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    Displacement; the action of moving something from it place or position. To me, displacement is the unfair treatment of a person who has had the disadvantage of having to flee their own home, lost their sense of self, their belongings, their culture, or even people they know and love, for the sake of either their own safety, or the safety of those around them. The idea of displacement in The Happiest Refugee is demonstrated and explored through the thorough use of techniques such as; Colloquial

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    What is one story of a young migrant or refugee that you heard? Are there any ways the story opened your eyes? One story of a young refuge was a teen that moved to U.S.A and he moved because of an unsafe situation.He moved to be safe and try not to get hurt from the situation that was happening.His life is different here because it’s more safe and we have more safe laws here than where he came from.Well,it opened my eyes because that is kind of what happend to me so there was a connection between

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    Women don’t have many educational or employment opportunities in Sudan. Many organizations like Women for Women International and American Refugee Committee are trying to help as many communities as they can. Unfortunately the unsafe conditions have restricted their support because of the well being of the trainers and volunteers. These groups are trying to determine the best way to solve these problems and ___(Our name)____ has new ideas that will help increase the support. Our solutions will

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    Field Trips Mason Neck Park and Mason Neck Wildlife Refuge, officially known as Mason Neck State Park and Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck respectively, are home to a multitude of species, such as the bald eagle, the Virginia pine tree, and the white-tailed deer (“Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck,” 2016; “Mason Neck State Park,” 2016). Critical to the conservation of endangered species, Mason Neck Wildlife Refuge, run by the National Wildlife Refuge System, a part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been the center of a strident controversy and national debate that has raged for over 40 years. The question raising so much contention is whether the federal government should allow drilling for oil and natural gas with the levels of contention paralleling the rise and fall of gas prices. The National Democratic and Republican Parties have taken opposing positions in their national political platforms, with the debate emerging and re-emerging in Congress

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    This chapter is called, unimagined communities. It is mostly about mega dams and the effect they have on refuges. The most important aspect I took away from this chapter was that people from developing countries who are racial minorities are the ones that are being most effected from western development in their countries. Rob Nixon talks about the term “development refuges” which is a person who is displaced because of a development on the land they were living on. The term “development” usually

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    The Refuge Transition Team (RTT) is a program currently being provided through Mental Health Care, Inc. in the Tampa Bay area. The program is designed with the evidenced based model of Critical Time Intervention. Refuge transition team targets adult individuals who are chronically homeless, diagnosed with a serious mental illness, have histories of public inebriation by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMSHA) definition with priority enrollment given to veterans.

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    talk about their experiences in the immigration debate in the United States, were named Jacqueline Jameson, Anna Hall, and Jennifer Whitlock. I think that one of the most important biggest misconceptions is the differences between immigrants and a refuge. It is also very important that we use the correct language when talking about alien residents of the United States, instead of using the word illegal when describing these people we should be using unauthorized and undocumented. The first thing

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    This is similar to one of the most well-known classic of all time, Romeo and Juliet, both couples face disapprovals from both or one side by than one family member of the other. Also, this story somehow reminds me of the book, Refuge, by Karen Lynch, when one of the main character struggles to accept a trait in another main character. Frances sends a letter to her closest friend, Claire, stating, “He converted a few years ago, here I frown…” this statement emphasizes Frances’

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    TRIO are government effort programs in the United States intended to recognize and provide needy service for people from disadvantaged backgrounds like me. Being former refugee, I recognize refugees desperate need for talents to show with possible solutions working towards educational goals. I represent that. Coming from refugee background my greatest challenge is to uplift the living stander of other refugees around the world. The need of guide for talents to show cannot be under-foreground; hence

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