Tagged: NH's Immigration Story

All week we're playing excerpts from the documentary, "New Hampshire's Immigration Story" which airs this Friday at noon. In this installment, Keith Shields looks at the unique story of the French Canadians and how their idea of "La Survivance" allowed them to maintain their culture as they lived in the Granite State

This week we wrap up our series, New Hampshire's Immigration Story with a week of stories on the immigration history of our state. In our installment, Keith Shields explores the story of our state’s first major immigrant group... the Irish

May 24, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.   Please join Laura Knoy and guest Max Latona for a special live audience event as a part of the series "NH's Immigration Story".  They will be discussing the next question in the Socrates Exchange series:

Who is American?

Socrates Exchange is an ongoing statewide conversation exploring issues, ethics and ideas online and on the air. For each Socrates Echange, NHPR picks a particular topic, poses a question online and continues the conversation on The Exchange.  You become part of the Socratic dialogue by posting comments online, calling in during the show or  participating during the live event.

Program starts promptly at 9:00 a.m. (sorry, no late admittance.)

Friday Journal for May, 25.

on Best of Public Radio for May, 26.

About 200 people attended New Hampshire's first Immigrant Integration Conference held at Saint Anselm College in Manchester on Saturday April 14. The conference's goal was to highlight the positive benefits immigrants have on New Hampshire’s business and communities. It was also to share ideas on what works well for integrating new comers to the state.  Below are a selection of photos from the conference. The full set will appear on NHPR's flickr channel. 

Photos: Mary-Catherine Jones, you can view her work here.

Exchange Executive Producer, Keith Shields, takes a visit to D.S. Cole Growers in Loudon, New Hampshire, an organization that uses refugees to fuel some of its workforce.