The New Americans magazine is delighted to share the same month (July) of celebration with America as it is one year of successfully publishing the monthly magazine after transiting from a 4-page Newsletter. It wouldn’t have been possible without your support and contribution.

The Editorial Team has been wonderful ensuring that the availability of contents every month.

As we look forward to expanding the team of contributors it is pertinent to acknowledge Tatiana Bozhinovski, Patrick Olabode, Awatif Elnour, George Uriesi , Pedro Mejia and many others for their resourcefulness.

Also the support of the Editorial Advisory Team kept the magazine focused throughout the year and so we appreciate Tobias Iloka, Dr. Seleshi Asfaw and Todd Hager.

Thank you to our partner, the Department of Neighborhood, City of Columbus; and our advertisers – Dynotec Inc., Evergreen Insurance, Herman Legal Group, ETSS, Afrique Business Network, BetterBuy, Afrinet Global, Intercontinental Restaurant, Hope Pharmacy, Africans in Diaspora Organization, TBT Consults, God’s Grace Auto, MB Hair Braiding, New Season Assembly, Royal Executives Realty, McCant Investigations and Security, Lifeline Financial and Tax Services, Muirfield Financial Group, Liberia in Columbus Incorporated,  Bamazi Arts and Ohio History Connection.

New Americans magazine is very appreciative of our paying subscribers – Leonard Miller, Peter Egwudo, Abdullahi Warsame, Ibrahim Diallo, Fred Bowditch, Nauman Hashmi, Abdul Ghauri, Mwangi Automotive, Ahmed Shire, Malik Moore, Emmanuel Olawale, Maxwell Ohakim, Solomon Aiyedero, Mayo Makinde, Mercy Ovuworie, Bereket Gerbray, Gary Mccants, Richard Herman, Anita Waters, Ram Khadka, Kashi Adhikari and Ram Uprati – and all our online subscribers.

We thank all the community leaders, resource contributors and readers worldwide for your support and contributions.

Essays

Four Essays on Celebration of One Nation, written by students in Columbus, Ohio will be read at the one year anniversary of the New Americans magazine.

The winning Essays were written by Rita Beyere, Liya Mamo, Heldana Des, and Samrawit Fisha with Mera Mengasha.

Dance

There will also be dance performance from Ratanpur Tarana Dance School.