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January 22, 2023
Reblog: Caledonian Record: Local Nonprofit Helps Asylum Seekers From Other Countries
December 29, 2022
A local non-profit organization has been operating quietly for the past few years.
But at Wednesday night’s St. Johnsbury Select Board meeting, they publicly announced themselves to the community.
Northeast Kingdom Asylum Seekers Assistance Network (NEKASAN) has been helping those who flee their home countries due to violence and fear and enter the United States.
“We welcome people and families who have fled violence and probable death by their government,” said NEKASAN co-founder Libby Hillhouse of Danville during the meeting. “To a person, they have endured extreme trauma and seek only safety and the possibility of a secure future.” …
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Reblog: VTDigger: Quilting project welcomes Winooski immigrants with blankets
WINOOSKI — Woven fibers and written stories tie past immigrants to recent refugees in a unique crowd-sourced art project that’s now in Vermont.
Sixty quilts pinned with welcome notes are on display at the Heritage Winooski Mill Museum through February. But unlike a typical exhibit, the works of art will be given away at the end of the show.
The quilts and stories are part of a national art project called Welcome Blanket. It involves local residents stitching, knitting, crocheting quilts – an American tradition – to welcome new immigrants…
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December 12, 2022
Reblog: The Telegraph: The ‘road of death’: A treacherous, jungle trafficking route lined with rotting corpses
Patrolled by drug traffickers and armed bandits, the Darien Gap is a prominent route to North America – and one of the most dangerous.
Read more @ The Telegraph
September 15, 2022
Reblog: What does the end of ‘Remain in Mexico’ mean for asylum?
Migrants no longer have to wait in Mexico for a court hearing in the US.
That’s been the case for asylum seekers since 2019 when the Trump administration introduced Migrant Protection Protocols or MPP.
The policy is more commonly referred to as “Remain in Mexico” and the Biden administration has been trying to end it since last year…

January 14, 2021
Uganda National Anthem, Peace, Unity and Liberty
May your will be done in our dear country UGANDA oh Lord, as our motto states. (FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY) […]
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December 31, 2020
United Africa
United Africa When I think of the acres of African colossal cocoa,I get worried why among continents, we still kowtow.When I think of African ubiquitous universitiesthen I question their production of degrees of young societal liabilities.When I think of the vast uncultivated African lands,I become ashamed of our leaders constantly stretching begging hands.When I think […]

December 30, 2020
At the End
At the end of the day, all we need is hope and strength. hope that it will get better and strength to hold on until it does. #people power #Ugandan Lives Matter #Black Lives Matter #All Lives Do Matter. […]

October 30, 2020
Fleeing Persecution – Leaving Home
Home, by Warsan Shire (Somali Poet) no one leaves home unlesshome is the mouth of a shark. you only run for the borderwhen you see the whole cityrunning as well. your neighbors running fasterthan you, the boy you went to school withwho kissed you dizzy behindthe old tin factory isholding a gun bigger than […]