F. Amanda Tugade
Social Justice Reporter at Des Moines Register
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1 week ago |
desmoinesregister.com | F. Amanda Tugade
Genesis Youth Foundation is asking for the community's support for an Afghan refugee family facing hardship after recently losing their patriarch. The family, which participates in the Des Moines nonprofit's soccer programs, can't pay rent, utilities and other basic needs, said Sam Gabriel, who launched the organization with his wife, Tricia Gabriel, and who came to Iowa themselves as Liberian refugees.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | F. Amanda Tugade
An overnight house fire in Des Moines claimed the lives of three family members: a 72-year-old grandmother, an 18-year-old daughter-in-law, and a 3-year-old granddaughter. The pastor of Holy Spirit Unity Church in America, Yotamu Nyedetse, along with his wife, two children, grandson, and an elderly man they cared for, escaped the blaze, though one child suffered injuries from jumping out a window.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | F. Amanda Tugade
Des Moines Public Schools is seeking additional guidance from its legal counsel to determine whether some employees would be impacted by a recent Supreme Court decision that would allow the Trump administration to strip more than 300,00 Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. of temporary protected status. A federal judge had blocked the administration from ending a program that allowed the migrants to live and work temporarily in the United States due to living conditions in their country.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | F. Amanda Tugade
Nu Huynh's face lights up whenever she talks about CelebrAsian — Iowa's longstanding Asian American festival that has become a tradition for Memorial Day weekend. Though she has helped organize the multicultural two-day event for more than a decade, she is reminded each year of its true purpose: community.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | F. Amanda Tugade
Catholic Charities ended its 50-year-old refugee resettlement program, impacting many refugees, including an Afghan family facing eviction. The program closure stems from the Trump administration's policies and the USCCB's decision not to renew cooperative agreements. Refugee families are struggling to find rental assistance and other resources, with some facing potential homelessness.
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