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Wednesday, 23 September 2020

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Long Beach launches coronavirus testing targeted at Latinos, undocumented

Press Telegram 23 Sep 2020

The city of Long Beach, in partnership with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, will launch a new COVID-19 testing program focused on traditionally underserved Latino and undocumented communities, beginning Wednesday, Sept....

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Do you need help because of COVID-19? You could qualify for money from this Idaho fund

Capital Press 23 Sep 2020

The fund is administered by the Idaho Immigrant Resource Alliance, a group of nine Idaho nonprofits that formed to provide resources and rapid response needs to Idaho’s immigrant and farmworker communities during the pandemic ... “ This pandemic has deemed these communities as essential....

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Without Spanish emergency alerts, rural N.C.’s growing Latino population faces risks

News & Record 23 Sep 2020

Latino immigrants, a growing community in rural eastern North Carolina, are no strangers to Mondragón’s terrifying experience ... But there isn’t a coordinated effort among emergency officials — local, state and federal — to identify non-English speaking immigrant communities and ......

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Indivisible, Part 1 | Bridging the divides: Pilot & Today series exposes local divides, searches ...

Steamboat Pilot 23 Sep 2020

“It was tough,” said Avitia, who now serves as the early childhood interventionist for Integrated Community, the Steamboat-based nonprofit that serves the community’s immigrant population ... As an interpreter and translator for Integrated Community, she now works to help immigrants find their place in a new country....

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Indian Americans have powered economic growth of US: Biden

Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2020

Addressing a national virtual fundraiser organised by Indian Americans, Biden assured the community members and the mega donors that as a president, he would address their concerns with regard to H-1B visa and legal immigrants that attract the best and the brightest to the US. Think about what this community has done for the country, he said....

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Indian Americans have powered economic growth of US: Joe Biden

The Times of India 23 Sep 2020

Addressing a national virtual fundraiser organised by Indian Americans, Biden assured the community members and the mega donors that as a president, he would address their concerns with regard to and legal immigrants that attract the best and the brightest to the US. Think about what this community has done for the country, he said....

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Immigrant Voices: Maria Paula Gonzalez

Steamboat Pilot 23 Sep 2020

Read all the Immigrant Voices profiles that pair with the Indivisible series ... In her role with Integrated Community, Maria Paula works to help immigrants overcome one of the biggest barriers they face moving to a new country — language ... “Having to work with my community makes me realize I have something to say....

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Letter: A beautiful reminder of immigrant life

Chico Enterprise Record 23 Sep 2020

It is a beautifully written tribute to her immigrant father, his ......

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Bellevue University President named 2020 Recipient of Ohtli Award

Omaha World-Herald 23 Sep 2020

The Ohtli Award is presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves by dedicating their professional lives to advancing the prosperity of Mexican-American and Latino communities and opening pathways that improve the quality of life of the immigrant population....

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Young, undocumented, and getting out the vote

The Daily Telegraph Australia 23 Sep 2020

Twenty-four year-old Maria Jose Rodriguez's immigration status means she can't vote in November's election, but that hasn't stopped her from mobilizing and advocating in her community. Libby Hogan reports .......

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Coalition backing TPS starts tour slamming Trump's 'racist' end to immigrant protections

NBC News 23 Sep 2020

"The president and his administration ... do not care about the damage they are causing to our community," an immigrant rights advocate said ... ....

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Osman Yousefzada Is Resetting His Business With His “Last Yards” Collection

Vogue 23 Sep 2020

It sums up the defiance of an immigrant group invited to the UK to work as cheap labour in the foundries, who were then faced with racist abuse and police brutality as well as economic hardship when those factories subsequently closed ... Osman Yousefzada On How Coronavirus Has Devastated “Forgotten Voices” In The BAME Community....

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'I don’t want you to go through what I did': Peggy Flanagan says her brother's ...

Grand Forks Herald 23 Sep 2020

The state also set up the Community Resiliency and Recovery Work Group, which Flanagan leads. The group is tasked with assessing how decisions made around hospital surge capacity, food stability, unemployment impacts or congregate care setting rules could impact communities of color, Indigenous communities, immigrants and refugees....