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WILL: New Report Shows Immigrants Contribute $1.4 Billion To Champaign County Economy
Christopher Di Franco helped produce a report on the contributions of immigrants in Champaign County that the University YMCA’s New American Welcome Center and other organizations unveiled at a community meeting in Champaign. The urban planner and community organizer said the Gateways for Growth Community Data Report contradicts some common… Read More
Smile Politely: The University YMCA released an Immigration Impact Report
The University YMCA, along with New American Economy, has released a Gateways for Growth Community Data report today, which details the contributions of immigrants in Champaign County (general take: they contribute a lot). Last year, the Y established a New American Welcome Center here, designed to help immigrants integrate fully… Read More
Cleveland.com: Global Ties Akron to launch international ‘Global Threads’ magazine
Global Ties Akron is one of only six organizations in the country to be awarded state funding for a cultural heritage project to be unveiled at the Akron Art Museum. “Global Threads” is an online international magazine that will launch Sunday, April 22 from 1-5 p.m. at the museum. Read More
Austin Daily Herald: Community conversation for building a more inclusive community
The Austin Human Rights Commission, in partnership with the city of Austin, Austin Area Chamber of Commerce, and Riverland Community College has announced a community conversation on “Building a More Inclusive Austin” from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, at the Hormel Historic Home. The goal of the conversation is… Read More
On News of DACA’s End, College Dreamer Turns College Drop-Out
In September 2017, Cristian Olivares was ready to start his freshman year of college. He had registered for business classes and signed a lease for an apartment. Then he learned that the Trump administration was ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), the 2012 policy that temporarily defers deportation and… Read More
Haitian-American Nurse Advocates for Protection of All Farmworkers
When Myrto Cesaire left the instability of her native Haiti in 1980, she took the first job she could find when she arrived in Florida. She became a cabbage picker. Although she only worked in the field for a few months, she found a lifelong calling… Read More
Immigrant’s App Safely Connects Parents, Schools, and Kids
Originally from Vizianagaram, a town in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, entrepreneur Chaks Appalabattula had already earned an engineering degree with honors and was working as a computer science engineer when he decided to immigrate to the United States in 1998. Today, he is the CEO of Bloomz, a… Read More
In America Since Age 2, Texan Fears Deportation to El Salvador if TPS Ends
In 1997, the Iraheta family fled their native El Salvador, a country racked by political unrest following a 12-year civil war, for safety and opportunity in the United States. Claudia Iraheta was 2 years old. Her family settled in Farmers Branch, Texas, and has been able… Read More
Immigration Policy Ineffective for Economic Development, Says Iowa CEO
As CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, an economic development organization, Jay Byers is trying to make the region a premier destination for immigrant workers, particularly in job-growth industries like bioscience and advanced manufacturing. “Recruiting international talent, especially in high-skilled industries, is absolutely critical to fueling future economic growth,”… Read More
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