Plaza servirá como una sala de recibimiento. Cuál es tu Historia? Corona Plaza le da la Bienvenida a tus Historias demostrará el gran impacto que pequeños actos de caridad tuvieron en las vidas de varios inmigrantes. Los cortometrajes fueron creados por un taller de Newcomers High School y un piloto de Historias de Bienvenida que incluye la historia de Yasmany que descubre su “hecha palante” Americano. La historia de Nika acerca de las dificultades que encara en las aulas de clases Americanas, y el escape de Leila de un matrimonio pre-arreglado para alcanzar su sueño Americano. La comunidad también vera como los estudiantes de Newcomers High School se transformaron de narradores a activistas en el cortometraje Las Historias de Bienvenida de Newcomers High School Detras de Camaras.

Después de los cortometrajes, los estudiantes de Newcomers High School compartirán sus historias de bienvenida y como se convirtieron en personas que también dieron la bienvenida. Americano en Primera Persona ofrecerá una guía de bienvenida y responderá todo tipo de preguntas acerca de lo que significa dar la bienvenida en un esfuerzo para que la audiencia pueda ser más abierta a dar la bienvenida en sus comunidades respectivas. Al concluir el cortometraje los espectadores tendrán la oportunidad de compartir sus historias de bienvenida en la cabina de video de Americano en Primera Persona.
Un lugar central para la comunidad inmigrante de Corona, Corona Plaza se convertirá en un escenario para el activismo y la narrativa. El evento será una oportunidad para que la comunidad celebre su diversidad, pero también le dará la oportunidad a la audiencia de aprender cómo pueden ser más abiertos y al mismo tiempo promover un entendimiento cultural en su vecindario.
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ACERCA DE AMERCIANO EN PRIMERA PERSONA
Americano en Primera Persona se enfoca en las historias de inmigrantes recientes a los Estados Unidos, y explora que es lo que significa ser Americano a través del lente del inmigrante en un estilo narrativo personal y expresivo. Americano en Primera Persona trata de cambiar la percepción pública de los inmigrantes y dar cabida a una nueva voz a través de retratos profundos y punzantes de personas que inmigraron a América. La misión de Americano en Primera Persona es tener un efecto transformativo en las comunidades de inmigrantes y no inmigrantes. Americano en Primera Persona recibió la beca Sappi Ideas That Matter el 2010 y la beca Design Ignites Change en el 2011. Para más información favor de visitar www.firstpersonamerican.org, siganos en Twitter @FPAmerican, y apruevenos en Facebook en www.facebook.com/firstpersonamerican.

You Define the Space

Michelle Chen & Tania Bruguera
CultureStr/ke
October 11, 2012

All photos by Wendy Wong

Tania Bruguera is no stranger to controversy, but then again, she has made a career out of being a stranger of sorts. The Cuban emigré has been known for cerebral installation works that play with themes of contemporary history and political memory, and has alternately examined and immersed herself in forms that reflect activist culture and ideology. Around this time two years ago, she was presenting “participative mural painting” involving propaganda graphics and bricks artfully arranged around smashed glass planes, to depict a simultaneous effort to launch a general strike in Spain. She’s also recently

“To the Unknown Migrant – The 9/11 Memorial”

(“To the Unknown Migrant – 9/11 Memorial” The 9/11 Memorial, New York, NY 2012)

“To the Unknown Migrant – The 9/11 Memorial”

An event by Immigrant Movement International at NOVELLA GALLERY with Tania Bruguera, Alexandra Délano, Camilo Godoy and Benjamin Nienass.

As the United States marks the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Immigrant Movement International commemorates the anniversary with an act of honoring the unknown undocumented migrants of 9/11.
NOVELLA GALLERY
164 Orchard Street
New York , NY 10002

“To the Unknown Migrant” is a series of ephemeral monuments throughout the world at places where the role of migrants in history and society have been ignored, erased, distorted, abused and forgotten.  Leading up to December 18, designated “International Migrants Day” by the United Nations, Immigrant Movement International is mobilizing migrants, artists, academics, activists, and interested members of the public across the globe to develop monuments “To the Unknown Migrant” related to the issues and experiences of migration. These monuments will be a testimony that the poor treatment of migrants today will be our dishonor tomorrow.