Celebrating Immigrants And Their Contributions
through stories, talks, and workshops
Nalini Krishnankutty is a first-generation immigrant American, an engineer turned writer, researcher and speaker. Nalini believes deeply in the dignity and equality of all human beings. While she believes in the power of migration to open minds and create new possibilities for both immigrants and their new homeland, she also believes that it is important to discuss all the processes that shaped countries including the United States. Today, many call it a "Nation of Immigrants," but the processes that created the United States also include colonization, conquest, annexation, slavery, and indentured servitude, in addition to immigration.
In her writings, presentations and workshops, Nalini focuses on the history, experiences and contributions of immigrants to the United States, and the common threads connecting us all across real, abstract and imagined boundaries, in the context of the rest of our complex history.
Nalini is actively countering the rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the country by developing and presenting eye-opening workshops and classes on how immigrants shaped and continue to shape the USA. She is currently building community platforms to spread awareness about our immigrant legacy, to make individual immigrants visible, and to bring them from the boundary of the circle to the center.
Nalini Krishnankutty is a first-generation immigrant American, an engineer turned writer, researcher and speaker. Nalini believes deeply in the dignity and equality of all human beings. While she believes in the power of migration to open minds and create new possibilities for both immigrants and their new homeland, she also believes that it is important to discuss all the processes that shaped countries including the United States. Today, many call it a "Nation of Immigrants," but the processes that created the United States also include colonization, conquest, annexation, slavery, and indentured servitude, in addition to immigration.
In her writings, presentations and workshops, Nalini focuses on the history, experiences and contributions of immigrants to the United States, and the common threads connecting us all across real, abstract and imagined boundaries, in the context of the rest of our complex history.
Nalini is actively countering the rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the country by developing and presenting eye-opening workshops and classes on how immigrants shaped and continue to shape the USA. She is currently building community platforms to spread awareness about our immigrant legacy, to make individual immigrants visible, and to bring them from the boundary of the circle to the center.
News & NotesIt was a wonderful experience to give a talk at TEDxPSU on "How Immigrants Shape(d) the United States." My talk examines the history and contributions of immigrants, who are currently 14% of our population, and reveals many surprising contributions to shaping the quintessential American experience. Here is the video of my talk - feel free to share the link. Here is a TRANSCRIPT OF MY TALK, for use in school/university classrooms. This video and transcript are being used in high school and college classrooms to teach and discuss immigration issues. If you plan to use them in your classroom, please let me know - feel free to drop a line using my contact info.
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Speaker, 2018 TEDxPSU "Face to Face"
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