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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Marge Pellegrino signs a copy of “The Sculpture Speaks” for a visitor at Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson. (Photo by 
Erica Szpylczyn)

A statue’s hidden story

Kylie Warren December 6, 2017

A story that began over 30 years ago in Tucson comes back to life today through the personification of a statue. Marge Pellegrino and Marianna Neil wrote “The Sculpture Speaks: A Story of Survival”...

Refugees get help planting new roots in Arizona

Refugees get help planting new roots in Arizona

Brittan Bates March 24, 2017

    Somalian refugee Suleiman Arive carefully moves his foot farther up the tree branch to knock another grapefruit the size of a small basketball down to Bhutanese refugee Jasoda. She...

The Mungaga Family Photo by Shelby Edwards/Arizona Sonora News Service

Refugee family finds support in Tucson

Shelby Edwards October 21, 2015

Gilbert Mungaga and his wife fled Congo, Africa, feeling threatened for their lives. Four years later, Mugana’s family has found a home in Tucson.“We left many of our family and many of our friends...

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