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Uncertainty for Spokane’s Haitian migrants — Range Media

Last fall, Katia Jasmin (Creole Resources), Laurel Fish (Spokane Alliance) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters worked with Peirone Produce to get Martino Augustil and Dieuvert Novembre employed here in Spokane. Augustil and Novembre are here from Haiti under a special migrant program that was recently cancelled by the Trump Administration. Their presence in the US is now in limbo. Full article here on Range Media

 

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Haitians share the community and caring of their culture

The Fig Tree recently published an article about Katia Jasmin, who wears many hats in our community. She is an organizer with Spokane Alliance, director at Parkview Early Learning Center, and founder of Creole Resources (a member organization of Spokane Alliance)  here in Spokane. 

Her journey has been one of making a difference through hard work,  care, and broad experience. Her own story has ranged over several countries. Read more at the Fig Tree article. For more information about Creole Resources, email [email protected]

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Support for the Haitian Community in Spokane

The Spokane Alliance invites you to participate in an open letter in solidarity with the Haitian community of Spokane. Spokane Alliance leaders from across the faith, labor, and nonprofit sectors are dismayed and angered by the national language of fear and dehumanization directed at Haitian immigrants.

The letter is here if you wish to sign: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU-vMD_Oh8phs1Sj2rEIn_n14jMsLmMZ6oWsqAu6O0gY936g/viewform

 

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Health Equity Circle Member – Adithya Vegaraju

Adithya Vegaraju organized with the Spokane Alliance (through the Health Equity Circle) for his first two years of medical school in the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine from 2020-2022.

Adithya is now in his fourth year of medical school in the Seattle area. His recent research on senior mental health was featured in the Spokesman Review

After studying older adults in urban Washington ZIP codes, the research showed that seniors rated their mental health as better when they were closer to trees and green spaces or water. His research was published in the journal Health and Place.

 

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On the Corner of Homelessness and Healthcare; Podcast by Dr. Luis Manriquez

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-corner-of-homelessness-healthcare/id1694794125?i=1000643699202

In this podcast Luis explains his passion for exploring the spectrum of health from acute disease to social factors and their effect on health.

He works with people experiencing homelessness in the Street Medicine program, and teaches students as a clinical assistant professor at WSU’s College of Medicine.  

 

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Kerra Bower Focuses on Raze Development , Early Childhood Education Focusing on Culturally-Based Education for Black Students

Kerra is currently deeply engaged with a new project, Raze Development, a non-profit in north Spokane that will offer an inclusive early childhood education center that focuses on culturally-based education for Black students.

Kerra says she was “inspired by the Salish School of Spokane and by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which both celebrate culture and understanding in addition to aligning with her goal to support the education of Black students in Spokane.”

The center will offer much needed extended hours to match parents’ work schedules.

 

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