refugees

WELCOMER

How to Welcome New Ukrainian Neighbors

Minnesota welcomed 132 Afghan families last winter with strong volunteer action. Alight is now preparing for another group of new

  • 09/08/2022
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Poem: “Our Mothers”

Do you ever wonder about the mother of Moses?

  • 04/28/2022
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My Path to the Polish-Ukrainian Border

Our gratitude to Bernadine Joselyn for sharing her 6,800-word essay with us about her recent experiences in Poland with Ukrainian refugees. This is an excerpt.

  • 04/23/2022
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Commentary: Regarding Ukraine

Reprinted with permission from Minnesota Prairie Roots I have always cared about what is happening beyond my home in Faribault.

  • 03/14/2022
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Serving Afghan Refugees

Most of the refugees are currently in the Twin Cities, 80 are in Rochester, and some are arriving to Saint Cloud.

  • 01/27/2022
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Collective Effort: Resettling Afghan Refugees in Minnesota

There are dozens of people statewide who are working together in weekly calls to create systems that welcome and support

  • 12/08/2021
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Naheed and Yusra Murad: Supporting Basic Needs

“It is not possible for someone to have a sense of physical, mental, and social well-being without having safe, stable, dignified housing.”

  • 11/30/2021
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Welcoming Afghans for the Long Haul

In a Minnesota hotel last week, the hallways are full of recently arrived people from Afghanistan. Some of the doors

  • 10/17/2021
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Michelle Rivero Identifies the Labels of Fear

In 2014, when the Obama Administration was detaining refugee women and children at the border, Michelle Rivero went to New

  • 01/01/2019
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Shannon Gibney: Under-Told Stories

For 10 years, Shannon Gibney has been researching a novel, letting the story sit and marinate, and then finally writing “Dream Country.”The process

  • 08/01/2018
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Where Do I Belong? Zaynab Abdi

Since 2013, Green Card Voices has produced video and print storytelling about some of the 40 million immigrants and refugees in the

  • 07/01/2018
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Where Do I Belong? Veronica Quillien

Since 2013, Green Card Voices has produced video and print storytelling about some of the 40 million immigrants and refugees in the

  • 07/01/2018