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Passover 2020

by Jack Doppelt | Mar 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

Haggadah 2020 [click on Haggadah 2020] copyright Jack Doppelt 2020  ...

Immigrant veterans should read here how to apply for citizenship. Warning: It’s not easy

by gabriellerabon | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Medill, Immigrant Connect [see lead story – How does service in the armed forces change immigrants’ paths to citizenship?] The journey to citizenship starts before joining the armed forces. With some exceptions, to be accepted into the Armed Forces, an...

He’s the last person I’d expect to carry a burden of “bad Asian”

by stidman | May 10, 2019 | About, Identity, Our Staff, Uncategorized

By Owen Stidman, Medill, Immigrant Connect It’s 9:30 p.m., and the only people still inside Edina High School are members of the robotics team. We’ve been working since 3:15. The dissonant buzzing of power tools in the workshop has stopped. Tonight is only one of many...

Everything is normal until it’s not for immigrant housekeepers at the Felix Hotel

by Jack Doppelt | Dec 5, 2017 | Uncategorized

By Kristine Sherred, Medill, Immigrant Connect Fired without warning. Fired without severance. Fired without reason. After years of working for the same River North hotel, 28 housekeepers lost their jobs on an otherwise normal Tuesday in September. Many, like Rosa...

My family won’t let looking different beget feeling different

by Jack Doppelt | Nov 19, 2017 | Uncategorized

By Siobhan Neela-Stock, Medill, Immigrant Connect The restaurant in Montclair, New Jersey is bustling. Eyes from across the room lock on our mismatched family as we continue to eat. The 4-year-old twins noisily eat food from the kids’ menu. My older sister is at the...

How has the political activism of immigrants and their families changed in response to the Trump administration?

by Jack Doppelt | Jun 26, 2017 | Family, Good Question, Uncategorized

By Aine Dougherty, Medill, Immigrant Connect Hundreds of students and faculty flooded the sidewalk outside Northwestern University’s Multicultural Center on Feb. 1, 2017, spilling out into Sheridan Road, blocking traffic, waving signs, listening to Muslim...
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