Tag: Refugees

  • Burmese Refugees Making San Diego Home

    Andrew Rae, board chair for the Karen Organization of San Diego, and April Moo, a Burmese refugee and San Diego City College student, talk with KPBS Evening Edition host Peggy Pico. By Megan Burke and Maureen Cavanaugh Listen to the KPBS Midday Edition radio segment here. April Moo’s parents never talked about their life in…

  • Second-Hand Bikes Give Lifeline to San Diego Refugees

    By Susan Murphy Edith Okello enjoys riding her bike home from Crawford High school in City Heights. Her long braided hair blows in the breeze as she glides down Orange Avenue. But the 15-year-old’s journey hasn’t always been this carefree. “I was born in Sudan but I’m from Uganda,” Okello explained. “I lived at Kakuma…

  • Immigrant Doctors Find Path Back to Practicing Medicine

    Students at the Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College. | Photo Courtesy of Welcome Back Center/Grossmont Community College By Susan Murphy The Welcome Back Center at Grossmont Community College is working with 1,400 foreign-trained physicians, including 54 refugees, to get a U.S. medical license and resume the career they gave up when they immigrated…

  • Karen Youth Weave Together Home and Identity: Photos

    “My mum would teach me how to weave, and I get it the first time. But it is really hard to put the loop in place. I never get that right. And now that we (are) in America I thought I would never continue doing, but now I learn more about weave. Even though I…

  • A Patient Protest in Photos: ‘To Speak to Me Is to Heal Me’

    Residents protest a lack of available translation services outside UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Megan Burks A group of refugee patients gathered outside UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest Tuesday carrying signs that read, “To speak to me is to heal me,” and “No child should have to interpret.” Each…