Sense of Community
Our ongoing, 10-part Community Journalism series airs quarterly
From poverty concerns to major policy decisions, this series dives beyond the headlines to provide in-depth coverage of issues facing people and organizations in the Ozarks. KSMU's team of reporters come together to produce 10 stories, four times a year. Past episodes of our Sense of Community series are available below.
Sense of Community is made possible with support from local sponsors. Learn more here.
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The program, which meets at the Stalnaker Boys & Girls Club, is run by the ELI at MSU and is funded by a grant awarded to SPS.
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KSMU's Meghan McKinney interviewed Fereshte about her time in Springfield and what she hopes for her future.
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It's the first day of Ramadan, and I'm in a vehicle with Marga Pogue, a volunteer working with the International Institute of Southwest Missouri to guide a young Afghan family that is resettling in the Ozarks.
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John Ndahiriwe was a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who immigrated to the Ozarks. He and his family escaped a dire situation to make a new home in the United States.
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In this week's edition of Ozarks Public Radio's Sense of Community, we’re reporting on migrants, refugees — and the local volunteers who help care for them.
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Hadid, who's just 23, came to the U.S. by way of Malaysia where she was a refugee and now lives in Springfield.
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In the Sense of Community Series, "Making a New Life in the Ozarks," you'll hear refugees' stories and learn about programs and people who are helping them on their journey.
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Angie Presley and her father Les Harris discuss the accident that changed Les’s life forever at age 32, how his positivity helped him overcome, and how he passed that attitude to his daughter.
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