March 13, 20241 yr if cle wants to gooble up some immigrants easily the city should send a rep to the east village, stand around the migrant center and sell them on the cleve — then nyc will pay for the plane or bus ride !! Almost no NYC migrants are accepting free plane, bus tickets after shelter evictions, data show By Craig McCarthy and Emily Crane Published March 11, 2024 … Of the roughly 1,600 asylum seekers who flock to the city’s East Village intake center each day, an average of just 30 have been willing to relocate to another city or state, according to data obtained by Gothamist from the city’s emergency management agency. more: https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/us-news/less-than-2-of-nyc-migrants-are-accepting-free-plane-bus-tickets-after-shelter-eviction/amp/
March 13, 20241 yr 40 minutes ago, mrnyc said: if cle wants to gooble up some immigrants easily the city should send a rep to the east village, stand around the migrant center and sell them on the cleve — then nyc will pay for the plane or bus ride !! That pretty much how my Italian family and numerous other Italians ended up in Wooster, OH.
March 27, 20241 yr It seems Ukrainian immigrants continue to arrive in NEO: Brooklyn Heights non-profit helps thousands of families, immigrants in need of furniture By Katie Tercek Published: Mar. 19, 2024 at 1:16 PM EDT BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - A faith leader is helping immigrants and families get a fresh start in Northeast Ohio, but, it’s not possible without donations. Three months ago, Mariana Sorochynska and her boyfriend escaped the war in Ukraine and came to Cleveland. “When we moved here we had nothing. This organization kindly helped us with all the furniture. So we didn’t have to sleep and eat on the floor,” said Sorochynska. https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/03/19/brooklyn-heights-non-profit-helps-thousands-families-immigrants-need-furniture/ Welcome to the Chyrikin Family March 01, 2024 Dana Heil In March of 2023, Our Lady of the Lake Parish gathered a group of parishioners together to gauge interest in helping a Ukrainian family in harm’s way. After numerous meetings, financial commitments, cultural awareness training and creating the necessary committees to support a family for two years, we finally identified a family in need of assistance. Meet the Chyrikin family: Vadym, Halyna and their children Matvii (10) and Victoriia (6). The Chyrikin family arrived in Euclid in November 2023. Halyna share some of what the family had experienced: “In June 2013, war came to Donbass, Ukraine. This was the date that split our lives into ‘before’ and ‘after’. Everything that was before remains a vivid memory, like old photos in an album that you can touch but cannot come back to. In that past life, we still had a home, parents, friends, a peaceful sky, a favorite job and of course, happiness. All these ten years, we remember life before the war as ideal, the life that we always strived to live. https://www.theeuclidobserver.com/articles/welcome-to-the-chyrikin-family/
March 27, 20241 yr a new welcome center for immigrants — 👍 Cuyahoga County to open new welcome center for immigrants and refugees Ideastream Public Media | By Gabriel Kramer Published February 14, 2024 Cuyahoga County opened its new welcome center at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood to provide resources to newcomers — primarily immigrants and refugees. Newcomers will be able to get help finding work, housing, legal assistance and multilingual services at the center, according to the county. The center is part of the county’s plan to attract immigrants to the region and boost the overall population, said Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne. “When you look at successful metropolitans that have been growing over the years, often the secret to their success is and a key ingredient is they welcome newcomers and immigrants,” Ronayne said. “We in greater Cleveland have not experienced population growth, yet we have the capacity to welcome more persons here.” The county’s immigrant population has grown, despite the overall population shrinking from 2012 to 2022, according to the American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2012, about 83,000 of the county’s 1,265,000 residents, 6.5%, were immigrants. In 2022, about 94,000 of the county’s 1,236,000 residents, 7.6%, were foreign-born. “Our strength is in our diversity,” Ronayne said. “If we’re intentional about welcoming the world to Cleveland, Ohio, we’re going to grow.” more: https://www.ideastream.org/government-politics/2024-02-14/cuyahoga-county-to-open-new-welcome-center-for-immigrants-and-refugees
March 27, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, mrnyc said: “Our strength is in our diversity,” Ronayne said. “If we’re intentional about welcoming the world to Cleveland, Ohio, we’re going to grow.” more: https://www.ideastream.org/government-politics/2024-02-14/cuyahoga-county-to-open-new-welcome-center-for-immigrants-and-refugees Overdue!
May 16, 20241 yr palestinians flock to north olmstead — the pull of great northern mall is intense — 😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/C6d7N5Stsqv/?igsh=MWdmM20yeHc3b3NhMQ==
July 9, 2024Jul 9 Hilton Hotel providing career opportunities to refugees adjusting to new life By: Nadeen Abusada Posted at 10:31 PM, Jul 07, 2024 CLEVELAND — Cleveland is a hub for so many seeking refuge but starting over comes with challenges, including language barriers, acclimating to a different culture and finding a job. Through USCRI, one Cleveland business is assisting those immigrants to adjust to their new life. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/hilton-hotel-providing-career-opportunities-to-refugees-adjusting-to-new-life
October 17, 2024Oct 17 While Painesville's Hispanic community of course is composed largely of Mexicans (who aren't even mentioned here), I was surprised to hear in this report that apparently people from all over Central and South America also seem to be making their home there. Will that eventually mean a more diverse restaurant scene? lol http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
October 17, 2024Oct 17 8 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said: While Painesville's Hispanic community of course is composed largely of Mexicans (who aren't even mentioned here), I was surprised to hear in this report that apparently people from all over Central and South America also seem to be making their home there. Will that eventually mean a more diverse restaurant scene? lol Asking the important questions.
