Explore Immigration: Arts & Culture
Say That Again! - Ya Osafo Kantanka Kyeremateng
Spoken word poet Yaw Osafo Kantanka Kyeremateng reminds us that, "My accent is an open map, full of endless possibilities!"
The Legalities of Being - Yosimar Reyes
"There is a trend of folks writing about us, [...] wanting us to come out of the shadows, wanting us to feel empowered. But for some reason I cannot seem to get past the fact that we're still not addressing our emotional well-being, not as undocumented people, but as migrants, displaced people, folks whose hearts have been broken by America's lies."
This spoken-word piece is accompanied by hand-drawn illustrations.
More poets to check out
- From "Oil"Fatimah Asghar
- Immigrant PicnicGregory Djanikian
- The Border: A Double SonnetAlberto Ríos
- The New ColossusEmma Lazarus
- Political Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz Becomes First Latino to Win Prestigious Prize"No other political cartoonist working in the U.S. brings as much passion, dedication and brilliance to the fight for fair immigration at the border and justice for the Latino community. Lalo Alcaraz’s courage and unapologetic focus on these and other civil rights issues makes him a deserving recipient of the 2022 Herblock Prize."
- Lalo Alcaraz and the Long Journey of a Latino Political CartoonistMore in-depth coverage of Alcaraz from the New Yorker.
- Julio Salgado - GalleryJulio Salgado is an undocumented, queer artivist, whose visual art depicts key individuals and moments of the DREAM Act and the migrant rights movement. Undocumented students, organizers and allies across the country have used Salgado’s artwork to call attention to the migrant rights movement.
- Mexican-American Artist Julio Salgado Is LGBTQ, Undocumented and UnafraidMore coverage of Julio Salgado, from NBC.
- Artist Johanna Toruño Is Making the Voices of Queer Latinx People Heard With Her Unapologetic Street SeriesDuring her childhood in El Salvador, political art in the form of murals and posters in the years after the war appeared all over the country. Even at a young age, she saw how that political art gave people a voice — it spoke for those who couldn’t.
Refugee - Abdullah Kasem Al Yatim
To read the rest of the poem by 12 year old Syrin refugee Abdullah, click here.
- The Brief, Radical History of the 'Refugees Are Welcome Here' Poster"As a Jewish person, I feel like this is all stuff we've seen before," Bazant points out. "All my very large extended family was killed because so few countries were accepting Jewish refugees. For me, resisting religious discrimination and racist criminalization of refugees is a moral and spiritual imperative. When we say 'Never again,' that means 'Never again for anyone.'"
