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After seeing rebels kill his father, Bashir (who did not want to reveal his identity) escaped the bloody civil war in his native Sierra Leone.

After seeing rebels kill his father, Bashir escaped the bloody civil war in his native Sierra Leone. (Piotr Redlinski for WNYC.org)

Feet In Two Worlds: Immigrants In A Global City

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

New Yorkers thrive amid multiple hybrid cultures bridging east and west, north and south. Meanwhile, millions of city residents have their ears and eyes attuned to their home countries, to their families, politics, cultural life and the flow of money across borders. This forum at The New School features discussions exploring transnational life and culture in post-9/11 New York.

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Feet In Two Worlds: Immigrants In A Global City, Part I

Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC Reporter
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Garry Pierre-Pierre, Editor, The Haitian Times
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Chung Wha Hong, Deputy Director, New York Immigration Coalition
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Robert C. Smith, Associate Professor at Baruch College's School of Public Affairs, and author, Mexican New York: Transnational Worlds of New Immigrants (University of California, 2005),
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Feet In Two Worlds: Immigrants In A Global City, Part II

Arun Venugopal, reporter, India Abroad
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DJ Rekha, creator of the Feet In Two Worlds soundtrack
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German Perez, visual artist