by Jack Doppelt | Jun 21, 2011 | Featured projects, The Migration, What's New, World Refugee Day
Audio slideshow: Hear refugees who have resettled in Chicago talk about their experiences, from the persecution they experienced back home – in Iraq, Burma, Bhutan or Iran – to their times in refugee camps to their resettlement in Chicago. Many of the...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 20, 2011 | Family, What's New
We often think of health care in terms of policy or reform or coverage. It is mostly about how people take care of themselves and their families. In many ways, immigrants have a tough time. Health care in the United States is mind numbingly complicated and tied to the...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 19, 2011 | Culture Shock, What's New, Work, Jobs and Money
Edwin Egbejimba is a college-educated immigrant from Nigeria who has been driving a cab for the past twelve years. This is his story. The Nigerian immigrant wanted to get an education and a good job. He wanted to eventually buy a house and a car with his hard-earned...
by Katherine Jacobsen | Jun 17, 2011 | Back Home, Culture Shock, Family, Identity, The Migration, What's New
[audio:https://immigrantconnect.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pursue-a-peaceful-path-in-their-own-religion-mp3-version.mp3] Khatami speaks in Farsi about the importance of pursuing peace within one’s religion of choice (his voice has been...
by Katie Chen | Jun 16, 2011 | Back Home, The Migration, What's New, Work, Jobs and Money
Se See Lia is finding a way. She always has. She worries about the hospital bills that have piled up since shortly after she came to the United States three years ago. She worries for the people she left behind in Welley village in Burma and in the Thai refugee camp...
