Welcome again to We Are Right here, a Keystone Edge podcast starring Pennsylvanians making their mark. This sequence has been created in partnership with PA Humanities, a company devoted to constructing neighborhood and sparking change. We hope these conversations will do the identical.
Philadelphia has lengthy been a metropolis of immigrants — during the last 4 centuries, households have arrived right here from England, Eire, Italy, Central America, Mexico, Vietnam, Cambodia, West Africa. From everywhere in the world. They’ve left their mark on this place by enduring cultural establishments, murals, architectural kinds, regional slang, and naturally water ice and weekend barbacoa.
Fortunate for us, individuals are nonetheless coming right here — and there are organizations able to welcome them. On this episode, we spoke with two such teams, each dedicated to the concept that staying linked to 1’s tradition is a crucial approach to really feel at residence in a brand new nation.
Viji Rao is the founding father of Three Aksha, a dance firm that goals to protect and promote conventional Indian tradition by dance, theater, and schooling. (As promised within the podcast, here’s a hyperlink to some movies demonstrating the Bharatanatyam model of dance.)
Nasheli Ortiz González is govt director of Taller Puertorriqueno, a neighborhood group within the El Barrio neighborhood of North Philadelphia that makes use of artwork and design to advertise financial improvement and rejoice Puerto Rican and Latino tradition.
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Funding for “We Are Right here” comes from PA Humanities and its federal associate, the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities, as a part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
We Are Right here is hosted by Lee Stabert.