ODC to Build New Campus on Ex-Airport Land
The Outdoor Discovery Center Network will expand its nature based preschool program to north Holland with a new education campus in Park Township on land formerly part of the Park Township Airport. Lead gifts from Karen and Larry Mulder will cover most capital costs, funding access to high quality early education and childcare for area children.
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Holland
Seedlings Discovery Preschool
Seedlings
Hope College
Williams
Karen
Larry Mulder
Mulders
CDC
Coping With Covid Shadows Immigrant Families
A reflection on pandemic isolation for aging immigrant parents. The author recalls parents who emigrated from India to Michigan in the 1980s and 1990s, with most kin remaining in India. Nine months of Zoom calls highlight the fragile, fleeting connections many immigrant families endure without a vaccine in sight.
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U.S
Michigan
India
Neces
Immigrant families face added COVID era challenges
Immigrants in the United States endure amplified barriers as the pandemic reshaped schooling, healthcare, and mental health access. Virtual communication with distant loved ones is common, but many face worsened inequities and isolation during lockdowns and shifts to online learning.
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U.S
Dana Rusch
University of Illinois At Chicago
Coalition For Immigrant Mental Health
Challenges for immigrant families amid pandemic pressures
Health experts describe a year of rising anxiety and low mood in the United States as Covid stressors mount. Non English speakers face online learning barriers with diminished nonverbal cues, internet and language access gaps, and rising risks to children’s mental health. Access to medical care remains limited for migrant and immigrant families, with high uninsured rates among documented and undocumented immigrants.
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Rusch
Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S
The
Journal of the American
Immigrant Army Serviceman Takes Oath at Boston Library
Stallone Laurel Dias of Indian origin and U S Army service stands with naturalization papers and an American flag during a Naturalization Oath Ceremony held on July 18, 2018, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The piece notes how the pandemic underscored family separations for many immigrants.
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Stallone Laurel Dias
India
U.S. Army
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Boston
Steven Senne
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ODC
Campus
Solly Spaak
Isaac Martinez
Mandwright
Detroit Free Press
Suhas Upadhye
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Washington Field Office
Fairfax
Patrick Semansky
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