Immigrants

Little Amal, a gigantic puppet, is coming to the St. Louis Gateway Arch on Sunday as part of a tour to spark conversations about refugees and the challenges they face.

Refugee and immigrant community advocates say more, and more accurate, resources and data are vital to overcoming the stigma and rising death toll from the opioid crisis.

The International Institute of St. Louis is launching a program to attract people from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua arriving in the U.S. The Latino Outreach Program will provide housing and employment connections services to newly arrived immigrants.

According to the U.S. Census, there are over 17,000 Indians in St. Louis and St. Louis County. Many of them arrived to pursue a higher education or take a new job. People from India say St. Louis reminds them of home and makes them want to stay.

Migrantes Unidos, a mutual support group that includes more than 50 St. Louis-area immigrants, has five demands. Among the demands are eliminating ankle monitors and to be treated with respect.

Medical providers in St. Louis are having trouble finding people with the knowledge and language skills to be interpreters for clinics and hospitals, a critical need for local health workers. Even finding interpreters for Spanish and other widely spoken languages can be taxing, say clinic workers.

“St. Patrick's Day is a wonderful day to celebrate Irish culture, but celebrating Irish culture does not need to be confined to one day.”

The newly formed Chinese American Collecting Initiative highlights the long- lost stories of Chinese American immigrants living in St. Louis from the mid-19th century onward.

Ana académica en St. Louis quiere ayudar a compartir las historias de mujeres inmigrantes Mexicanas sobre la inmigración, hogar y familia para informar mejor informes académicos, leyes y pólizas gubernamentales.

The International Institute of St. Louis will open the Anna E. Crosslin Center for Multicultural Excellence in January. The center will provide cultural workshops, training, programming and events to residents and business owners.