Day: February 5, 2026
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From mutual aid networks to cultural organizations, discover how diaspora communities create support systems that span the globe.
When my family arrived in Minneapolis from Somalia in 2001, we had nothing but the clothes we were wearing and a small bag of documents. Within a week, we had an apartment, furniture, and a refrigerator full of food. Within a month, my father had a job. This was not government assistance or charity—it was…
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Profiles of groundbreaking tech entrepreneurs from diaspora
The story of Silicon Valley cannot be told without acknowledging the diaspora entrepreneurs who built it. From the early pioneers at Intel and Sun Microsystems to today’s leaders at Google, Microsoft, and countless startups, immigrants and their children have been at the heart of American technological innovation. But the new generation of diaspora tech leaders…