Tagged: Refugees

The State of Things
10:34 am
Mon March 4, 2013

Former Nun Reflects On The Sanctuary Movement

Credit hrcr.org

  • Frank Stasio talks with Darlene Nicgorski

Darlene Nicgorski was a nun when she was convicted of conspiracy and faced a 25-year prison term in the 1980s for her work helping Central American refugees. She didn’t end up having to serve that term, but her work in the so-called Sanctuary Movement made her the poster child of immigrant activism in the 1980s.


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Education
6:20 am
Fri December 2, 2011

Cultures Converge at Newcomers School

Credit Jeff Tiberii
Abu, from Africa, smiles in the ''Giving Closet'' at the Newcomers School in Greensboro

The Doris Henderson Newcomers School in Greensboro is a melting pot. Since August of 2007 the school has welcomed about 3,000 students from around the world who are transitioning to a life in America while learning English. Seventy-five percent of the students are refugees and the challenges facing them are numerous.

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