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EIIC Annual Citizenship Day Event

Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC) warmly invites you for our Annual Citizenship Day Event on Friday, September 8, 2023 as we recognize those who have become U.S. citizens, and those who are taking steps to become U.S. citizens.

We will be hosting an Acoustic Music Session by EIIC Creatives & Painting session by Alejandro Pinzon and would love to see you there!

When: Friday, September 8, 2023 5-8pm

Location: Frank Ottomanelli’s By The Water, 52-10 Center Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101

RSVP by Wednesday, September 6th here:

https://bit.ly/EIICcitizenshipday

Important Changes are Coming to New York Medicaid, Child Health Plus and the Essential Plan

Do you or a family member currently have health insurance through New York State Medicaid, Child Health Plus or the Essential Plan?

Starting in spring 2023, New York State will resume eligibility reviews and renewals for people enrolled in these programs. This means you may need to take action to renew your health insurance or the insurance of your family members. Make sure your address is up to date. Make sure NY State of Health or your local Medicaid office has your current mailing address, phone number and email address so they can contact you about your health insurance.

If you have insurance through NY State of Health:

  • Contact us at: 718-478-5502, ext. 103 or at 914-348-1175
  • Email us at: juan@eiic.org
  • Call NY State of Health at 1-855-355-5777, or log into your account at nystateofhealth.ny.gov.

If you have Medicaid through your county’s Medicaid office or through New York City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA), contact your local office to update your address and contact information.

For more information, visit:

https://info.nystateofhealth.ny.gov/COVID-19-Changes

OPEN CALL: MIGRANT NATION REEL STORIES

Peruvian American filmmaker Erika Gregorio and other artists in residence at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, known as the “EIIC Creatives,” are proud to announce “Migrant Nation Reel Stories,” an open call for short documentaries which focus on and celebrate the resilience of immigrant families and communities in New York City! Together with the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Queens, who have graciously partnered with us to co-curate, we welcome submissions by NYC filmmakers who are documenting immigrant life.

The screening of films selected from those submitted for this open call will take place on August 25th at Museum of the Moving Image, in Astoria, Queens, New York. The deadline to submit applications is midnight on June 25th, 2023. Applicants’ films should be no longer than 10 minutes and fully subtitled, if they are in languages other than English. Applicants should be currently residing within New York City’s five boroughs. Within the application form, applicants can include compressed versions of their short through Google or website links. Applicants should also be a primary producer of the film they submit for consideration. Click the button below to get the submission process started and to learn more about eligibility. Applicants may also write to MNRStories@gmail.com with any questions. Please help us spread the word!

Project innovator Erika Gregorio explains her thinking in proposing and developing “Migrant Nation Reel Stories” as part of her work as an artist in residence with EIIC. “As an immigrant, I have come across other migrant stories–stories worthy of being heard and given space to be shared, regardless of people’s gender, race, affiliations, or legal status in the country. These stories, filled with resilience, empowerment, dreams, hard work, and sacrifices, are silenced because of fear and stigma.”  

“Over the years,” Erika continues, “we keep witnessing how members of our most vulnerable communities get treated, which creates reluctance towards sharing stories; therefore, they can feel their story is not worth telling. We can help change the narrative.”

The cost of the open call and the screening are covered by support from Creatives Rebuild New York. Our hope is that this will become an annual event in New York City, in which case, eventually, there may be a paid application process, to help cover costs involved. However, this year, every aspect is free. Filmmakers who have submitted their entries by June 25th, will be notified of their short’s status in the selection process in mid-July. All applicants and the general public are encouraged to join us at the August 25th screening, which will be followed by a Q&A. The screening will be open to the general public and free of charge.   

TWO Fabulous Irish / West African Concerts at NYIC 4/29 & 5/11

Intersections: West African Ghanaian & Irish Traditional Musics
Saturday, April 29 | 7PM

Join NY Irish Center as we explore the commonalities between Irish traditional music and West African Ghanaian music. Lively blended compositions drawing from Irish traditional music and West-African Ghanaian music that will be performed by renowned musicians from the Ghanaian drum ensemble Ekome Femo including Amos Gabia (voice/djembe/ dun dun), Raymond Odai Laryea (djembe/dun dun/ gankogui), Julian Bortey Kwandahor (djembe, voice, dance), Dylan James (Banjo), Matt Christian (fiddle), and ethnomusicologist and performer Colin Harte (vocals/piano/bodhrán/djembe).

GET TICKETS HERE

The EIIC Creatives Concert: Irish, Malian, and Newly Composed
Songs of Spring, Rebirth, and Renewal

Thursday, May 11th | 7PM

Join the EIIC Creatives, artists in residence at the Emerald Isle Immigration Center, for an evening of Irish, West African (Malian) traditional and newly composed songs from internationally known Malian (Songhai) musician and singer Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure (guitar, gurmi), Irish traditional singer Mary Courtney (guitar/bodhrán), Irish singer/songwriter Allen Gogarty, and Chinese American blues musician Jeff Lum, plus a display of visual arts on the theme of spring, rebirth, and renewal.

This event copresented by EIIC and NYIC, with generous funding from Creatives Rebuild New York.

GET TICKETS HERE
 

Paint Me A Story

Painting  stories  as  community  history  workshop  with  Colombian  painter Alejandro  Pinzón  and  friends

Join Colombian painter Alejandro Pinzón and other artists on the Creatives Rebuild NY team in residence at Emerald Isle Immigration Center (EIIC) for an afternoon painting workshop, to learn how to turn a personal or community story into a beautiful painting to preserve its meaning. The class will be accompanied by acoustic music from EIIC Creatives Jeff Lum (blues), Abdoulaye Alhassane (West African) and Allen Gogarty (Irish/new compositions). Learn more about

the immigration legal and social services available through the EIIC!

Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 3-5pm

at 34th Avenue Open Streets (Queens)

(outdoors at 93rd St & 34th Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372)

Admission is free–RSVP at bit.ly/3yIbvTJ