Resettlement, reunification and romance: Refugees make a new life in Chicago despite the pandemic
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES - Though 2020 was hard, refugee Celestine Mugisha and his wife, Winniefred Akello, are grateful to have each other in their new home in Chicago.
“I’m glad that even when we go through all this I have someone to lean on,” Akello said. “I have a shoulder to cry on, that even when things get hard he holds my hand and he’s like, ‘you know what, we are together in this and we’ll go through it,’ so . . . that keeps me moving, knowing that . . . we can still do better together.” |
With Gentrification On the Rise, RefugeeOne Leaves Uptown After 35 Years
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BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO - RefugeeOne has helped newly arrived refugees resettle in Chicago, often finding them housing and jobs in the nonprofit’s home base of Uptown, for more than three decades.
But the center of refugee life in Chicago has shifted from Uptown — where development and gentrification have driven up housing prices — to neighborhoods like West Ridge, Rogers Park and Albany Park. |
Graduates of RefugeeOne's Sewing Studio Give Back by Sewing Masks
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"It's so good making masks because it helps the community!" said Sandra, a Congolese refugee whose family we welcomed in 2018.
She's one of more than a dozen refugee women using the skills they learned at the RefugeeOne Sewing Studio to give back to the place they now call home. Check out our recent coverage in The Chicago Tribune, Block Club Chicago, and on WGN. |