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“Veo que se avecina un cambio”: la perspectiva de un habitante de Gaza

Mi hija Sara Yousef tiene 20 años y es de Rafah, Gaza, Palestina. Ella vino a nuestra familia en 2019 como estudiante de intercambio a través del Programa YES, un programa del Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. que brinda becas a estudiantes de secundaria de países de mayoría musulmana para estudiar en los EE. UU. Sara vivió con nosotros en Bainbridge Island y asistió a la escuela secundaria Central Kitsap.

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“I See a Change Coming” - A Gazan’s Perspective

My daughter Sara Yousef is a 20-year-old from Rafah, Gaza, Palestine. She came into our family in 2019 as an exchange student through the YES Program, US State Department program which provides scholarships to high school students from Muslim-majority countries to study in the US. Sara lived with us on Bainbridge Island and attended Central Kitsap High School.

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advent, candle of PEACE -- by danielle s rueb castillejo

If there are any gifts this season, may it be a return to the unequivocable value of human life, enduring faith, and peacemaking love.

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adviento, vela de PAZ -- danielle s rueb castillejo

If there are any gifts this season, may it be a return to the unequivocable value of human life, enduring faith, and peacemaking love.

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A mis compañeros inmigrantes - Rachel Anna Smart

Enviaré mi nariz de regreso a Polonia.

Mis manos de regreso a Inglaterra.

Enviaré parte de mi piel a Alemania y parte de mi cabello a Escocia.

Pero mi corazón... lo guardaré en Nəxʷq̓iyt.

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To my fellow immigrants. - Rachel Anna Smart

My hands back to England.  

I’ll send some of my skin back to Germany and some of my hair back to Scotland.

But my heart... I’ll keep that in Nəxʷq̓iyt.

With all the love and anger of my Seya still flowing in it.   

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Las escuelas públicas pertenecen a todos, excepto a aquellos que las destruirían - Avery Welkin

The truth is that in American society’s democratic ideal, public schools are for everyone. Even though the reality is that public schools were designed with a narrower focus on serving the white and wealthy, it is very clear now that this is not the goal. Public schools are one of the few spaces, along with public libraries, where American society at all socioeconomic levels, racial/ethnic identities, and abilities are welcome to learn without an expectation of spending money.

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Public Schools Belong to Everyone, Except Those Who Would Destroy Them - Avery Welkin

The truth is that in American society’s democratic ideal, public schools are for everyone. Even though the reality is that public schools were designed with a narrower focus on serving the white and wealthy, it is very clear now that this is not the goal. Public schools are one of the few spaces, along with public libraries, where American society at all socioeconomic levels, racial/ethnic identities, and abilities are welcome to learn without an expectation of spending money.

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