Immigrants

OUR STORIES | Why we want drivers' licenses

By gabriela elizalde, Mujeres en Liderazgo

Este proyecto fue realizado por el grupo de Mujeres en Liderazgo, un grupo de mujeres basado en Waite House que trabajan para la c

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Missing voices

By Bryan Thao Worra, Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

When we have three Minnesotans missing overseas for three months, you would think that would be the sort of thing that makes the news here.

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Bryan Thao Worra on TCDP

Visiting Little Laos on the Prairie: An Interview with Chanida Phaengdara Potter

By Ketmani Kouanchao, Kouanchao Corner
When you're looking for the online voice of the Lao American community, you don't often see many of us regularly writing, considering there are over 200,000 Lao in
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Kouanchao Corner

Legislation would help undocumented immigrants drive legally

By Jonathan Avise, Session Weekly/Session Daily

Francisco Segovia of Minneapolis, shoots videos on his tablet computer of the House Transportation Finance Committee hearing March 21 as testifiers discuss HF348, Rep. Karen Clark’s bill, which would modify driver’s license application procedures. (Photo by Paul Battaglia)

Undocumented immigrants would be able to obtain a Minnesota driver’s license under legislation that continued its advance Thursday toward the House floor.

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OUR STORIES | Beaudelaine Pierre takes lead on building the Haitian diaspora community in Minnesota

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, TC Daily Planet

Meet Beaudelaine Pierre, a Haitian diasporan living in Minnesota who is working toward bringing the Haitian community in Minnesota together. She wants to create a more organized and unified Haitian diaspora in the Twin Cities, which is separated by both geography and internal struggles.

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Chimborazo in Northeast Minneapolis: You had me at llapingachos

By Michelle Tran, TC Daily Planet

Welcome to the second stop on our Around the World in the Twin Cities tour! From Mexico, we head down to Ecuador to try llapingachos, ceviche, and encocado at Chimborazo.

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Save the dates: Lao New Year events in Minnesota

By Staff, Little Laos on the Prairie

Buddhist monks shuffling in. Baskets of candy offerings for the kids to devour. Fancy Lao classics to lum vong to.

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Little Laos on the Prairie

Eliminating health disparities is Liberian native's passion

By Michelle Lawrence, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Dr. Wilhelmina Holder (Photo courtesy of Dr. Holder)

People of African heritage in Minnesota experience higher rates of chronic disease, morbidity and mortality compared to nearly every other cultural group in the state, according to fact sheets compiled by the Minnesota Department of Health. Yet, despite these dismal facts, which would discourage some and certainly overwhelm others, there are women champions in our community.

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MN VIDEOS | Immigrant Freedom Seder's message to Minnesota's elected leaders

By JCA, MN Videos

On Sunday, March 17th, 2013, 200 people attended Jewish Community Action's 11th Annual Immigrant Freedom Seder. The event brings together our members alongside allies from many different communities to tell the story of Passover and, drawing from our values, to share our plans and hopes for working together to build a more just Minnesota.

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VISUAL ARTS | Croatian-Minnesotan artist Vesna Kittelson pushes the boundaries of portraiture to promote intercultural understanding

By Graham Ojala-Barbour, TC Daily Planet

Above: LuLu I. Below: Border Crossing. Both images courtesy Vesna Kittelson.

Vesna Kittelson paints bright, bold, optimistic portraits that defy the traditional rules of portraiture, but despite the cheer in her paintings, she has insights into the dark side of human nature generally and the dark side of immigration in the United States more specifically. Her view of immigration is not only dark, though—it is also lively and cheerful, as one can see in her Young Americans series of paintings, which appropriately includes the confident faces of ethnicities from all over the world. Her work is on display at Form + Content gallery along with sculpture that, in contrast with the bright color of her images, expresses her vision of a chaotic world.

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