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Meet the refugee health care heroes fighting the coronavirus

Aleia Mariel 6/14/20 Aleia Mariel 6/14/20

Meet the refugee health care heroes fighting the coronavirus

International Rescue Committee

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Meet Mustafa: This former refugee is using food and conversation to build community in Lancaster, PA

Aleia Mariel 6/12/20 Aleia Mariel 6/12/20

Meet Mustafa: This former refugee is using food and conversation to build community in Lancaster, PA

USA for UNHCR

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The Pathologist: She Confronts the Virus From Inside Nursing Homes

Aleia Mariel 6/12/20 Aleia Mariel 6/12/20

The Pathologist: She Confronts the Virus From Inside Nursing Homes

The New York Times

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‘Kindness is Part of Healing’: How One Rohingya Refugee is Providing Care Amid COVID-19

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‘Kindness is Part of Healing’: How One Rohingya Refugee is Providing Care Amid COVID-19

Refugees International

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Former refugee steps up to feed his community in Texas during pandemic

Aleia Mariel 6/9/20 Aleia Mariel 6/9/20

Former refugee steps up to feed his community in Texas during pandemic

USA for UNHCR

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An Iraqi Dental Surgeon and Refugee Finds Home in Chicago

Aleia Mariel 6/5/20 Aleia Mariel 6/5/20

An Iraqi Dental Surgeon and Refugee Finds Home in Chicago

Refugee International

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Dauda Sesay and Mariama Sesay

StoryCorp

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Movement for Black Lives & Social Justice

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StoryCorps: Joseph Sackor and Syma Mohammed

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StoryCorps: Joseph Sackor and Syma Mohammed

StoryCorps

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Maine Voices: Refugees know what it means to live with uncertainty

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Maine Voices: Refugees know what it means to live with uncertainty

Portland Press Herald

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In the Deep South, the COVID-19 pandemic creates unique challenges for immigrant communities

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In the Deep South, the COVID-19 pandemic creates unique challenges for immigrant communities

The Tennessean

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‘Please stay at home’

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‘Please stay at home’

Chicago Reader

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Sofia Khan: What refugees and asylum seekers can teach us about pandemic survival

Aleia Mariel 5/26/20 Aleia Mariel 5/26/20

Sofia Khan: What refugees and asylum seekers can teach us about pandemic survival

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Groups step up efforts to help refugees grappling with COVID-19 fallout

Media Relations 5/23/20 Media Relations 5/23/20

Groups step up efforts to help refugees grappling with COVID-19 fallout

AZ Central

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Camel to Salmon: A Journey in Food from Somalia to Alaska

Aleia Mariel 5/20/20 Aleia Mariel 5/20/20

Camel to Salmon: A Journey in Food from Somalia to Alaska

Edible Alaska

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As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight

Aleia Mariel 5/18/20 Aleia Mariel 5/18/20

As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight

UNHCR

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As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight

Media Relations 5/18/20 Media Relations 5/18/20

As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight

USA for UNHCR

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‘Mask Master’ finds home, new purpose in U.S. with refugee resettlement program

Aleia Mariel 5/13/20 Aleia Mariel 5/13/20

‘Mask Master’ finds home, new purpose in U.S. with refugee resettlement program

Rapid Growth Media

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NDSU School of Nursing at Sanford Health grads took different paths that converged to serve their community

Aleia Mariel 5/11/20 Aleia Mariel 5/11/20

NDSU School of Nursing at Sanford Health grads took different paths that converged to serve their community

North Dakota State University

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Through Martha’s Lenses: A Mother’s Day Refugee Journey

Media Relations 5/10/20 Media Relations 5/10/20

Through Martha’s Lenses: A Mother’s Day Refugee Journey

Lourena Flomo

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