“When we took the photo we felt more united than normal and we felt very good,” said Sara Lozano Uribe.
The Lozano Uribe family is creating new memories in New York City.
Mother Sandra Uribe says that she, along with her husband and two children, fled Colombia due to the persecution of kidnappers. They sold everything in their country to emigrate and start a new life.
“We are the first here, we have no family, we have no friends, so they welcomed us, no. We got to start on our own,” Sandra added.
But they found help in the organization LSA Family Health Services or The Little Sisters in East Harlem.
“They helped me with food, with clothing, with studies for my children,” said Sandra.
The Uribe family was chosen for the family portrait exhibition, La Sagrada Familia NYC.
“A privilege that my family chose to do this event.”
With the portraits they seek to show the journey of the immigrants who are arriving to the city and the sacredness that each of us holds in our hearts.
“All the experiences that different refugees and immigrants have had to come to the city or other parts of the country,” said artist Kelly Latimore who worked on the portraits and paintings of the families for the exhibition that will be this Sunday. “The message is that everyone is sacred, their lives and experiences are sacred.”
“Well, they want to find help, justice for those of us who are here in this situation,†Sandra said.
The funds raised in the art exhibition will help the organization in its multiple education, health and other immigrant care programs.
“Excuse me, I am very sensitive but I am very grateful. I don’t have my mom, I don’t have my dad, but I have a family here,” Sandra concluded.
Details for the event:
Art reception on Sunday, February 4, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: 1085 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10128
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