Apr 27, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — When protests began in a Minneapolis suburb after a white police officer fatally shot a Black man, 21-year-old Fatumata Kromah took to the street, pushing for change she says is essential to her Liberian immigrant community. Meanwhile,...
Mar 23, 2021
The Patch and Wicked Local, 3/18/21, Salem|Local Event, by Rae Francoeur New Immigrant and Refugee Visions filmmaker Kebrewosen Densamo SALEM — In Ethiopia, where Yonas Badi grew up, people would go to a neighbor to “borrow fire” when they didn’t have the money for a...
Feb 23, 2021
Braulio Tellez-Vilches participated as a trainee and filmmaker in Community Supported Film’s New Immigrant and Refugee Visions and produced the film Lift with Your Heart. Braulio traveled a long hard journey to arrive at the US boarder from Cuba in 2017. He has...
Jun 2, 2020
As many Americans continue to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, immigrant IT workers play an essential role in helping the U.S. economy move activities online and in maintaining the digital infrastructure needed for businesses to run and for people to stay...
Dec 24, 2018
Day 9 of Community Supported Film’s 10 day New Immigrant and Refugee Visions film festival: Rafael DeLeon, who emigrated from the Dominican Republic in 2009, brings us an excerpt from his daring journey into the daily life of the undocumented in She’s an...
