Tema Kaiser Silk
Commentary Editor/ReporterTema Silk is the editor for NEPM's award-winning commentaries, which she’s been involved with since 2010. A contributing reporter, she has also been involved in launching a couple of news-related special projects for the station: Media Lab, our youth radio project, and Words in Transit, the PRNDI award-winning collection of narratives of immigrants, refugees, asylees and undocumented people living in NEPM's listening area.
The various hats she’s worn at the station have allowed her to take advantage of earlier jobs she’s had teaching both as a middle school English teacher and — long, long ago — working as a licensed independent clinical social worker. Sometimes, and only when the coast is completely clear, she sings songs from the American Songbook and classical works in the NEPM hallways.
She can be reached at tema_silk [at] nepm.org.
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On Friday, women Barbershop singers from all over New England and some parts of Canada will descend on Springfield. They're competing for a spot in the…
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A woman from Ghana and a man from the Ivory Coast are grateful for the opportunities they’ve found here, but also feel that we can learn much from their…
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Educational and professional opportunities brought many to the U.S. On episode 13, we hear stories from a man from Spain and one from Argentina.
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An Indian and a Taiwanese woman reflect on life in both their native countries and in their adopted country.
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Third Culture Kid features stories of acclimation and loss from a Palestinian woman and an Irish woman.
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The second of two podcasts on immigrants that came to the U.S. without documentation. This episode, features the story of an immigrant from Colombia that…
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Leontyne Price, the revered American opera singer, turned 90 last week. Springfield Symphony Orchestra Conductor Kevin Rhodes has been itching to find a…
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Family Reunion features stories of two young people who came to the United States to re-unite with their families. Western New England is home to…
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The story of two families, one from Syria and one from Sri Lanka that came to the United States to create new and better lives.
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Survival includes two stories from refugees from Burundi and the Congo that escaped violence in their homeland.