Description:
This collection offers thirty-one essays by immigrants and refugees who call Lincoln home and have found support, belonging, and opportunity through the collaborative work of Lincoln's New Americans Task Force and the Lincoln/Lancaster County Welcoming and Belonging Strategic Plan.
Review Quotes:
"This important collection brings together academics and the Lincoln community to tell about how communities thrive as a result of immigration and change. These stories will make you cry and swell with compassion as you read the harrowing stories of trauma, resilience, and triumph directly from the pens of those who have lived through these adventures. These are American stories that reflect the bedrock notion that the United States, Nebraska, and Lincoln in particular have always been places that embrace immigrants from all over the world who come seeking a home to start a new life and become part of our community."--María E. Montoya, coauthor of Global Americans: A History of the United States