Take asaying peek into In America, we have a pithy thata day
says in the life of budding
to “think globally but actartist locally.” And we OUR CORNER Stella Young,
encourage you to thinkandglobally. Think about how she improves
what is happening in Afghanistan to women her craft OF CHICAGO and girls right now, with no international reporters there to report on the carnage and think about the 750,000 Rohingya housed in Why has a small corner of Chicago called revolting refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, West Ridge emerged as the hub of a Bangladesh, with virtually no one even knowing about their plight. national movement to address the unique challenges facing illiterate But when you want to act locally, you look refugees? around and you see very few Rohingya Muslims or Afghan girls or Nepali-speaking Bhutanese or South Sudanese refugees who And why shouldn’t like-minded folk of need your help. And the reason why is that good heart simply focus on working in there are so few let into the United States in their own neighborhoods to address this the first place. And when they are let in then issue instead of investing in West Ridge? they are intentionally dispersed throughout the country.
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