Tag: Refugee

  • Refugees in San Diego Seek Representation in Redistricting

    By Andres Barraza Published April 6, 2011 on San Diego’s redistricting process will have to keep a large community of refugees in mind as it looks to re-draw the lines, according to advocates for refugees. Local non-profit organizations will be holding an event Thursday aimed at educating San Diego’s refugee community about redistricting and how…

  • Somalis Adjust to U.S. Life, But Integration and Jobs Still Problems

    By Amita Sharma Published September 28, 2010 on Photo Courtesy of Amina Farrah   It was 2 o’clock in the morning back in 1988. Amina Farah was about to go from a middle-class mother with a house and a job at the Central Bank of Somalia to refugee. Civil war had just erupted. The dark…