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Susan Hartman has delivered a deeper look at Utica’s refugee and immigrant population in her new book. A new book follows years in the lives of Utica refugee families. What the author learned
Utica is an ethnically and culturally diverse city with a long history of ethnic minorities and is a significant refugee city. The largest ethnic group present is, according to the 2013 American Community Survey, Italian American, constituting (20%) of the city population and the major traditional voting block.
Among those attending the march was Hawa Juma, a Utica resident and a Kenyan refugee whose family immigrated to the United States in 2004. More: Hundreds attend candlelight vigil for 13-year-old ...
Nyah Mway was born on August 8, 2010, in the Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp in Tak province, Thailand to Karen refugee parents from Myanmar. He had three siblings. [5] The family settled in Utica in 2015. [6] [7] Utica is home to several refugee communities, including about 8,000 Karens. [2]
The Illinois Department of Human Services founded the Bosnian Refugee Center in 1994 with the help of public and private agencies to assist the newcomers, and in 1997 it became the nonprofit Bosnian & American Community Center. Staffed by Bosnian refugees from all backgrounds, the center serves all refugees by providing community services that ...
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The Utica crib was an ordinary bed with a thick mattress on the bottom, slats on the sides, and a hinged top that could be locked from the outside. It was eighteen inches (460 mm) deep, eight feet (2.4 m) long, and three feet (0.91 m) wide. Doctors used the Utica crib to control and calm patients who were out of control. [15]
Aug. 8—UTICA — Frankie Garrett saw the old Utica school from his porch daily, and made it his goal to restore the building and make it into something the community can use. The school has been ...