WHO WE ARE

NuevaYorkinos is a digital archive and multimedia project preserving ÑYC Latino and Caribbean culture and history pre-2010, through family histories, videos, and stories. Curated by founders Djali Brown-Cepeda and Ricardo Castañeda, NuevaYorkinos has amassed mover 2,000 pieces of visual media, and 1,500 personal stories, since its founding in 2019.

NuevaYorkinos es un archivo digital y proyecto multimedia preservando las culturas e historias latinas y caribeñas de ÑYC antes de 2010, a través de historias familiares y media visual. Comisariada por sus fundadores Djali Brown-Cepeda y Ricardo Castañeda, NuevaYorkinos ha acumulado 2.000 fotos y videos y 1.500 historias personales desde su fundación en 2019.

OUR MISSION

For historically marginalized communities, we view storytelling as an act of decolonization and, in a city whose Black, Brown, and immigrant communities find themselves in a constant battle against displacement, a way to combat gentrification. By curating a robust collection of photos and stories from across the boroughs, our work celebrates the beauty, love, and resilience of immigrant New York.

Para las comunidades históricamente marginadas, contar historias es un acto de descolonización y, en una ciudad cuyas comunidades negras, latinas e inmigrantes se encuentran en una lucha constante contra el desplazamiento, una manera de combatir la gentrificación. Al seleccionar una sólida colección de fotos e historias de todos los condados, nuestro trabajo celebra la belleza, el amor y la resiliencia de los inmigrantes de Nueva York.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

NuevaYorkinos acknowledges that we are situated on the unceded and ancestral homelands of the Lenape Peoples. We recognize that there is a history to this land that is older than we are and pay honor and respect to this history and to the Elders, past, present, and future. Read our Land Acknowledgement to gain more insight to Native resources.

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