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Resident Spotlight: Aminatu Gambo (Cameroon)

Written by International House on March 11, 2022. Posted in News Archive.

Meet Aminatu Gambo, a Spring 2022 resident at International House from Cameroon who came to New York to attend the Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) of the Institute of the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. A member of the Mbororo-Fulani Indigenous Peoples, Aminatu currently works as Program Coordinator for Political Participation and Advocacy with Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas, also known as the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI/IIWF), a global network that brings together indigenous women from seven socio-cultural regions. FIMI/IIWF is focused...

I-House Remembers Chuck Golden, ALLNATIONS Artistic Director

Written by International House on March 10, 2022. Posted in News Archive.

Chuck Golden The International House community was saddened to learn of the passing of Charles “Chuck” Golden, longtime artistic director of the ALLNATIONS Dance Company at I-House. Golden died in Lyndhurst, NJ on February 16, 2022, at age 86. For more than 30 years, the dance company, founded by the late Herman “HR” Rottenberg, entertained audiences in more than 55 countries on six continents with its show “Joy In Every Land,” while carrying the banner and message of International House around the world. The company had its origins in the mid-1960s when Rottenberg, then Cultural...

Resident Spotlight: Farah Otero-Amad (USA)

Written by International House on March 2, 2022. Posted in News Archive.

This March, we’re thrilled to kick off Women’s History Month at International House with a spotlight on Farah Otero-Amad, an I-House resident from California who is at the start of an exciting career in journalism. We asked Farah to talk about her goals and I-House experience. Tell us about your work. What are you studying? I graduated with a Master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University. Upon graduating, I wrote articles, shot videos, and produced short documentaries for NBC News. I’m currently working as an associate producer for “The Problem With Jon...

I-House Residents Celebrate Lunar New Year in Davis Hall

Written by International House on February 25, 2022. Posted in News Archive.

The International House Spring 2022 programming season opened with a Lunar New Year Celebration on February 4, 2022. Approximately 100 Residents attended the first in-person event of the year in the spacious Davis Hall, where Residents and special guests graced the stage in an exuberant show of dance, music, comedy, and fashion. Introduced by I-House VP of Programs Kim Misevis, Resident Fellows Jocelyn Liu, Yiwen Liu and Peng Guan produced the event and hosted the evening’s festivities. The evening opened with a lively traditional lion dance by The Columbia University Lion Dance...

Alumni Spotlight: Amos Jones ’03 and the I-House Experience

Written by International House on February 24, 2022. Posted in News Archive.

When Amos N. Jones moved into International House in the fall of 2002, he was not fully prepared for what he was about to experience. Jones, now a Washington, DC-based attorney who practices, lectures and publishes in the areas of civil rights, religious freedom and ethics, chose I-House as his residence while pursuing his Masters in Journalism from Columbia University. This was after the Kentucky-born National Merit Scholar graduated cum laude from Emory University, but prior to studying at Harvard Law and on a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Melbourne in Australia. “I had not...

Alumni Spotlight: Amos Jones ’03 and the I-House Experience

Written by International House on February 24, 2022. Posted in News Archive.