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Why Learn AAPI History? A Conversation For AAPI Heritage Month
If we work together to support projects that represent the Asian community well, I believe more representation will arise from that. Learn AAPI History said.
If we work together to support projects that represent the Asian community well, I believe more representation will arise from that. Learn AAPI History said.
Photo by co-founder Neidy Gutierrez. Julian Muscio grew up in the restaurant industry. A child of immigrants from Argentina, Muscio and his siblings grew up working in and out of their family’s restaurant, Paisano’s, a beloved Italian restaurant in Rutherford. When Muscio moved to Jersey City ten years ago, he
“I grew up in an era where people were trying to make my choices for my life. And so now I fight to be a voice for everyone, to make a choice for their life,” the council president said.
The sixth annual Hudson Gives Day will be on Thursday, May 9. The virtual fundraising campaign runs for 24 hours and allows donors to choose from roughly 108 local nonprofits to donate to.
Medina is running to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. She advocates heavily for topics including workers’ rights, affordable housing, student loan forgiveness and a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, to name a few.
“When we opened Paloma, that was one of our focuses, ‘Ok, how can we do stuff differently for ourselves and our staff, and what can we provide for the community?’” Hughes said.
They told us the best plants for beginners, what not to do as a beginner–something I need to take into consideration–the benefits of helping a community garden and more.
“I can bring the fact that I’ve lived here all my life and [my] wisdom comes from experience. I’ve had triumph, I’ve had tragedy,” Bill O’Dea said. “… We used to say the time is now, [but] now we say it’s now or never.”
Despite the accomplishments, Williams said he tries not to brag too much and acknowledged that his upbringing and current reality are a “blessing.”
Mario Costa, owner of the diner which has been open since 1946, says he’s thrilled to have his business chosen for Bob Dylan’s biopic. “Oh I love it,” Costa told Slice of Culture. “It’s history, you know? … and it’s good for the diner. We’ve been here forever.”
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