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August 7, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Identity / Race / Religion / Suburban

Culture and Being Biracial

By Adam Conigliaro In Southeast Michigan, a biracial American man faces discrimination from his extended family for his skin pigmentation.

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Young man has arm around woman, both smiling and standing by suburban looking house and yard.
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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Two young children smile and hug each other.
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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Woman smiles by U.S. flag on the wall, which is covered in smaller flags from many countries. The sign "welcome" sits above the flag and "Bienvenidos" ("Welcome" in Spanish) below it.
May 7, 2020 Community stories / Immigration

Consulting on Immigration After Trauma

By Eileen LeValley Meet Antionia Morabito. She is an immigration specialist at LASED in Detroit, Michigan, which stands for Latin

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January 23, 2020 Acceptance / Family / Religion / Rural

Louisiana Accent Away From Home

By Paige Webb Allison Webb is a fourth-grade elementary school teacher. She has been teaching for a total of 18

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Young woman smiling, posing with lake behind.
January 14, 2020 Identity / Immigration

International Student at Oakland

From the U.S. to Europe and back – Corinne Zahra’s Journey By Lauren Reid Corinne Zahra was an international student

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December 17, 2019 Family / Immigration

From Italy to Michigan

By Leah Cobb Lidia Elezaj is an 18-year-old student at Oakland University. Originally from Italy, her family of seven packed

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Woman smiles at camera, holds cup of coffee, wears brown head scarf.
December 5, 2019 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

American Syrian Refugee

By Allan Bush Noora Al-Sharabi is an American-born resident of Michigan. Her parents being from Syria wanted to have their

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Selfie of smiling young man, in front of apartment building.
November 19, 2019 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Religion / Suburban

Stores Bring Familiarity

By Allan Bush My immigration story isn’t so much my own, but my mother’s. She and her family fled Iraq

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