Von Diaz Speaks About LGBT Homeless Youth on CUNY TV
Feet in Two Worlds’ reporter Von Diaz appeared on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources – where viewers meet the ethnic press – to discuss her reporting on LGBT homeless immigrant youth in New York.
Category: Videos
Feet in 2 Worlds stories that include videos and audio slideshows.
Immigrants Show Support for Pro-Democracy Protests in Bahrain
Arab Americans and their supporters protested in front of the UN building and the Saudi Arabian Consulate in New York to support Bahrani Shiites. Fi2W’s Mohsin Zaheer prepared a video report on the demonstration.
Protest in NYC Against Congressional Hearings on Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism
Hundreds of demonstrators, including mothers of some 9/11 victims, gathered in Times Square on Sunday to protest Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) planned congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims. Aswini Anburajan and Mohsin Zaheer report.
Muslim Americans To Demonstrate Against Congressional ‘Radicalization’ Hearings
Muslim Americans are protesting congressional hearings on the “radicalization of American Muslims” scheduled for March 10. Meanwhile, Park51 opponents are screening a “documentary” purporting to show the dangers of a proposed Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan.
Beauty Pageant Puts Transgender Asian Immigrants in the Limelight
The Miss AsiaNYC beauty pageant aims to create awareness and establish a supportive community for transgender Asian women in New York, and to reveal just how profoundly the members of this group are on the margins of society.
Video: Arab Immigrants in NY Demonstrate in Support of Uprisings in Middle East
Immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa demonstrated in front of the United Nations on Friday to show support for the uprisings in their homelands.
Immigrants Join Wisconsin Protests
The fight to save collective bargaining and union benefits in Wisconsin has attracted a wide coalition of supporters—immigrant groups among them.
In State of the Union, President Obama Asks Congress to Face Immigration Issues
Just as supporters of immigration reform were losing hope, the president said he wants to take on “once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration.”
Documentary on Arizona Immigration Debate Shines Light on Two Iconic Figures
Fi2W’s Valeria Fernandez and filmmaker Dan De Vivo are completing work on “Two Americans,” a film that focuses on Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and a nine year old girl whose immigrant parents were arrested by his deputies.
An Immigrant’s Story: Passing The Last Hurdle To Citizenship
Mustansar Waheed, a Pakistani immigrant, was worried that he wouldn’t pass English-language and U.S. civics exams required to become a naturalized citizen. But with the help of a Brooklyn non-profit agency he made the grade.