My name is Margarita. I left Guatemala in 1989, six years after my brother disappeared. The 1980s were a bad time in my country because of the civil war and political terror campaign. Our government’s armed forces were kidnapping and torturing…
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Hope 2020 is off to a brilliant start after a holiday season that left you filled with gratitude! Last week, I went to Madison Square Park on a tip. A friend from Liberia told me about an art installation by…
Note: This migrant mother’s name was changed to honor her request to remain anonymous. November 26, 2019 — When Maxine first came to America, she left her two sons in Jamaica with their father. She asked family members to help…
October 5, 2019 — Two new books shed light and provide insight into the fraught debate on immigration and global migration. The timing could not be more apt, as the polarizing politics of our time continues to exacerbate the migration…
“I don’t want my life to be like that of a snail, carrying my home wherever I go. I want my own sky, unlike a kite, unable to decide its own direction. (Opening song of Chinese play, as reported by…
Every year, more than 3 million migrant workers worldwide, most of them women, leave their countries to work for rich families as nannies, cooks and housekeepers. Most are migrant mothers who leave their children behind with plans to send money…
What struck me about “Lion” was the relentlessness of the hero’s search for his birth mother. The movie is based on the true story of a poor Indian boy who got separated from his family when he fell asleep on…
The CUNY Graduate Center presented an opportunity to share research projects, theses and dissertation topics in its first “Lightning Talks Challenge,” which was judged by the department chair and senior professors. Here’s my talk titled “Migrant Mothers and the Global…
Ansel Bobb didn’t fully understand what was happening the day his mom said goodbye to him. He was only 5 years old. But he could easily recall how he felt – the stinging sadness and the weight of painful emotions.…