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This website, created by Fred Gilbert, strives to provide a window into the major immigrant communities of Fort Wayne, with special emphasis on Refugee/Asylee issues. Please feel free to suggest edits or additions. Help us keep this correct. note email edited to "at" to prevent pfishing

INTERPRETER RESOURCES: SEE COUNTRY PAGES

YEARNING TO BREATH FREE This site contains extraordinary images of our Burma Community by John Gevers

http://yearningtobreathefree.wordpress.com

LOCAL ETHNIC MUSIC: cut and paste to connect

Hip Hop Mon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvUHz9BSnEU&feature=related

Modern Mon Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTc1GL4fs6k&feature=related

BANTU MUSIC BY Hamadi Mberwa(Somali-Bantu)What could be like Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LR-AUpWJfg&feature=related

Bantu Hip Hop (Somali Bantu)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkHvicaQx0&feature=related

VIETNAMESE HIP HOP (Dayton, Ohio)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arwdh-1ZkHA

Three Rivers Jenbe Drum Ensemble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wsakqHOtZI&NR=1

International Women's Day Celebration in Fort Wayne Indiana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tyfk4niK8

EVENTS CALENDAR

AFRICAN FOOD FESTIVAL

7-28-2012, SATURDAY NOON TO 5PM

ST. AUGUSTINE LUTHERAN CHURCH

32326 S. CALHOUN ST, FORT WAYNE, IN

CALL FEY FEY MOUSSA (260)740-7066

Pathfinders presents:

A TASTE OF HARMONY, Foster Park Pavilion 2

Sat., June 2: noon to 4 PM

Sat., June 30: noon to 4 PM

Burmese, Chinese, Thai food, music and culture

Contact Trish Feightner and James Shwe

feightner@pathfinderservices.org

260-456-2385, 866-892-0513

email me to be added to calendar

See updates on Burma Elections on Mizzima and BBC links on the right and Burma page above, also:

U.S. Sanctions on Burma by Michael F. Martin, Congressional Research Service 2-7-2012 a new survey of current sanctions. link:

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41336.pdf

Updated 4-2-2012

New Immigration Law SEA590 see New Law

NEW SENATE RESOLUTION FOR STUDY OF OUT-OF-STATE TUITION FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS SEE "NEW LAWS"

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NEW LOCATIONS:

Burmese Advocacy Center, 2424 Lake Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 260-755-2048 or email center@bacindiana.org. email addresses remain the same.

Catherine Kasper Place, 5919 Salisbury Pl., Fort Wayne, IN 46816 Autumn Woods Apartments Open House - Wed., 2-22-2012, 11am-2pm, A Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Ministry

SEE EVENTS BELOW FOR NEW UPDATES

SEE NEW VIDEO BY YOUTH GROUP

POSTED BY THE ORGANIZATION "A Better Fort" HipHop4TheCity plays "My City", an inspiring and hopeful stream of local sites and kids who believe, like the organization, we can be a better city.

go to: http://www.abetterfort.org/ and click "My City"

Join and support their many efforts

THE GENEROUS DEDICATION OF SENATOR LUGAR'S STAFF: KEITH LUSE, GARRETT JOHNSON AND CATHY GALLMEYER HAS AIDED IN THE INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT AND WORK OF CONGRESSMAN STUTZMAN AND STAFF MEMBER KATHIE GREEN

CITILINK BUS SCHEDULES IN SPANISH AND BURMESE

How to ride the bus video in English, Spanish & Burmese -

http://www.fwcitilink.com/3steps.htm

PowerPoint with basic rider information -- English & photos

http://www.fwcitilink.com/Travel_Training_PowerPoint_Presentation.htm

Schedules in English & Spanish -

http://www.fwcitilink.com/schemaps.htm

Trip planning worksheet –

http://www.fwcitilink.com/pdfs/plan_worksheet.pdf

English, also available in Spanish & Burmese to be posted soon.

Three Rivers Institute Of Afrikan Art & Culture, Inc, Triaac

501 E. Brackenridge St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3522

Phone: (260) 969-9442 email: triaacexad at frontier.com

Abandoned on Arrival-Report on Refugee Resettlement U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee-Garrett Johnson

http://lugar.senate.gov/issues/foreign/refugee/report.pdf

TRAFFICKING AND EXTORTION OF BURMESE MIGRANTS IN MALAYSIA AND SOUTHERN THAILAND-Keith Luse

click for link

Metropolitan Human Relations Commission

www.fortwaynemetro.org

Allen County Immigration Report

http://www.indiana.edu/~ird/cieda/report3.pdf

MIX Program at Northeast Indiana Red Cross

1212 E. California Rd, 46825

P.O. Box 5508, 46895

Fort Wayne, IN 260.484.9336 x242

PaxiaI@usa.redcross.org

http://redcrossofnei.org/transservices.html

HISPANIC/IMMIGRANT LIAISON - CITY OF FORT WAYNE: Palermo Galindo - Palermo provides a listserve of community activities in the immigrant communities. Contact him to be added as well as this page.

http://tinyurl.com/FTWEmergingcommunities

Golden TV (Burmese) Broadcast, 1-15-2011, Vol.22,6:30pm Comcast channel 57 and/or Verizon channel 27 (every Sat) also watch youtube.com/user/goldenmoontv

Multicultural Council of Greater Fort Wayne

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Multicultural-Council-of-Fort-Wayne/188166263597

http://mccfortwayne.org/

NATIONALITIES COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS

http://nationalitiescouncil.org/

LINK TV is a source for International news, music and programming unavailable on most networks. It is on Direct TV Channel 375 and available online.

http://linktv.org/

VIEW CHANGE is also affiliated with link TV, this website carries narratives of international interest.

http://www.viewchange.org/

British Broadcasting is widely known for its international coverage as well as unique perspectives on American news and politics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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