Changing the Narrative, One Festival at a Time
We watched on in excited anticipation as people started to arrive. Our fingers were crossed that the semi-cloudy February Sunday wouldn’t...
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
Countries Reopen to (Ukrainian) Refugees
The tides of compassion have been turning for some time now, making it harder for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to receive the...
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- Nov 30, 2021
- 3 min
Positive Change is Visible: An Argument for Positive Integration
When considering access to education, professional opportunities and culturally stimulating activities, no one questions the rights of...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
“The Land of a Hundred Thousand Welcomes”
Rebecca Deasy-Millar interned with us in Paris all summer. She, similarly to last month's guest author, reached out to us earlier in the...
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- Jun 30, 2021
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Soul Tech and EmpowerMIE: Empowering Migrant & Refugee Youth
After roughly six months without any organized in-person activities, we are ecstatic to see our young members and partners, and to be in...
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- May 29, 2021
- 3 min
Mental Health Awareness: A Start but Not Enough
Throughout the month of May, in several countries around the world, people have been raising awareness about individuals living with...
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- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
A Fighting Chance: How Professional Development Equals the Playing Field
The pursuit of happiness, success, freedom, and independence are fundamental rights that most of us feel we deserve. They are often part...
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- Jan 23, 2021
- 5 min
What is Pro-Black pedagogy in language classrooms: Thoughts on Dr. Baker Bell’s Linguistic Justice
Our first blog post of the new year is by guest author Dylan Ashton. Dylan is an educator, a student, a Fulbright Scholar, and more...
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- Dec 6, 2020
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The Dismantling of the République “Camp”: How the “Migrant Hunt” in France Became Visible
In less than 48 hours of existence the "camp" in Républic Square in central Paris, and the violent evacuation that followed, brought to...
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- Nov 9, 2020
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Reflections on the Power of Art While Working with Soul Food
As we get settled into a second round of confinement in France, we can’t help but reflect on what we were doing at this time last year....
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- Sep 30, 2020
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Advocating for Students in a Colonial Language Learning Classroom
This week we are very excited to be sharing the first in a series of posts about a cultural element that we have not yet focused on...
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- Aug 3, 2020
- 4 min
HelpMIE
It’s summer in Paris. After a long confinement period, many Parisians are happy to be out of their apartments, enjoying good food in...
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- Jun 5, 2020
- 5 min
Black Lives Matter
It’s been a very intense week for us, as it has been for most people of color and white allies in the United States, France and around...
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- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Action: Short & Sweet!
Even though deconfinement is in full bloom here in France, the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet behind us and there are still vulnerable...
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- May 15, 2020
- 4 min
Soul Food in the Time of Corona
As one can imagine, for an organization that’s main purpose is exposing young migrants to art and culture all around Paris, this period...
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- Apr 7, 2020
- 9 min
Mission COVID19 Emergency Shelter
This is being written less than 24 hours after a mission with fellow ADJIE volunteers to get a group of unaccompanied minors urgent housing
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- Mar 28, 2020
- 6 min
Unaccompanied Minors are at Great Risk – COVID-19 is Only the Beginning for those Most Vulnerable
No one seemed to wonder what children and young people who do not have parents to eat cookies with will be doing...
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- Mar 27, 2020
- 6 min
Soul Food for Migrant Youth
I thought that this inaugural Soul Food blog post should be an in-depth explanation about Soul Food itself, for those readers who would...
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