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The Athens United Immigrant Support Project helps asylum seekers on their journey to a better life
By Shei Sanchez For The NEWS Some people choose to leave their home countries to create a better life for themselves, for education or for employment. Others leave their homes, not because they had the freedom to, but because their safety depended on it. In Athens County, local support goes beyond its borders, and advocacy for immigrant rights has been gaining more momentum in recent years.
Athens Asian American Alliance making its mark in the community
By Shei Sanchez Athens NEWS Contributor Athens County was not immune to the height of anti-Asian hate sentiment that embroiled the country during the pandemic. When the child of Fan Jiang, president of the Athens Asian American Alliance, received a death threat through an email in the spring of 2021, Fan realized that more had to be done.
A small business and a nonprofit meet the needs of the workforce and community
With the right ingredients, fresh ideas for challenging circumstances can blend together to create hope. For Jennifer L'Heureux, owner of Nelsonville Emporium, maintaining a sustainable and successful workforce needed a crucial ingredient — a partnership in the nonprofit sector. “A lot of the challenges our workforce faces are things directly related to what a lot of the nonprofits are trying to do to help people in our community, in our society grow,” L'Heureux said.
Event will celebrate history and art of Appalachian people of color in Rome Township
If we listen closely enough, places will tell us stories — lores that stitched the fabric of the land and the people who have lived on them. On Saturday, September 11, we are all invited to the historic communities of Guysville, Stewart, and Kilvert to learn from their stories. A day-long event on Saturday, Sept. 11, “From Old Savannah to Tablertown” will celebrate the vibrant culture and history of this region, with special focus on the contributions and legacy of people of color.
Reclamation of the Pin Up
Culture by Mariah Neumaier • October 21, 2019 Historically, women of various ages, cultures, and sexual orientations have faced oppression and prejudice in society; related to gender and sexuality, more specifically regarding one’s ability to menstruate and conceive. Starting in 1889, variations on Pin-Up Illustrations have been the representation of America’s sweetheart, never too erotic, but always hourglass figured and depicting ‘the standard of societal beauty’.
Sustainable Fashion
Culture by Sponsored Content • October 17, 2019 Seven year later and it’s a fun story to look back on my involvement with sustainable fashion. I remember sitting in the middle of Bonnaroo, which was my vacationland for the last five years at this point, my safe place, my utopia. I was surrounded by love, music and adventure in the middle of an expansive farm listening to the live music jam away, lying in deep contemplation, when everything came to me.
YWCA Columbus’s Activists And Agitators
Culture by Caroline Woliver • October 17, 2019 As YWCA Columbus’s Activists and Agitators event on October 17th draws near, we deepen our commitment to personal and community empowerment towards advancing social change. During a night centered on activism and disrupting the status quo, we celebrate and learn from the important work of community leaders like Achea Redd, Nina West, Jeni Britton Bauer, and Fran Frazier, who each advocate for inclusion and social justice in their own way.
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