*this article has been edited since out was originally published on Nov. 30 Four years ago, John López and Paulina Navas found a second home in the Roaring Fork Valley with English In Action. López told The Sun. “There was a lot of fear and panic when moving to America. It was not easy moving […]
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English In Action, creando comunidad
Hace cuatro años, John López y Paulina Navas encontraron un segundo hogar en el valle de Roaring Fork con English in Action.
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Six voices share stories of immigration
They left, to escape poverty, corruption or oppression, as immigrants still do. They took few things with them, aside from their great desire to make a better life for themselves in the United States. Six who found their home in the Roaring Fork Valley made their adopted country better, too. At the sixth annual “Immigrant […]
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Seis voces comparten historias de inmigración
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Se fueron para escapar de la pobreza, la corrupción o la opresión, como siguen haciendo los inmigrantes. Se llevaron consigo pocas cosas, aparte de su gran deseo de conseguir una vida mejor en los EE.UU. Seis de los que encontraron su hogar en el valle de Roaring Fork también han mejorado […]
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Every migrant, wherever they are, matters
In this Valley, it’s likely that everyone knows or is acquainted with someone who was not born in the U.S. and does not have legal residency status. As author Francisco Cantú puts it, “The border reaches into every community.” For its annual fundraising benefit on Sept. 7, local nonprofit English In Action (EIA), invited Cantú […]
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Cada inmigrante importa
Traducción por Jacqueline Castro En este valle, es muy probable que todos conozcan o estén familiarizados con alguna persona que no haya nacido en los EE.UU. y que no tenga un estatus de residencia legal. Como el autor Francisco Cantú dice, “la frontera alcanza a todas las comunidades”. Para la recaudación de fondos anual el […]
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Mentoring during COVID
While people await the cumbersome rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, many continuously reel from a sense of separation brought on by the pandemic. A few local organizations not only rely on in-person reunions to perform but also to manifest human connections between individuals. Throughout the year, mentors and mentees have had to adapt and create […]
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Partnering up to prevent evictions
With both the national moratorium on evictions and federal aid through the CARES Act set to expire at the end of this month, tens of millions of Americans are at risk of being evicted. Here in the Roaring Fork Valley, a wide range of individuals and entities have been working collaboratively to help community members […]