Tenement Talk

Fatima Shama

Commissioner, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs

Appointment

August 12, 2009

Immigrant Communities

“Immigrants are the lifeblood of NYC” – Mayor Bloomberg

Partner Initiatives

Health and Hospitals Corporation

Partner Initiatives

Supporting NYC Immigrants in the Five Boroughs

Immigrant Heritage Week

2010 | 7th Annual Celebration (Food)

Immigrant Heritage Week

2011 | 8th Annual Celebration (Stories)

Immigrant Heritage Week

2012 | 9th Annual Celebration (Movies)

Immigrant Heritage Week

2013 | 10th Annual Celebration

Interpretation & Translation

Volunteer Language Bank and NYCertified

One NYC One Nation

Steering Committee

Immigrant Leadership

CORO New York Immigrant Civic Leadership Program

Immigrant Community Engagement

Neighborhood Leadership Institutes

Immigrant Community Engagement

UnityNYC Grant Awards

NYCitizenship

2011, City Employees

NYCitizenship in Schools

2012 – 2014, Parents of Public School Students

EASiY

Empowerment, Access, and Success for Immigrant Youth

EASiY

Postcards and Brochures

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Newspaper Ads

We Are New York

Practice English

Baruch College, December 7, 2012

Hurricane Sandy CBO Forum

Hurricane Sandy

Immigrant Outreach Initiative

Technical Assistance

International

Convening of Cities

Cities for Immigrant Integration, April 24 to 26, 2013

Technical Assistance

Blueprints for Immigrant Integration

Immigration Events

CUNY Citizenship Now! Call In and USCIS Naturalization Ceremonies

Cultural Events

Three Kings Day and the Annual Dragon Boat Festival

Digital Commissioner

Behind the Scenes with @FatimaShamaNYC

Digital Commissioner

#LiveTweets Happening @NYCImmigrants

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone

monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles