Jazz at Flushing
Town Hall
Listen to the
sweet sounds of
the Queens Jazz
Orchestra playing
compositions off of
jazz legend Jimmy
Heath’s latest
album.
Friday, June 21
8 p.m.
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern
Blvd., Flushing
www.
fl ushingtonhall.org
Admission: General
$42, members $32,
students $20, teens
free
Queens Music Festival
Enjoy the sounds of Sheila E., Musiq
Soulchild and Kranium inside the
borough’s largest park as part of the
city’s ongoing series, Summerstage.
Sunday, June 23
5 to 8 p.m.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona
www.cityparksfoundation.org/
summerstage/
Admission: Free
Movies Under The Stars: Smallfoot
Sheila E. Musiq Soulchild and Kranium are
the featured acts at the Only in Queens
Summer Festival on June 23.
Courtesy of Queens Borough President’s office
Gather the family and come out to the
park for a showing of “Smallfoot” under
the stars. Arrive early to secure a spot.
Wednesday, June 26
8 p.m.
Yellowstone Park
106-21 68th Ave., Forest Hills
www.nycparks.org
Admission: Free
QUEENS AMBASSADOR WINNER
Emira Habiby Browne
Founder & CEO
Emira Habiby Browne has over thirty years of experience in social
services, with expertise in family and children services, immigrant
integration, and cultural competency. In 1993, Emira founded the first
Arabic-speaking social services organization in New York City to
address the needs of the Arabic-speaking immigrant community. In
2006, Emira founded the Center for the Integration and Advancement of
New Americans (CIANA,) as a broader nonprofit organization that serves
new immigrants from the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and
more recently, Latin America.
Emira has served on several advisory boards and task forces on
immigrant issues, and has been the recipient of numerous honors and
awards in recognition of her contributions to the immigrant community
and the service of others. In 2004, 2006, and 2011, Emira was selected by
the USDOS Bureau of International Information Programs to present her
immigrant integration model to government interlocutors and community
leaders in several cities in Spain, Italy, Poland, and Germany.
Emira holds a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from the American
University of Beirut, Lebanon. She has pursued Doctoral studies at the
London School of Economics/University of London, and at the Hunter
College School of Social Work/CUNY. Emira is a Palestinian-American
who was born and raised in the Middle East, speaks Arabic fluently, has
traveled extensively, and lived in several countries in Europe and the
Middle East.
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