September 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
You’re a social worker assigned to help a combat veteran reintegrate into life in America and a “new normal” with family, friends and a job. Continue Reading
September 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Nearly 100 new immigrant and refugee students entered the Grand Forks School District this fall, up 43 from the previous year, according to district documents. Continue Reading
June 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Saturday is World Refugee Day in Grand Forks and around the world, and dozens of new Grand Forks residents will be at the Town Square Farmers Market to sing, dance, offer distinctive foods and introduce themselves. Continue Reading
May 30, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Grand Forks’ Global Friends Coalition, which works with international refugees resettled in the city, has received a new grant of $42,850 from the Otto Bremer Foundation. “This is very important for us, and we are grateful to the Otto Bremer Foundation for all they do for the city,” said Cynthia Shabb, program director at Global Friends. Continue Reading
May 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Refugee advocates plan another ‘meet and greet’Feeling the urge to wander? You can travel the world on Sunday, from central Africa to the Middle East to the Himalayas. No passport required. And you’ll have to remove your shoes only if you want to feel the grass beneath your feet or wade in the pool. For the sixth year running, the Global Friends Coalition and UND’s Honors Program will host a community-refugee picnic at University Park from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. The picnic is open to all, and there is no admission charge. Continue Reading
May 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Refugee advocates plan another ‘meet and greet’Feeling the urge to wander? You can travel the world on Sunday, from central Africa to the Middle East to the Himalayas. No passport required. And you’ll have to remove your shoes only if you want to feel the grass beneath your feet or wade in the pool. For the sixth year running, the Global Friends Coalition and UND’s Honors Program will host a community-refugee picnic at University Park from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday. The picnic is open to all, and there is no admission charge. Continue Reading
February 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
One measure of the American Dream: After your parents dodge soldiers in the Laotian countryside, and your father builds a bamboo raft to escape across the Mekong River, and your family settles in a prosperous neighborhood in Savage, Minn., you are crowned Miss Minnesota USA, and the thing that makes you shake your head in wonder is butt glue. The Miss Minnesota USA pageant is the only such contest that Panemalaythong ever entered. Not only that, but she’s 26, the oldest a competitor can be. She’s also the first Asian-American to be named Miss Minnesota USA. Continue Reading
February 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The children who live in this camp for Burmese refugees have known no other life. Neither have many of their parents or their grandparents. Yet now, surprisingly rapid reforms and cease-fires under way in Myanmar are opening the prospects for the return of one of the world’s largest refugee populations some 1 million Burmese huddled in frontier camps and hideouts across five countries. Continue Reading
October 14, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Petition suggests ELL students be moved or limited; district mulling more staff Immigrants and refugees are taxing the resources of Century Elementary School in Grand Forks and the School District ought to move some or all of them to north-end schools that suffer enrollment shortages, according to a petition circulating among school parents. Continue Reading
September 20, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
About 100 people attended a two-hour panel discussion in the Empire Arts Centre Tuesday evening with 13 people involved in refugee and immigration issues in the community. Continue Reading
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