Take it from me, I built the wall.
Mosaic Community Essays When an arrangement of words gains power it becomes a slogan. Slogans have moved from car bumpers to hashtags and beyond but the essential elements are still there. A good slogan has the power to oversimplify an issue and make it absolute. That’s why ‘build the wall’ is the battle cry for […]
The Power of Radio
Tony Mendez co-founded Rhode Island’s first 24/7 Spanish-language radio station, Poder 1110, in 1995. He talks with host Ana González about how radio has empowered the latinx community in Rhode Island to become civically engaged.
Our American Constellation
Mosaic Community Essays Go back. You don’t belong here. It was the message many of us with dark skin heard on January 6th as we watched a mob storm our Capitol. It was the message broadcast across the world by all who actively or tacitly supported an illegal attempt to dismantle the foundation of our […]
Abue!
Intergenerational conversations within immigrant families are complicated by differences in language, experience, and the trauma of immigration. Ana sits down with playwright Jenny Sánchez to see how she worked through her own family’s immigration story with her virtual, Spanish-language play, Abue!
The Other
Mosaic Community Essays I am an immigrant. My story of immigration is not a complicated nor a dramatic one. It is an easy and simple one, yet it has shaped and impacted my life for over fifty years. I grew up in Paris from 1956 to 1970. My parents were Polish Jews who both survived […]
Underrepresented in Medicine
Gisel Bello is a 4th-year medical student and the host of You Are Med, a podcast that unpacks what it means to be underrepresented in medicine.
Being an immigrant is not fun.
Mosaic Community Essays Being an immigrant is not fun. Moving from country to country is never an easy task as one uproots oneself and then replants oneself in a new society, many times with a new language and new surroundings and usually with no support system to talk of – like family and friends – […]
Palestinian Diaspora, Identity, and Hope
Professor Beshara Doumani gives new context to the relationship between Israel and Palestine and speaks about what it means to be Palestinian in a world that denies your very existence.
Growing Up as an American Jew
Mosaic Community Essays Growing up as an American Jew, Israel is absolutely a part of your consciousness. I was taught and the communities that I was a part of were taught that Israel is important for Jews around the world. That defending Israel as a nation state is important, that sort of, regardless of what […]
Therapy In Two Worlds
A conversation with therapist Sandra Victorino LMHC about her life and the complexities and benefits of treating mental health from a bicultural perspective.