Interview with WALTER JAYASINGHE, M.D., M.P.H
Asia & Pacific Islanders, Feature Stories, Heritage, The Immigrant Experience
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The Sri Lanka Foundation is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization formed in April 2003 by Walter Jayasinghe, M.D., a well-known Sri Lankan-American physician in Los Angeles. Dr., Jayasinghe emigrated…
Breakthrough Filmmaker Brings Slice Of Haitian Life To The Screen
Africa & Caribbean, Entertainment, Feature Stories, Heritage
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When independent filmmaker Uscla “Johnny” Desarmes wanted to tell his story about a slice of life through the eyes of a Haitian-American family, he called upon some heavyweight talent with…
How To Stay True To Your Roots, Pakistani American Ahmad Razvi Actor, Entrepreneur Shares His Story
Asia & Pacific Islanders, Feature Stories, Heritage, The Immigrant Experience
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Ahmad Razvi has been described as the Pakistani American Johnny Depp. Arriving in the states from Lahore, Pakistan as a young child Razvi is a very rare breed of actor…
Marlene Forte, Journey To the Silver Screen On A Stellar Galactic Enterprise
Feature Stories, Heritage, Latin America, The Immigrant Experience
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With a name like Marlene Forte, one can only expect to meet a woman of great strength and determination armed with a wicked sense of humor and blessed with that…
Africans and the Exiled Life; Is The Price To Pay Worth It?
Africa & Caribbean, Feature Stories, Heritage, The Immigrant Experience
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The vast majority of Sub-Saharan Africans who live outside of the continent are in exile. For these Africans, their condition may either be self-imposed or forced by the prevailing conditions…