by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Apr 14, 2021 | blog
Jada Riley Home is a place where you can be yourself unapologetically. It is somewhere that makes you feel loved, valued, and respected. Unfortunately, war, religious persecution, political turmoil, and natural disasters have forcibly displaced 80 million...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Apr 14, 2021 | blog
Tayla Mann The idea of home to me is the people and the love I surround myself with. I could live in a big mansion but if I don’t have my friends and family and if there is no warmth to the house it is just a house, not a home. Home is more of a...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Feb 18, 2021 | blog
Emma Shakan As droughts persisted mercilessly through Boquilla, Mexico and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, the farmers’ crops continued to fail. Water was still nowhere to be found, and in result of the widespread crop failure another threat loomed above their heads,...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | May 1, 2020 | blog, uncategorized
Ethan Connelly One way that assumptions of difference help sustain economic disparities that have led to migration movements is via the “our country against their country” mentality. Due to the common mentality that one shares more similarities with every...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Apr 13, 2020 | blog
Emma Feeney The refugee and migration crisis is a global issue that is increasing in severity. The number of people seeking to escape from danger and civil unrest in the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Central America continues to rise. We have had multiple class...
by Ballengee, Jennifer R. | Feb 2, 2020 | blog, front page, stories
Jennifer Ballengee There are currently 65.3 million forcibly displaced people in the world—the highest number ever on record. Over 20 million of these people are recognized by the United Nations as refugees of war. Millions of these people live in tents—fields of...
