You Feel Brand New: Catherine’s Citizenship Story
“I’m free of worrying that I will be apart from my kids,” Catherine says of her new, long-awaited status as a U.S. citizen. “Kids are never ‘grown’ for their parents,”... READ MORE »
Immigration and Citizenship
Staff Honored by U.S. Attorney for Anti Human Trafficking Work
Join us in congratulating Sierra Cumberland, recipient of the U.S. Attorney’s Award for Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice for her anti-human trafficking work at the International Institute of Minnesota.... READ MORE »
Why Liberians in Minnesota Have Newfound Hope
Note: See updates on this topic at iimn.org/Liberia Imagine being stuck in limbo for decades, never knowing from year to year if the community in which you had put down... READ MORE »
Ana Pottratz Acosta to Receive 2020 Olga Zoltai Award
Each year, the International Institute of Minnesota presents the Olga Zoltai Award in recognition of outstanding community leadership by, or in service to, New Americans. Ana Pottratz Acosta will become... READ MORE »
My Chosen Home: Elaine Olson on Citizenship and Advocacy
On Nov. 26, 2019 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre, Judge Paul A. Magnuson gazed upon an audience of 1,002 proud, joyful, pensive, beaming New Americans and said, “This nation is... READ MORE »
