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Immigrant Heritage Celebration 2024
The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs kicks off the 20th annual Immigrant Heritage Week with a campaign Celebrating the City of Immigrants, honoring long time immigrant New Yorkers and recently arrived immigrants. This year, we celebrate the resilience and determination of past immigrants who built longstanding support networks and our newest arrivals who are creating their own. From Ellis Island to now, New York City is proud to be a destination for so many to overcome barriers and achieve their American Dream.
About the Artist
Stephen Blue
Stephen Blue is a New York-based art director, graphic designer, animator, and illustrator in both print and digital spaces with an emphasis on storytelling. He works in both traditional and 3D mediums and most recently has been focusing on educational publishing.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, he has also taught there as an adjunct professor for both college and pre-college programs.
He has lived in New York since graduating from Parsons.
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April 2024
Immigrant Heritage Week 2024
Originally started in 2004, Immigrant Heritage Week is a week-long celebration during which we commemorate the 117th anniversary of April 17, 1907, the day in New York City history on which the largest number of immigrants – 11,000 – entered the U.S. through Ellis Island.
This year, Immigrant Heritage Week celebrated its 20th anniversary! Take a look at our graphics from last year below or download from our social media toolkit.
June 2024
National Immigrant Heritage Month
June marks the start of National Immigrant Heritage Month and we will continue to celebrate the endless contributions of immigrant New Yorkers.
The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) will continue to highlight and promote community partner events until June 30th in honor of #ImmigrantHeritageMonth.
Continuing our theme from last year, we will release a series of illustrations depicting various NYC immigrant enclave communities. These illustrations are also one way we celebrate & highlight the endless contributions, rich histories, and unique cultures of our city's diverse immigrant communities.
Join us in celebrating our immigrant communities, honoring New York City's legacy as a city of immigrants, and engaging your communities by submitting your events in the form.
Take a look at our graphics from last year below or download from our social media toolkit.
Immigrant Heritage Events
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Thursday, June 13, 2024
BWI Heroes and Innovators Spring Celebration
Hosted by Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
6:00pm-9:00pm
Price: $250
501 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Heroes & Innovators celebrates BWI's legacy of community impact while honoring the ongoing fight for racial and economic justice across New York City.
Please come out and help us honor the inspiring graduates, partners, and supporters who are central to BWI's mission. This event will be in English.
Visit the BWI Heroes and Innovators Spring Celebration website
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Dragon Boat Family Festival
Hosted by Museum of Chinese in America
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre St, NY, NY 10013
Price: Free
Make waves with MOCA! Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) on Saturday, June 15th from 2:00-5:00pm with an afternoon full of arts & crafts, storytelling, and scavenger hunts! Learn about dragon boat racing; design your own buoyant boat; learn to wrap zòngzi; stuff a fragrant, lucky xiāng bāo; and much more family fun! This event will be in English and Chinese. Visit event website.
Saturday, June 22, 2024
MothSutra: An East to West Poetry Reading
Hosted by Museum of Chinese in America
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre St, NY, NY 10013
Price: Free
In partnership with the Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY, poet and editor Russell C. Leong will read from MothSutra, a collection of drawings and poetry about an Asian delivery man who rides a bicycle throughout Manhattan as he “cycles through his life from East to West.” Leong aims to evoke the inner lives, meditations, hopes, and dreams of individuals generally invisible to those who order “takeout.” MothSutra was first presented at the Bowery Poetry Club, the University of Hong Kong Black Box Theatre, and the City University of New York. He will be introduced via video by the late Chinese American labor historian, Peter Kwong. A bilingual Q&A session will follow, conducted in English and Chinese. Visit event website.