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Funds for our projects have been made possible with support in part from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH) and the Herman Rose Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation.
More recent additions to this website came from a 2022-2023 Fellowship Award from the Oral History Association and the NEH to Marta V. Martínez, Founder and Director of Nuestras Raíces.
More recent additions to this website came from a 2022-2023 Fellowship Award from the Oral History Association and the NEH to Marta V. Martínez, Founder and Director of Nuestras Raíces.
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With the exception of those of pure Native-American heritage, nobody is "from here."
Part of America's identity is its reputation as a place where anything is possible, where education and hard work are the keys to opportunity and prosperity. It's what brought countless Latino immigrants to America, to Rhode Island, years ago and what continues to draw other bright and hard-working immigrants today.
As the debate over immigration reform heats up, we would do well to remember that America has always been a place of freedom and refuge from poverty and persecution.
The information gathered to create this timeline shows that Rhode Island was indeed built by immigrants.
Do you have something to contribute to this timeline? We are looking to update this information and seek information, photographs and personal or promotional document ie, flyers, business card, newspaper clippings, etc. that will help us make this a comprehensive story.
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Con la excepción de los descendientes de la gente indígena americana, nadie es "de aquí."
Parte de la identidad de Estados Unidos es su reputación como un lugar donde todo es posible, donde la educación y el trabajo duro son las claves de la oportunidad y la prosperidad. Es lo que trajo a innumerables inmigrantes latinos a Estados Unidos, a Rhode Island, hace años y lo que sigue atrayendo a otros inmigrantes brillantes y trabajadores hoy.
Mientras continúa el debate sobre la reforma migratoria, haríamos bien en recordar que Estados Unidos siempre ha sido un lugar de libertad y refugio de la pobreza y la persecución.
La información que ve aquí en esta línea de tiempo muestra que Rhode Island fue construida por inmigrantes.
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