Danielle Wetmore

educator, public historian, immigration history, history of the Great Depression. currently at Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation; views my own she/her

[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation @AIISForg]

Come see Illegal, a show written by Skyler Chin about his grandfather’s detention on Angel Island, performed in the space that inspired it! Get your tickets now for Saturday, October 22 by visiting https://t.co/kOore9nQUD! Performance begins at 11am and ends at 12:30pm!

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@LaceyWilson4 I had such a meaningful visit there right before pandemic shutdown!

[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation @AIISForg]

Join us for selections of ILLEGAL, a new musical by @SkylerChin and co-composed by Sita Sunil, inspired by family secrets and the poetry carved on the walls of Angel Island’s Detention Barracks during the years of Chinese Exclusion. Tickets available at https://t.co/00s1hRvC4c!

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@SarahLerner Or that our caution is seen as a “mental health problem” and not a “real” problem

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@LauraCleton Beautiful country & Olga dies dreaming are both excellent recent titles

[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation @AIISForg]

Experience author Julie Leong sharing her book "Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist." Tyrus Wong came through Angel Island as a kid and later worked as one of the animators on Bambi.
Registration link: https://t.co/tRSqbdkDxb

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

Save the date! Join me and @jleungbooks for a read aloud and Q&A 8/14. 10 am PT/ 1pm ET

[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation @AIISForg]

Join us on Sunday, August 14 for a read-aloud of "Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist" and a Q&A w/author, Julie Leung!

Click the link below to visit our event page and register for the program! https://t.co/AHPWgKr2Wu
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[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

When you think of @EllisIslandNPS historically do you think of it as a welcoming place? Why or why not?

[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation @AIISForg]

Get your food and wine glass ready! We are 10-minutes away from the start of tonight’s virtual program, Eats Meets Wine. We will be here tweeting throughout the event.
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[Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation @AIISForg]

Join us on June 30 at 6pm for Eats Meets Wine, AIISF's primary fundraiser for the year.

The virtual program is free to watch. A limited # of paid tickets with meal delivery are still available (deadline for meal orders is 6/23 at 5 pm).

RSVP at https://t.co/EeSylRMgmP

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@CazMcDo Bright lights and loud sounds are migraine triggers for me, which conflicts with bright lights needed for those with low vision and microphones for those with hearing needs.

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@bennessb Either the Good Witch or Designated Survivor

[Whitney Plantation @WhitPlantation]

At the turn of the nineteenth century, New York state was the largest slaveholding state in the north, and New York City had the highest enslaved population outside the plantation capital of Charleston, South Carolina. New York City’s elites—the ten percent of the population...

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

When I ask students why people immigrate, the most common answer is “if their home is unsafe because of war.”

[Immigrant ARC @immigrantarc]

We and 176 other orgs are calling on @SecBlinken to issue Special Student Relief and #TPS and #DED for eligible Ukrainian students. As the situation continues to destabilize, we must provide as much assistance as possible. #TPS4Ukraine
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[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

Excited to dig into the report and resources in order to present a more dynamic and connected understanding of history.

[American Association for State and Local History @AASLH]

We need a more productive public conversation about history. Today, we're excited to share "Reframing History," a new resource to help the field more effectively communicate what history is and why it matters. Read the report and download the toolkit: https://t.co/GpGpV781Rh

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@SarahLerner You can ask your doctor to appeal the insurance. Mine has done it a couple of times.

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

@FriendlessMean We have matching microwaves!

[New York Metro Weather @nymetrowx]

Sunset in NYC on Friday is at 5:00pm. The sun won't set any earlier than 5:00pm until November 6th, 2022.

[Danielle Wetmore @DanielleWetmore]

One of the best feelings!

[Ashna Ali @doctordushtu]

Some days I get to talk someone through an exciting project and see lightbulbs turn on in response to guiding questions and it gives me so, so much joy

[The Tenement Museum @tenementmuseum]

Since we opened 33 years ago, “magic” has been the one word often used to describe what it feels like to walk through our historic tenements for the first time, for both staff and visitors alike. Thanks to the @washingtonpost, you can experience this feeling like never before...