Immigrant Crossroads: Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, New York

Nearly half the 2.3 million residents of Queens, New York are foreign-born. Immigrants in Queens hail from more than 120 countries and speak more than 135 languages. As an epicenter of immigrant diversity, Queens is an urban gateway that exemplifies opportunities and challenges in shaping a multi-racial democracy. The editors and contributors to Immigrant Crossroads examine the social, spatial, economic, and political dynamics that stem from this fast-growing urbanization. The interdisciplinary chapters examine residential patterns and neighborhood identities, immigrant incorporation and mobilizations, and community building and activism.

Essays combine qualitative and quantitative research methods to address globalization and the unprecedented racial and ethnic diversity as a result of international migration. Chapters on incorporation focus on immigrant participation and representation in electoral politics, and advocacy for immigrant inclusion in urban governance and service provision. A section of Immigrant Crossroads concerns placemaking, focusing on the production of neighborhood spaces and identities as well as immigrant activism and community development and control.

Panel Discussion

• Sam Stein – The Politics of a ‘New Deal’ for Roosevelt Avenue: BIDs, Placemaking, and Community Resistance
• Alice Sardell – Advocacy for Immigrant Health: Language Access in New York Pharmacies
• Sayu Bhojwani – The New Machine: Nonprofits and South Asian Political Incorporation
• Ariana Martinez – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): On Reaching Queens’ Diverse and Eligible Immigrant Populations

Moderator: Tarry Hum

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