In a discussion session called “Girlhood on the Move,” participants from Texas via Mexico and Washington, D.C., via Central America shared their feelings on the bold differences between the childhood experiences of mothers and daughters.

On the morning of June 30, 2017, the United States gained a new crop of citizens with the first of two Citizenship Ceremonies at the Folklife Festival.

On the Folklife Festival’s 50th anniversary, one thing I’ve learned is that milestones are tricky business. They simultaneously fill you with a soaring sense of pride and the overwhelming reality of how much more there is to do.

Queer Filipino spoken word poet Jerrica Escoto grapples with self-identity and living in the shadows of their parents’ sacrifice in their poems. As children of immigrants, Jerrica and I have shared similar struggles.

People who immigrate as adults must overcome many challenges, but what hardships do their children face?

Two traditions of the Brazilian dance and martial art capoeira came together yesterday on the Migration Walkway.

For more than four decades, I have spent my Labor Day Weekends masquerading as a back row defensive specialist on a 9-man volleyball team. What am I doing here?

New Mexican food is one of this year’s featured cuisines at the Folklife Festival. If there’s one thing to know about New Mexican cuisine, it’s that locally grown chile peppers feature proudly and prominently.

Kiran Singh Sirah is no stranger to the many mispronunciations of his name. In fact, he enjoys hearing the innumerable iterations of “Kiran,” a Sanskrit name that translates to “light from the sun” or “ray of sunshine.”

A graffiti-cloaked, smoke-filled, off-yellow school bus idled in front of the Washington Monument, stuffed with a group of 20 ecstatic water protectors. I had a tray of cookies from Costco and they were hungry.