God Talks To An Agnostic
A conversation with playwright and director Don Mays, who has created a space for a theatrical examination of Christianity in Black and brown communities with his latest audio play.
Indelibly Alien
Asian Americans are seen as perpetual “aliens” in this country. Professor Robert Lee explains how that leads to violence.
So I slip out the door. Unnoticed, unmissed.
Mosaic Community Essays My name is Naomi Kim, and this little piece is called, “So I slip out the door. Unnoticed, unmissed.” Why had I thought it wouldn’t matter, the fact that I had grown up in the near-absence of other Asian Americans? In my small town I was used to my otherness, but tonight, […]
Even as a child, I remember wanting to be white.
Mosaic Community Essays Even as a child, I remember wanting to be white. I didn’t have the vocabulary then but there was a sense of inferiority I associated with my Asianness. This hollowed-out feeling arose whenever my mother spoke in broken English to the store cashier, or when I ate from a Zojirushi lunch thermos […]
Dear Andrew, I know you crave assimilation.
Mosaic Community Essays Dear Andrew, I know you crave assimilation. It flies by you. It leaves a dark, muted bruise. Please look at it. Bruises may hurt, but they slowly fade away. This is how you learn. Please stop stretching your fingers out into the wind. You won’t be able to feel the radiant warmth […]
For a culture to be palatable, it may often exist as stereotypes.
Mosaic Community Essays For a culture to be palatable, it may often exist as stereotypes. For a conversation about culture to continue, it cannot remain that way. Recently, I stopped and pondered the image of my own ‘motherland’ I had constructed in America. I have built a cross-cultural identity backdropped against formidable city skylines and […]
Juan García, Part II: The Birth of an Organizer
Juan García’s story concludes in Providence, where he finds direction defending immigrant communities.
Juan García, Part I: Journey From Bananaland
Part one of Juan García’s life tells a history of revolution, migration, and the strength of the human spirit.
Zenaida and the vaivén
Zenaida García never wanted to leave Puerto Rico. She was forced into the choppy waters of the vaivén and almost lost herself entirely. In this episode of Mosaic, Zenaida reclaims her life.
Los Peloteros de PSL
In Dominican culture, baseball is the only sport that matters. One youth baseball organization in Providence taps into that power to support Dominican immigrant families and build futures for kids on and off the field.