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October is Health Literacy Month
October is Health Literacy Month and we are proud to announce that due to the efforts of the MN Health Literacy Partnership (MNHLP), a program of Literacy Minnesota, Governor Walz signed a proclamation declaring October as Health Literacy Awareness Month! … Continue reading →
June 22 Is Twin Cities World Refugee Day!
Above: scenes from last year’s event. Join CAPI USA for its annual celebration on Twin Cities World Refugee Day, scheduled for Centennial Park in Brooklyn Center, 10:30 – 5 pm on Saturday, June 22. There’s free live entertainment, food and … Continue reading →
Helping LGBTQ+ Newcomers Fit In
Here’s a free webinar offered by the resettlement specialists, Switchboard, designed to help newcomers succeed in their changed environment. The webinar is set for noon to 1:15, Tuesday, June 25. The target audience is direct service providers, managers, and others … Continue reading →
Your Native Language: Can You Lose It?
Madeleine Schwartz had what sounds like a complicated but fascinating childhood. She lived with her mother in New York for half the year, and with her father in France for the other six months. Then as an adult in 2020 … Continue reading →
The Immigrant View on Running for Office
Sahan Journal delivers again with a piece on the life circumstances that led Anquam Mahamoud to run for a Minnesota House seat in the south Minneapolis district 62B. Mahamoud was born in San Diego but moved to Minneapolis with her family … Continue reading →
Newly Arrived: The Ecuadorians
The excellent online news outlet, Sahan Journal, recently offered a deep look at Minnesota’s surging Ecuadorian immigrant population in this piece, Ecuadorians fleeing violence and economic distress seek a new start in Minnesota. While fewer than 200 Ecuadorian emigres arrived … Continue reading →
Tune in to Immigrant Kids with Serious Medical Conditions
Find out more about how to better serve immigrant families that include children with significant medical conditions during this 11 am, Monday, February 26 webinar sponsored by Switchboard. About 10–15 percent of refugee children have significant medical conditions, and their … Continue reading →
Tragedy Upon Tragedy: A Family’s Interpreter, Slain
Peter Wang served in a familiar role for his Florida family. His parents, who had been smuggled into the United States from Fujian, a province in southern China, in the late 1990s, arrived without knowing English. They worked in restaurant … Continue reading →
Substance Abuse in Refugee, Immigrant Communities: Learn More
Get the low-down on substance abuse issues in refugee and immigrant communities at the Tuesday, February 13 meeting of the Minnesota Immigrant and Refugee Health Network. Set for 9:30 to 11 am, this online and phone session will bring you … Continue reading →
For Refugee Community Outreach Workers: Safety Tips
The world of commotion that drives refugees from their homes sometimes spills over into their new home here, with distress and tensions that can have an impact on community sponsors, volunteers and resettlement office staff. Here’s a webinar on basic … Continue reading →