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Humanist_Activist

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5. Francis Slay, his family is from the Middle-East, we took in 60 thousand Bosnian-Muslim refugees...

Reply to Jester Messiah (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 9, 2015, 03:15 PM

Sep 2015

in the mid to late 90s, and they have helped revitalize the area. We have quite a few Mosques/Islamic centers, we could always use more refugees.

ON EDIT: Oh, and I live almost smack dab in the middle of "little Bosnia".

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Let's do this HassleCat Sep 2015 #1

Where would they be placed? Jester Messiah Sep 2015 #2

St. Louis Missouri, we have local advocates stating we can take at least 60,000 if the Federal... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #3

Cool! Jester Messiah Sep 2015 #4

Francis Slay, his family is from the Middle-East, we took in 60 thousand Bosnian-Muslim refugees... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #5

Such a good idea. Do you have an active Literacy Volunteer group there? CTyankee Sep 2015 #6

We have what is called the International Institute of St. Louis, they were responsible for the.... Humanist_Activist Sep 2015 #7

LVs often work with such organizations in a city wide collective effort to provide services CTyankee Sep 2015 #8