by danabrozostkeller | Nov 21, 2018 | Back Home, Our Staff
By Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Medill, Immigrant Connect I run into Lilia at our neighborhood grocery store, expecting the usual embrace. We are the only people in the frozen food aisle. I’m in high school at the time and she’s a housekeeper, who lives and works in...
by Jack Doppelt | Nov 18, 2017 | Back Home, Family, Learning the Language
By Natalya Carrico, Medill, Immigrant Connect I’m 13 or 14 years old, at one of our family reunions. I ask Grandpa if he can still speak Ukranian. He chuckles and says a few words, his sister joining in. The words make no sense to me, but the cadence is...
by Jack Doppelt | Nov 18, 2017 | Back Home, Family, Identity
By Sydney Boles, Medill, Immigrant Connect [A fuller version of this story can be found on Autostraddle – I Met My Sperm Donor’s Mom and It Changed Everything] The old woman bustles from bookshelf to bookshelf in her musty but comfortable basement. Her fingers...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 30, 2017 | 100 Days for Immigrants and Refugees, Back Home, Culture Shock, Ethnic Media Series, The Migration
By Kathryn Karnaze, Medill, Immigrant Connect As a widow with four kids, Amal faces extreme financial, emotional, and physical stress. She and her kids, all under the age of fifteen, have been living in Skokie, a Chicago suburb, for the past seven months. Previously,...
by Jack Doppelt | Jun 29, 2017 | 100 Days for Immigrants and Refugees, Back Home
By Andy Weir, Immigrant Connect Staff Most people know Hyde Park as home to the University of Chicago, but for some Syrian refugees, Hyde Park is also their new home. A college neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago may not immediately come to mind when thinking of...
by Jack Doppelt | Apr 23, 2017 | About, Back Home, Family, Our Staff, The Migration
By Balim Tezel, Medill, Immigrant Connect Every day this week, after I finish my second-grade math homework, I’ve run up to Paoola’s room and play games with her. Paoola and my uncle are visiting us for the week at our family home in Turkey. Just when we start...
