What's Good with New Americans
What's Good Ohio?!October 31, 202400:49:5945.77 MB

What's Good with New Americans

This week, host James Hayes speaks with Lynn Tramonte and Sophia Pierrelus about New Americans in Ohio and coming together to support our migrant communities and neighbors.

In the face of rampant hate and lies being spread by certain politicians, we’re joining together for real solutions for all families – and rejecting anyone who brings division to our state. Lynn and Sophia share some of their personal stories and the work they’ve been doing to support New American communities and fight for pro-human immigration policies.

Lynn Tramonte is the Executive Director of Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Sophia Pierrelus works for the New American Cultural Center (NACC) in Columbus 

Visit OneLoveOhio.org for stories of community building

Check out the New Americans Magazine that Sophia writes for

Contact Sophia: sophia.pierrelus5@gmail.com 

#OneLoveOhio donation pages: https://www.oneloveohio.org/donate 

Donate to Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Stories from Ohio Immigrant Alliance:

Broken Hope: Deportation and the Road Home is partly based on interviews with 255 people who were deported, most of whom were Black and Muslim immigrants.

https://www.reunite.us/read

https://ohioimmigrant.org/2024/06/18/they-have-deported-our-physical-bodies-but-our-spirits-are-still-there-with-our-loved-ones/

Behind Closed Doors is about what is happening in immigration court and how Black immigrants in particular are being treated.

https://illusionofjustice.org/read/scarred-then-barred

https://ohioimmigrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Advocates-say-Black-clients-face-racial-bias-in-Ohio-immigration-court-2.pdf 

We did the demographic report on Black immigrants recently too.

https://ohioimmigrant.org/2024/10/08/black-immigrants-in-ohio-new-demographic-data-brief/ 

We first build relationships with people involved in these projects through our anti-deportation and decarceration work during Trump 

https://ohioimmigrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/How-the-Ohio-Immigrant-Alliance-Works.pdf

https://ohioimmigrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ohio-Immigration-Jail-Decarceration-Case-Examples-2.pdf

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What’s Good Ohio is a production of Ohio Voice and Policy Matters Ohio. Hosted by James Hayes and Sarah Rodenberg. Produced by Angela Lin, with production support from Ben Stein. Editing and engineering courtesy of Shawn Carter at Breakthrough Sounds Recording Studio in Cleveland, OH.