Our refugee support group has become divided because some of us want to focus on integration and learning American ways while others want to maintain our traditions and support newcomers who can't speak English yet — and now people are taking sides instead of showing up for each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community is fracturing over competing visions of how to build belonging in their new country.
“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.