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July 14, 2020 Community stories / Family / Healing / Immigration

“People Die”: Memories of War

By Nicole Morsfield Immigration is no singular experience. To some, it’s carrying baskets of clothing up and down 30 floors

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July 7, 2020 Family / Healing / Immigration

Acculturative Stress and Immigration

By Anthony Dombrowski We all have an immigrant story. Every family has a different and unique story about their history

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June 30, 2020 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

Immigration as Pretend Vacation

By Anthony Dombrowski No matter what our own individual immigrant stories are, none of us could imagine what life would

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June 23, 2020 Community stories / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Veterans

Great-Grandparents’ Stories from Mexico

By Carmen Salt Immigration stories all tend to be unique to each person’s family and personal history, with each one

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June 16, 2020 Family / Immigration

From Iraq to Jordan to the U.S., Without Family

By Elaina Joncic Ghaith Al-Musaied is a 22-year-old immigrant from Iraq. Ghaith and his family fled from Iraq to Jordan

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June 9, 2020 Community stories / Immigration

Consulting on Immigration After Trauma

By Katelyn Burnsfield Leaving your home country and starting a new life somewhere else is no easy task. Escaping trauma

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June 2, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Family / Identity / Immigration

Spanish with an Accent

By Sarah Markstrom Perla Escamilla is a Spanish Major at Oakland University (OU). She has gone through a lot in

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May 26, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Immigration / Race / Religion

Diversity, Identity, and Choice

By Sarah Gudenau Norunuhar “Noony” Ali is a nursing student in her sophomore year at Oakland University (OU) with an

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May 19, 2020 Family / Immigration

Family Immigration Effect

By Caitlin Flora Immigration to the United States of America is as large of a topic now as it has

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May 12, 2020 Community stories / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Religion

The Challenge of Immigration, the Challenge of People

By Philip Alghazawi In a recent podcast, Evan Elias shares memories of immigrating to the United States when he was

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