The Staten Island 350: One Island, Many Stories
APRIL IS ETHNICITY & IMMIGRATION MONTH
The si350 theme for April is Ethnicity and Immigration,
chosen to coincide with the eighth annual New York City
immigrant heritage week April 11-17. From Lenape to
French (Huguenot) Refugees and Dutch settlers to later
German, Hungarian, Afro-Caribbean, Italian and Chinese immigrants and more recent
Liberian and Si Lankan communities, discover how the borough's population and
landscape has evolved. Discover unexpected ties between Chinatown, Little Italy
and Staten Island that go back to 1900. Enjoy exploring the Lenape, Hungarian and
other ethnic sites. Join former Advance reporter Jay Price to reminisce about New
Dorp's evolution.
Italian and Chinese Immigrants to Staten Island and New York." Historians Marcella Bencivenni
and Peter Kwong explore ties between Little Italy, Chinatown and our borough at 6:30,
Spiro Hall 2, Wagner College. Photo Exhibit curated by Willie Chu with over 50 images
of our "Borough of Immigrants"-Opening Reception 5:30 Hormann Library Spotlight Gallery.
Introductory Remarks by Anthony Ferreri, CEO Staten Island University Hospital, whose
grandparent's 1916 Rosebank wedding photo is featured in the exhibit and Julie Tam, Staten
Island Chinese School Principal. Organized by Lori Weintrob, Wagner College, who will be
the panel moderator. This event is made possible by a grant from the New York Council on the
Humanities,
as part of the si350 lecture series.
Published by The History Press, Discovering Staten Island
can be purchased for $20.00 at Historic Richmond Town's
gift shop. Funded by a generous grant from the Richmond
County Savings Foundation, the book's publishing is one of
the principal undertakings of SI 350, a year-long celebration
of the Island's 350th anniversary.The book features welcome
letters by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Borough President
James P. Molinaro, and is divided into 12 chapters, each
representing one of SI 350's monthly themes: Transportation,
Education and Health, Business and the Economy, Ethnicity
and Immigration, Food and Drink, the Arts, Sports,
Environment,
Civic and Political Life, Architecture, Military History, and
Religion. |
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