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Getting Immigrant Youth Ready
When people flee wars in Liberia and Sudan or escape poverty in Togo and the Philippines, they often land in Clarkston, Ga. - a city outside Atlanta, where some estimates say refugees account for half the 7,500 residents.
Information Update
August 14, 2012
So while many communities face the challenge of helping immigrant youth succeed, few places face it more than Clarkston.
Community leaders just launched an initiative to meet that challenge by creating a web of services and supports for young people from foreign lands, using Ready by 21 strategies to help develop their plan. Read a short story about this collaborative work.
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