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The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

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The Echo

Beltrami County votes to prohibit refugee resettlement

Beltrami County votes to prohibit refugee resettlement

Kate Schneider January 22, 2020

Beltrami County’s Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to prohibit newly arrived refugees from resettling in their county Jan. 7.  This decision is the opposite of what our country and the world needs...

According to the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, 7% of Minnesota’s population were in foreign countries as of 2017. Minnesota has a history of accepting large numbers of refugees, including Hmong and Somali populations, who began settling in the late 20th century. As of 2015, Minnesota has the largest Somali population and the second largest Hmong population in the nation.

Staff Editorial: Hennepin County should vote to welcome refugees

December 13, 2019

Following an executive order issued by President Trump Sept. 26, a North Dakota county created local tensions by considering a ban on refugees. Burleigh County attracted national attention over a rule...

Students at the middle school will be building solar suitcases and learning about the energy problems that people in Africa face. These suitcases will be  finished by late fall and will be sent to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.

Solar power education reaches middle school

Sam Swisher September 28, 2019

As middle school social studies teacher Molly Rosen prepares to help her students build solar suitcases, she said her goal for her students is to apply learning experiences with real world results. “Our...

Photo used with permission by Grace Lynch

Senior travels to Uganda

Maria Perez-Barriga April 20, 2019

As senior Grace Lynch and 12 others arrived in Uganda March 20, they were able to visit a refugee camp with many huts in which South Sudanese refugee kids were living. “I went with a group of 12 people...

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