October 17, 2024Oct 17 2 minutes ago, freefourur said: Asking the important questions. I try! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
October 17, 2024Oct 17 Just now, eastvillagedon said: I try! When all the commotion about Haitians in Springfield was happening, all I could think of was the restaurant scene down there.
November 18, 2024Nov 18 On 10/17/2024 at 2:17 PM, freefourur said: When all the commotion about Haitians in Springfield was happening, all I could think of was the restaurant scene down there. for fun i googled mapped and 5 haitian joints turned up. sheesh thats almost as many as nyc — 8 popped up there.
November 18, 2024Nov 18 26 minutes ago, TBideon said: Well, they're evacuating Springfield now. I'm sure this will do wonders for the local Springfield economy.
December 6, 2024Dec 6 good the community is meeting and planning as best they can -- Cleveland Immigration Summit Talks Trump 2.0 Questions Amid Surge of Refugee Arrivals While uncertainty remains about the incoming administration's policies, local systems to help immigrants are strong and advocates are prepared for legal battles By Mark Oprea on Thu, Dec 5, 2024 ... And of course a reminder that any mass deportation plan ultimately impacts Ohio’s economy. And a probable ramping up of a six percent loss in state population from 2020 to 2050—more than 675,000 people, gone. “This is our situation now: we need to be welcoming for people to move here,” Rob Frost, a state immigration policy expert, said on a morning panel of four on Wednesday. “If we're welcoming, and there are opportunities to find work, if there are the other support services that someone needs and they choose to come here, then our population declines less by one fewer person,” he added. “If a whole family comes here, then that helps us.” more: https://www.clevescene.com/news/cleveland-immigration-summit-talks-trump-20-questions-amid-surge-of-refugee-arrivals-45622241
May 13May 13 Redirected from the population thread@E Rocc There is so much fear in your message. You know what aids growth? Hope and optimism. You know retards it? Fear and cynicism. You speak for you just as I speak only for me. It is dangerous to believe you speak for others. You have no idea what anyone else is thinking. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 13May 13 @E Rocc I believe there is no such thing as a "national character." What people might call the character of our nation is just a snapshot of a small place at a small time. We would be strangers in the United States of 25 years ago, a world without smart phones, where same-sex marriage is illegal in every state, not a single Starbucks is to be found anywhere in Cuyahoga County, and the big disturbing political discussion of the day is hanging chads. I was pretty young 25 years ago, but I do remember how it was. I think we have more in common with a lot of foreign countries in 2025 than we do with the United States in 2000. It's going to keep changing, and faster. Older people die. Little kids grow up and start running things. Unless you manage to cling to a pre-industrial society like the Amish do, it is not possible to preserve a "national character."That's only to talk about time; it's even more different with place. Is the "national character" more like Parma Heights or like Shaker Heights? Because those are examples of just two cities within biking distance from each other, which I don't consider to have very similar "character." I don't think the types of people who live in those cities (their style of dress, their socioeconomic status, their level of education) are particularly similar either. But I'm glad we have both, and I don't think we should be burning down Parma Heights or Shaker Heights for fear that the culture of either community might overflow its legal bounds.And so to bring it back to immigration, I think we can focus on people, humans, and protecting and defending them as opposed to protecting and defending vague notions such as "national character." In that vein, if there is a specific and credible risk that a person who comes in will harm the people who are here, then that sounds like a legitimate reason to think twice about allowing them to immigrate. But if the concern is just about having to hear Somali or Ahmaric spoken in the grocery store, then maybe priorities aren't in the right order.
May 13May 13 @E Rocc For those who think we should maintain a "national character" should hang out at the futsal courts at Madison Park in Lakewood (Arabs). Or the soccer fields at Zone Recreation Center (Africans). Or walk the halls of the Midtown Towers in Parma (Ukrainians). That diversity IS our national character and it's wonderful to see, hear and enjoy. Always has been. It's just that 50 years ago in Cleveland it was the Hungarians, Mexicans and African-Americans from the southern states, then the Asians, Puerto Ricans and Middle Easterners. A century ago it was the Italians, Poles and Slovaks. 150 years ago, it was the Irish and Germans. And each time the established yet insecure Americans recoiled in horror at the changing character of our nation. The character of our nation IS change. It is diversity. You can either celebrate it, get out of the way and cope, or get run over by it. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 19May 19 On 5/13/2025 at 3:20 PM, LlamaLawyer said:@E RoccI believe there is no such thing as a "national character." What people might call the character of our nation is just a snapshot of a small place at a small time. We would be strangers in the United States of 25 years ago, a world without smart phones, where same-sex marriage is illegal in every state, not a single Starbucks is to be found anywhere in Cuyahoga County, and the big disturbing political discussion of the day is hanging chads.There are far to many Americans today who define "national character" as something they purchased on a truck stop T shirt to wear in between Trump rallies. The reality is obviously much much much more diverse and interesting.
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