by Jack Doppelt | May 27, 2021 | About, Featured projects, Our Staff
One year ago, the spring of 2020 brought fear, death and grief to hundreds of thousands across the globe. Immigrant Connect documented the hardships and effects of Covid-19 on immigrant communities. The winds of the spring of 2021 are spreading seeds of relief,...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 14, 2020 | Good Question
By Michael Fitzpatrick, Medill, Immigrant Connect Fear and uncertainty come naturally to Chutmagai Bul Ayual. Ayual spent 13 years walking across Africa and in refugee camps. The scarring experiences left Ayual in a position to confront almost anything. The Covid-19...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 14, 2020 | Back Home, Good Question, Work, Jobs and Money
By Chloe Jeonghyun Heo, Medill, Immigrant Connect At the beginning of April, KANU (Koreans Association at Northwestern University) distributed disposable masks to anyone who applied for one. “[At that time], a lot of Koreans were going back to Korea,” said an...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 12, 2020 | Culture Shock, Family, Good Question
By Bailey Pekar, Medill, Immigrant Connect For Manar Kodamah, celebrating Ramadan in quarantine “doesn’t have the same spirit” that she’s used to feeling. Usually, celebrating Ramadan is marked as a time of togetherness when Kodamah’s extended family and friends...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 12, 2020 | Good Question, Work, Jobs and Money
By Lydia Rivers, Medill, Immigrant Connect “I don’t suggest you go buy traditional or alternative medicine, or the herb to cure [COVID-19],” says Lynn Chang, the owner of Tiện Thuốc Bắc Vĩnh Hoa, a traditional Chinese medicine shop in uptown Chicago that she opened in...
