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Month: January 2021

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January 28, 2021 Ethnicity / Immigration

Afro-Caribbean Childhood Grounds Teaching Dream

By Samiya Mcmiller Felicita Arzu Carmichael’s journey began in the country of Belize and continues in the United States of America.

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January 26, 2021 Community stories / Family / Healing

Living with Vertigo

By Marcela Sifuentes About 40 percent of the U.S. population may suffer from vertigo or vertigo-associated diseases at least once

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January 21, 2021 Community stories / Race

Diverse Working-Class Community

By Daniel Carr Joshon Allen is an employee at United Shore, one of the largest and fastest growing wholesale lenders

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January 19, 2021 Community stories / Healing

Resilience with Health Challenges

By Bella Martinez Bella shares her father’s story dealing with several health issues in a short audio story. Today I’ll

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January 14, 2021 Family

Hawaii, Thailand, the Philippines, OU

By Alexandra Laird Steven Sturtevant is a a transfer student, sophomore at Oakland University in his first semester here, studying

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January 12, 2021 Community stories / Family / Immigration

From Sicily Beaches to Macomb, Michigan

By Michael Cusenza Nino Pace is a hardworking family man living in Macomb, Michigan. His family is everything to him. His wife

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January 7, 2021 Healing

Happy Chemicals Through Anxiety

By Alayna Currey Alayna shares her experiences dealing with anxiety as a college student in a short audio story. Hi,

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January 5, 2021 Community stories / Ethnicity / Immigration / Race

Looking for A Better Life

By Qortez Brown Eleven year-old Qui Nugyen left his home in Vietnam 17 years ago, with just his mother and

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