The Community Center Where My Classmates And I Assisted Immigrant / Refugee Women

Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home due to war, or natural disasters and try to start over by fleeing to a new country.Refugees are going through a lot, fleeing their homes, and having their lives turned inside out. For lots of families who are fleeing their country due to war or a natural disaster, it’s hard for them to adapt to their new lifestyle, learning a new language, new education, and bullies. Fleeing to America gives the refugees a fresh start in life, helps them to start over and more opportunities than they had in the country they fled from. “Children of War” “My graduation is next year, so I have to think about college...America is giving us a better future than we could have in Bosnia”(Brice-26).

In "Learning to Read and Write" by Fredrick Douglass, "The Good Immigrant Student" by Bich Minh Nguyen and "The Joy of Reading and Writing" by Sherman Alexie, each author narrates their experiences in acquiring literary skills. A common factor for all of them is that they all experienced significant difficulties in becoming proficient in academics . Through a variety of rhetoric strategies, the authors articulate their utmost concerns where they present strong evidence on the difficulties experienced by minority communities in their quest for education. Therefore, this paper asserts that the role of reading, writing, and language relates to racial discrimination, cultural difference, and freedom which is of much relevance to today’s

While discussing this issue, it is crucial to focus on helping those of “low-income kids, English-language learners, and kids with disabilities the support they need to thrive” by raising the standard of education that these students are receiving to the same level as their higher-class counterparts (“Hillary Clinton on K-12 Education”). By improving the public schools that these minority students attend, there is higher the possibility that these students will continue on to higher education

Intro: Refugees face a far worse life than most people can imagine, and there is no easy way out for them. They first must get out of whatever dangerous place they are in, then travel long distances with almost no resources, and even if they do make it safely to the USA there is a chance they will be sent back or even put in jail. The refugee experience is defined by risks and belonging.

For as long as I can remember learning how to read and write was a real challenge for me. When I first arrived in the United States I was enrolled at the nearby elementary school. Being from another country I was scared and embarrassed because I was different then the other children in my class. Talking and communicating with others was something that wasn't in the interest of what I wanted to do. I sat far away from others depriving myself of what they were doing or learning. Coming from Mexico and going to a school where no other children would speak the same language that I would or even play the way I did made me believe that I was some sort of thing that didn't belong. All these contributed to a low esteemed child that was

The dilemma regarding the American refugee policy and America’s stance on refugees at this point in time is a challenging topic for many to discuss. Not only is this controversy affecting Americans, it is also hurting refugees in desperate need of our help. America needs to start handling the emerging refugee crisis by first working to remove the stereotype associated with refugees, then the U.S. needs to assess which refugee countries should (if any) actually be banned, and after accomplishing those-- America needs to work to help the countries in need by letting refugees in, and working to help the refugees live happily in their country of origin.

My question is: How and to what extent can everyday Americans help and support Sudanese refugees in and outside of America? I finished reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, and after, arrived at this question. A Long Walk to Water was based on a true story about an 11 year old boy who had to flee his home and walk his way to safety. It was 1985 and a war broke out. Sadly, it came to his village when he was in school. The school master told them to run away as fast as they could. He ended up walking for 19 years. His struggles and perseverance through that time in his life are beyond impressive. It made me think how privileged we are in America. Next, I thought what can we do to help more people like this? He ends up making it to

For the podcast, I interviewed Lina Abdulnoor, with the intention of exploring the intricacies of refugeehood by analyzing Lina’s refugee experience. Lina lived in Iraq with her family until they began receiving death threats due to their religious beliefs. Convinced that they needed to flee the country to survive, they left Iraq as refugees. After leaving Iraq, they settled in Jordan, where they waited two years until the U.N. to approve their request to move to the U.S. in 2012. Lina and her family initially settled in Virginia, where she experienced culture shock as she adapted to American culture and the English language. However, Lina did not feel accepted in Virginia; her experiences in the state led her to think that Americans treated her according to negative stereotypes of Iraqis. After living in Virginia for several months, Lina and her family chose to resettle in San Diego, California, which harbored a larger Iraqi population than Virginia did. Supported by San Diego’s Iraqi community and various refugee organizations, Lina flourished, and she currently studies at UCSD while holding a stable job.

