by Nasra Ali | May 7, 2017 | Central MN Stories, Community, Muslim, Somali
One of our favorite things to do here at #unitecloud is speak to students, giving them tools to stand up against hate, and allowing them to share their stories with their classmates of what they’ve witnessed and what they themselves have been through. This year, we...
by Melissa Marolf | Mar 22, 2017 | Central MN Stories, Community, Education, Refugee, Somali
Please welcome the first member of the #unitecloud writers circle, Melissa Williams Marolf! Melissa will share stories each month with us about her life and her work as a English as a Second Language teacher at Apollo High School in St. Cloud. What would drive me to...
by Melissa Marolf | Feb 26, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Immigration, Muslim, Politics, Refugee, Religion, Somali
On November 9, 2016, the day after Donald J. Trump was elected to become the 45th President of the United States of America, I had to have some difficult conversations with the refugee and immigrant teenagers whom I teach at Apollo High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota....
by Alison Unzelman | Feb 10, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Muslim, Somali
I faced my blank posterboard thinking about what I wanted my sign for the Women’s March on Washington/St. Paul, MN to say. I could barely focus. There was and is so much that needs protecting. So, I concentrated on what is most dear to me. With whom do I want share a...
by Natalie Copeland | Feb 3, 2017 | Action Steps, Central MN Stories, Community, Immigration, Muslim, Refugee, Religion, Somali
Here at #unitecloud, we want you to be able to speak intelligently about the refugee crisis in our world, our country’s role in it, and what the executive order/temporary ban means for refugees “yearning to breathe free”. One of the great misunderstandings that we...
by Monica Schraut | Feb 2, 2017 | Appearance, Central MN Stories, Community, Race, Somali
I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a teacher. I have been on this earth for nearly 65 years and have witnessed many amazing things such as the first man walking on the moon, the destruction of the Berlin Wall, and technology evolve from computers with green...