10.21.2019 Government ‘Unity rally’ shines spotlight on health care, immigration and climate issues “We will not!” Valerie Shelby shouted as she marched down Front Street with a paper sign in her hand that read “Our Kids, Our Planet.” “Be divided!” a group...
03.12.2019 News Advocates march in Riverhead to promote equal access to driver’s licenses As Dulce Rojas views it, the issue of equal access to driver’s licenses for all residents in New York State is less about immigration that it is about “common...
10.12.2017 Community SEPA Mujer honors Riverside Rediscovered and Renaissance Downtowns Riverside Rediscovered and Renaissance Downtowns are perhaps best known locally as Southampton Town’s “master developers” for Riverside, an area that has long been known for blight, crime and the...
04.18.2017 Community FRNCA elects first Latina board member When Paola Zuniga-Tellez moved from Brooklyn to the East End in 2005, she noticed a lack of information and representation for the Latino community as a whole — a...
02.16.2017 Business ‘Day without immigrants’ prompts march, local boycotts A social media post early Thursday morning from Aldo’s Coffee in Greenport read: “We are open on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and every other national holiday. Today, we...
02.10.2017 Community Partnership aims to build immigrant women’s self-esteem, leadership Paola Zuniga-Tellez had already spent more than half her life in America by the time she moved from Brooklyn to the East End, resettling in Flanders with her husband,...
