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During our Coalition meetings, we often share with each other stories of encounters that we have experienced in Aberdeen with people from another background than ours. Here is a story about an unexpected interaction with a neighbor, as recounted to one of our members.
"It was the first day in our home in Aberdeen. I had moved here with my large family and my sister. We are refugees from Somalia. Before moving to Aberdeen, we lived in Minnesota.
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Four Aberdeen residents, all immigrants to this country, were interviewed for the Aberdeen University Civic Symphony performance of American Visions, Ellis Island Dreamers in February 2018.
Each person shared the story of their journey to the United States in the post-Ellis Island era of immigration. They came from different parts of the world, and took separate and unique paths to get here, yet they all now call Aberdeen 'home'. Below is one of these stories: "My father lost his home the first time in 1948. Then again when he was late returning one day. He was saved from where he was left, in the cactus, by Egyptian Bedouins who pulled out his thorns and brought him to safety. He made his way, eventually, to Qatar where he became a teacher and it was there that I, the second of his children, was born. Four Aberdeen residents, all immigrants to this country, were interviewed for the Aberdeen University Civic Symphony performance of American Visions, Ellis Island Dreamers in February 2018.
Each person shared the story of their journey to the United States in the post-Ellis Island era of immigration. They came from different parts of the world, and took separate and unique paths to get here, yet they all now call Aberdeen 'home'. Below is one of these stories: Four Aberdeen residents, all immigrants to this country, were interviewed for the Aberdeen University Civic Symphony performance of American Visions, Ellis Island Dreamers in February 2018.
Each person shared the story of their journey to the United States in the post-Ellis Island era of immigration. They came from different parts of the world, and took separate and unique paths to get here, yet they all now call Aberdeen 'home'. Below is one of these stories: "I never thought of moving to America, but America came to me. My husband’s parents had both immigrated to the U.S. in the 20’s, which is where they met and married, and he was born here in America. He had learned Czech, though, as a child and so could speak my language. Four Aberdeen residents, all immigrants to this country, were interviewed for the Aberdeen University Civic Symphony performance of American Visions, Ellis Island Dreamers in February 2018.
Each person shared the story of their journey to the United States in the post-Ellis Island era of immigration. They came from different parts of the world, and took separate and unique paths to get here, yet they all now call Aberdeen 'home'. Below is one of these stories: "I lived with my mother in Mogadishu. I was the last child at home. I was an 18-year-old student walking home from school one day in 2003 after having gone to the store for my mother. I was stopped by two men. They were on either side of me, one with a gun and the other with a heavy walking stick. |
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