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Application Period Open for Citizenship and Assimilation Grant Programs

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is accepting applications for two funding opportunities under the Citizenship and Assimilation Grant Program. The grant opportunities, mandated by Congress and funded with appropriations rather than the agency’s operating funds, will provide up to $10 million in grants for citizenship preparation programs in communities across the country.    

Clara Colby – The Migrant Who Helped American Women Win the Vote

Clara Colby - The Migrant Who Helped American Women Win the Vote

We may never know why three-year-old Clara Dorothy Bewick was left behind in England when her parents and three brothers departed for a new life in America. Her parents Thomas and Clara Bewick were migrating to America, and the family had been talking about little else in the months leading up to their departure. They were leaving on the sailing ship Olympus from Bristol, and little Clara was in tears when she found that she could not join them. She later wrote an essay that revealed how she felt on that day.

Interconnectors: How can artists fuel social change? | Atef, The Voice semi-finalist

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Interconnectors: How can artists fuel social change? | Atef, The Voice semi-finalist

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In conversation with ATEF, a Tunisian-French singer/songwriter on what artists can do to be more socially impactful; and thoughts on cultural integration, immigration and identity.

*Interconnectors foregrounds impact wherever people are striving to make a positive change. Hosted by Afghan-American Mithaq Kazimi (pronounced: Mi-saq Ka-zi-mi) following his celebrated previous shows, Konversations, a tv show on ZEE and MindFlipped, a Virtual Reality series on Facebook.

Editorial: Immigrants don’t take jobs from Americans. They create tens of thousands of them for Americans.

Editorial: Immigrants don’t take jobs from Americans. They create tens of thousands of them for Americans.

The Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to drop its cruel, chaos-creating plan to force international college students to leave the nation if they were only taking online courses because of the pandemic is great news for those students, their colleges and the U.S. economy. But the issues raised by the now-rescinded policy aren’t going away any time soon. The hostility toward immigrants and potential immigrants by President Donald Trump and too many Americans needs to be addressed.

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