Immigrants Wake America is back with a new season titled “Hidden Heroes in a Small Town”. During this season we will get to know the staff and case workers at the American Civic Association, a non-profit organization in Binghamton, New York, whose mission is to help refugees and immigrants start a new life while preserving their ethnic and cultural diversity. This six-episode installment showcases the amazing work and journeys of migration of the people “behind the scenes”.

Hussein Adams is the director of the American Civic Association in Binghamton NY. Hussein gives an overview of the breadth of critical work that immigration caseworkers do for the local community and for new immigrants and refugees. He also narrates his personal journey of migration as a Muslim man through the Caribbean and North America, and especially, the impact of post 9/11 on him and his family. As a community leader and as a father, Hussein’s story touches on the complexity and richness of becoming American today.

Transcript for this episode: https://www.immigrantswakeamerica.com/transcripts#h.vvmysecwva7n

This podcast is supported by Humanities New York, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Centre for Civic Engagement, Department of English, Asian and Asian American Studies, Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas at Binghamton University. In partnership with the American Civic Association and the Tenement Museum.

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For more information about the America Civic Association visit: https://americancivic.com/

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