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February 2026 / Countries, Education and Learning, Immigration Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2025, Sudan, War and Conflict

My Name is Jane

by Jane Michael I am from South Sudan. Read More

February 2026 / Congo (D.R.C.), Countries, Immigration Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2025, War and Conflict

My Name is Josianne

by Josianne Lukaba My name is Josianne Lukaba. I’m from Democratique Republic of Congo, Kinshasa (D.R.C.) I will never forget the day I left my homeland Read More

February 2026 / Citizenship, Countries, Family, Immigration Stories, Liberia, Overcoming Challenges, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2025, War and Conflict

A Journey to a New World

by Rufina Wea I was born during a chaotic civil war and grew up suffering the consequences of brutal men in the pursuit of power. My journey started in Liberia, Read More

July 2024 / Arts, Community, Education and Learning, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2024, War and Conflict

Memorial Day

The host talked about the theme of the show. The theme was Memorial Day. Read More

May 2024 / Arts, Education and Learning, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2024, War and Conflict

The Vietnam Conflict

I went to the Perkinson Center with the class to see the wall pictures. I looked at quilts about U.S. wars. Some of my friends fought in the Vietnam War. Read More

November 2023 / Afghanistan, Community, Countries, Education and Learning, Immigration Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2023, War and Conflict

Refugee for Refugee

by Ali Ansari My name is Ali Ansari. I was born in Afghanistan. I lived there until 2007, when our lives became very difficult and we had to move to… Read More

November 2023 / Afghanistan, Community, Countries, Education and Learning, Family, Goals, Immigration Stories, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2023, War and Conflict, Work

My Life Story

by Sonia Habibzada My childhood and adolescent I was born in an Afghan and Muslim family. As Afghanistan past 3 decades war. So, My family immigrated during the war to… Read More

October 2023 / Community, Countries, Education and Learning, Family, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2023, Ukraine, War and Conflict

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by Nataliia Belko My name is Nataliia Belko. I am from Ukraine. I came here on 01/25/23. I came here by airplane with my son. His name is Yehor, he… Read More

October 2023 / Afghanistan, Countries, Family, Immigration Stories, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2022, War and Conflict

Escape From Afghanistan

by Sediqa Mohammadi August 14, 2021 Everything was normal in Kabul. Like me, everyone woke up at the usual time, took a shower and went to school, college or their… Read More

October 2023 / Family, Immigration Stories, Informative Writing, Nonfiction, Overcoming Challenges, Personal Narrative, SPOTLIGHT 2022, War and Conflict

How War Changes Life

by Pooja Kapoor On the Russia and Ukraine war, February 24, 2022: Lots of innocent people are dying – soldiers are dying and kids. During the 1979-1989 war in Afghanistan,… Read More