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How resettled students learn English in the Akron Public Schools
by Megan McSweeney Loi Dang-Nguyen is the English as a second language and foreign language learning specialist in the Akron Public Schools. For her, the job is personal. Coming from Vietnam in the ‘70s, she and her family were some of the first refugees to be resettled in Akron. “My goal is to make sure…
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A history of immigration in Akron
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Addressing mental health challenges refugee children face
By Brianna Canada Refugee children not only help to shape their community by helping their parents adapt to American culture, but they also educate non-refugee children and teens about refugee cultures and countries. School, friends, and being social can be stressful on any child. Refugee children experience a unique set of circumstances that add to…
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Following the money trail from Washington, D.C. to Akron
By Trista Bowser and London Green Twenty-four thousand refugees have relocated in Ohio over the past decade, more than all but seven other states. Nonprofit organizations use federal and privately donated funds to resettle refugees. State Refugee Coordinator Jennifer Johnson oversees all the different aspects of refugee resettlement, from how many refugees Ohio receives every…