How Covid-19 Affected My Family
Mosaic Community Essays When people ask me what year I graduated college, my answer is “ 2020” with the accompaniment of the words, “during the pandemic.” I answer the question with a hint of sadness in my voice. I was disappointed. I did not get to walk across the stage on commencement day to the […]
When Home Is The Mouth Of A Shark
Daniela came from a place that became the mouth of a shark. In just a few months, she went from a teenager praying in her village church to a migrant, traversing half a continent to reach the Rio Grande.
Hope All Is Well
Jon Hope creates music that represents his roots in Rhode Island and Africa. With his new album and a new educational initiative, Hope is moving beyond his past and helping others to realize a new future.
The End of Abuse
Gloria Greenfield helps undocumented victims of domestic abuse break free from their abusers and get legal status, all without being a lawyer.
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.