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Category Archives: Immigrants

Friendship / Immigrants / Kindness & Compassion / Nostalgia

I remember ‘Shorty’ Martinez

Posted on March 28, 2020 by roncooper • Leave a comment

I’ve always rooted for the underdog. My Catholic parents raised me to practice compassion toward those in need. This was the 1960s and the birth of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and our nation rose up to the challenge. I was an 18-year-old eager to lend a hand and was thrilled to be … Continue reading →

Building Harmony / Immigrants / Kindness & Compassion / Refugees

The stranger becomes a friend

Posted on February 16, 2020 by roncooper • Leave a comment

People who look and speak differently than me have had a profound influence on my life. As an 18-year-old, I was a VISTA volunteer in Nebraska for one year. I worked closely with Latino migrant workers who picked the crops and struggled to make a living. I learned a good deal of Spanish and managed … Continue reading →

Immigrants / Kindness & Compassion / Refugees

Welcome to America: Signs say it all

Posted on January 1, 2020 by roncooper • Leave a comment

by Ron Cooper Refugees and immigrants moving to our communities may often feel like a duck out of water. They may be greeted, not with warm embraces and welcome, but instead with glares and ill-chosen words of intolerance and bigotry. Compassion demands that we respond to these newcomers with open arms. A simple way to … Continue reading →

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