An important goal of education is the ability to think for oneself. Many authors talk about education, such as Luis J. Rodriguez in her article “ Slurring Spanish”, Amy Tan’s article “ Mother Tongue”, and Sherman Alexie’s “ The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” all point out the problems of education. Some obstacles that minority students face in the U.S. come from school, family, and their own cultures. Speaking a different language, having different language experiences, and studying hard to overcome stereotypes are big challenges not only for immigrant students, but also for native students.

Beginning in 1987, the muslim government of Sudan declared all christian males in South Sudan to death. 27,000 orphaned boys fled to ethiopia on foot. Come the end of the century in 1991 they fled to Kenya. Surviving a 1,000 mile Journey from South Sudan to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, lastly to a U.N. refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. During the journey, survival meant swimming rivers with the Nile Crocodile, burying collapsed refugee brothers, drinking urine, eating mud, outrunning muslim government troops with guns, before several thousand were granted asylum in the United States. There was a message board in the U.N. camp of near 10,000 people. On the message board was a list of all the men granted immigration acceptance, and were to leave

The Valerie’s story represents the life of many immigrants who travel to others country in order to have a better life. Immigrant like Valerie face many challenging because of the language and low economic situation that forces them to work. Her story show how learning English is independent learning and how she expand their literacy skills by reading literature that show the value of her life . The story of Valerie indeed impressive . However, it is important to recognize that it is the case in many classrooms across America. The learning environment is the USA is far from the ideal , and there are many reforms to be implemented to increase the standards of the education and to ensure that everyone has the same opportunities regardless of

In an interview conducted with Lujain, the volunteer coordinator of Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo, she stated that “there are volunteers who are working with refugees whose English is nos their first language in the Kalamazoo Islamic Center. Volunteers from Refugee Outreach Kalamazoo participate every Saturday with volunteers from the community to help refugees learn English so that they will be able to fit within the community, however the most important thing is they are getting the help they need to survive in their new home. Ellie is a volunteer that works as a tutor from Refugee Outreach of Kalamazoo, she said “I am happy that I’m doing something to help refugees who have been through a lot of things before they come to the United States, also this refugees experienced war and horror and they deserve much better treatment from our community. She added, I’m looking forward to see this refugees leading their successful life and become the ones who will be contributing for our community in Kalamazoo and the United States in general.” I went to observe the volunteers in the Center on Saturday and the were doing an outstanding job by teaching adults and kids English

In Campano’s chapter one, we are introduced to the community literacies project, an ethnographic and participatory action research initiative at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. This local parish supports a community rich with multicultural perspectives, and multilingual traditions. As the name implies, one of the major goals of this project was to investigate the various forms of literacies available throughout this diverse community and explore the opportunities they provide to respond to their absence of power in their various positions of precarity as a result of immigrant or socioeconomic status (Banki, 2013). The chapter opens by emphasizing a strength based perspective as opposed to the dangerous deficit mindset, that is often heard in discussion of minority populations. This asset-based mindset is vital to both this type of research undertaking as well as engaging community

This past fall, I ran a course focusing on political and societal issues in the United States, which aimed to introduce students to problems in our society and encourage them to come up with ways they could improve their community and society as a whole. My hometown of Lawrence is an impoverished city of immigrants, many of whom do not speak english, so it was not surprising to hear disillusioned students question whether they could make any kind of difference. While unsurprising, their skepticism, at such a young age, was incredibly disheartening. My goal is to make sure that all children are equal, have access to all the resources they need and understand that they have infinite potential to do anything they put their minds

Our future is based (depends) on our children’s education. Millions of remarkable theories could be discovered by children whom need an education. In the book “Brown v. Board of Education”, was a particular statement that caught my attention. The statement read, “Only a small percentage of African Americans are taught how to read and write”. Off of this the reader