“Thank you for the books and magazine. I understand how busy you must get with requests and other responsibilities so I greatly appreciate your time and effort. I am in a special housing unit known as a disciplinary house or “the box.” We do not have access to programs, school, […]
By the end of 2014, 19.5 million of refugees worldwide fled their homes in search of a place to call home, a place of safety. Of these, 51% were under 18 years old. This number continues to increase rapidly. They flee from their homes, running away from violence, death and poverty; but, […]
Imagine you’re applying for a mortgage. If you’re one of the 2 billion without a bank account, (unlikely given you’re reading this) odds are you can’t get access to working or investment capital through institutional means. You don’t have a financial identity. And, as far as banks are concerned, you’re […]
HOW did you respond to the November attacks in Paris? Did you immediately call your family in France to make sure they were safe? Were you horrified? Did you cry? Were you shocked for a second, but then continued about your daily chores? I’m not a “crier,” but after hearing the […]
You peel your eyes open, a half-hearted response to your father shaking you awake. The sun isn’t up, but you are, like you were yesterday, and the day before that, and every day since you were seven. You shuffle outside and rinse your face off with brown-tinted water from the rusty […]
“If you only read the kind of literature that reaffirms your preconceived ideas, then you end up in this very circular process—one in which you’re looking at art, literature for confirmation of preconceptions that you already have.” – Professor Lydie Moudileno Systems of privilege and social hierarchy don’t form overnight; […]
This article, written by IMPACT Managing Editor Sam Friedlander, is from the January/February 2016 issue of Unity Magazine. “There is something called peace.” Sometimes you hear someone speak and their words ingrain themselves into the creases on your palms and the blood in your veins. They settle into your bones and […]
This past summer, I worked at a day center for refugees in Rome, Italy, called the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center. The center welcomes more than 200 refugees every Monday to Saturday in the neighborhood of Monti. These centers exist as places for refugees to spend their time while waiting for their visa […]
This summer, I worked as a youth education intern with the Nashville International Center for Empowerment (NICE). NICE focuses on providing the refugee population of Nashville with the resources they need to succeed during and after resettlement in the US. I came into the internship wanting to meet people who […]
From IMPACT Magazine Fall 2014 – Health By Taylor Hosking When University of Pennsylvania students returned to campus this year, Philadelphia was in the midst of a critical change in its drug policy: the decriminalization of marijuana. This decriminalization bill would make possession of up to an ounce (30 grams) […]
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