A story that began over 30 years ago in Tucson comes back to life today through the personification of a statue. Marge Pellegrino and Marianna Neil wrote “The Sculpture Speaks: A Story of Survival” after they discovered a statue in the Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson. Their story follows events in the 1980s involving the…
Somalian refugee Suleiman Arive carefully moves his foot farther up the tree branch to knock another grapefruit the size of a small basketball down to Bhutanese refugee Jasoda. She catches it, bringing a wide smile across her face. Arive laughed and politely asked me to retrieve his phone from his bag to Snapchat…
Gilbert Mungaga and his wife fled Congo, Africa, feeling threatened for their lives. Four years later, Mugana’s family has found a home in Tucson. “We left many of our family and many of our friends behind. Congo has this problem, they have fighting everyday. Congo doesn’t have any peace. If you have peace for three…
