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n is told his very pregnant wife can t leave just yet but he s assured that they re next so off to the usa the two of them come while the others have to wait to join them in the usa ms m and her son are excited they can set everything up for the remainder of their family then the election hit and syrian refugees were banned indefinably including the pregnant mom who has now delivered her first child alone in a camp ms m and her son are no longer excited now they re fighting a system that is torturing them they can t leave the country and return to the refugee camp to be reunited with their family and they can t get their family here despite the horrific terror they faced in syria and the poor conditions of living in a refugee camp they had each other now they re alone when i met ms m my goal was to provide her with as much happiness i could to keep her going each and every day i felt this was what i could do to offset a situation that i really couldn t control for a while it worked i began to see her coming out of her shell and her tears turned to laughter song and sometimes i could get her to dance when her grief overtook her i was there to hug her along with all of the other friends she had made she and her son applied for a green card and learned there still isn t an update on the remainder of their family other than it wasn t looking good stop and imagine this imagine you and your spouse being separated during the birth of your first child think about being the one being stuck in the camp would you be jealous of your mother and brother for making it to the usa and not you you might say no but imagine sitting in the same tent for 4 years and what this might do to your thoughts what is happening to this family is torture ms m and her son are being tortured each and every day they re separated if we had stolen them it d be called kidnapping we didn t steal them but we did promise that they d be reunited with their family there are 1000 s of ms m s and mr m s living in the usa without knowing or having the hope of seeing their loved ones including children they have yet to meet so today i weep i weep for ms m those who have been taken into deportation those living in paralyzing fear and those that have such anxiety they re spending time in the hospital for the impact it s having on their bodies i wonder will they survive will i can they hold it together long enough to see if the citizens of this great country work to change this political climate so friends as you re out and about in your neighborhoods and see someone that looks different smile say hello and befriend them if you can this is a tough time for so many think long and hard before saying something like you must be so happy to be here now this is no longer true for so many speak out against this and let the politicians know this isn t america you know or the one our constitution is built on if you re religious pray daily for our newest neighbors send energy and love their way so yes this is a sad story but i felt i d be doing a disservice to those new neighbors that i ve come to love by not sharing this everyone deserves to see the reality and impact these bans constant bantering over a border wall ice and our current leadership has on these human beings share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin 2018 ways to engage on february 24 2018 by heartfelt tidbits in uncategorized leave a comment heartfelt tidbits is growing and we need additional resources specifically we are looking for volunteers in the following areas web design transportation drive students to from art monday 9 12 pm sewing tuesday 9 12 pm and esl programs drive children to from summer camp programs esl volunteers thursday 7 8 30 pm at lutheran church of the resurrection in anderson friday 9 12 pm at northminster presbyterian church in finneytown childcare friday 9 12 pm at northminster presbyterian church in finneytown have a skill in sewing or art that you d love to teach others let us know arabic and french speakers to translate for students during our programs and make phone calls to participants to share information writers and storytellers to create material for social media photographers to capture classes and events board members specifically grant writers program manager accounting secretary and communications requires prior experience storytellers capture stories during programs or events and share on social media construction and painting we have some volunteer days lined up at the welcome project now that the bathroom is almost done we would love some help carpenters short term need for individuals to work with design for america students from uc to help with the construction of shelves and a few cabinets access to woodworking tools is available share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin farewell 2017 hello 2018 on december 31 2017 december 31 2017 by heartfelt tidbits in art refugees uncategorized wordplay wyoming leave a comment as we close out 2017 i would like to say thank you to all of those that extended love joy and hospitality to our newest neighbors what a year it has been going into 2017 we knew we would face adversity and may experience trying times what we didn t realize is that the hate we saw during the election intensified after many new americans awoke to fresh piles of trash being emptied outside their front doors graffiti on their doors on a regular basis baseball bats and assaults as they walked to the supermarket name calling and people yelling at them to go home it wasn t easy for them or us at heartfelt tidbits it became clear that the feelings we have for our friends extend past that of a client relationship clients become an extension of our family and the hurt they felt impacted us speaking up and advocating on their behalf became a full time job assisting with the negative impacts of trauma experienced like this became a reality what was the silver lining in the hate it has been the new partnerships and volunteers that brought us hope generosity and shared the love many of who admitted to being complacent in the past suddenly felt an urgent need to lend a hand heartfelt tidbits began working with wordplay cint children s choir cincinnati christian academy prairie inc indian hill church lutheran church of the resurrection stir and new volunteers began to sign up at a record pace existing relationships with partners deepened working towards creating a better tomorrow for our newest neighbors became a priority there were many examples of partners old and new that went above and beyond to show love joy and welcome the welcome project wave pool art gallery executive director cal cullen asked us to take a leap of faith with her in creating a place where the community could come together to create build friendships and create better lives for our newest americans we involved the women that were currently participating in art at wave pool and asked them to give the place a name they decided to call it the welcome project how appropriate the welcome project is part of wave pool that heartfelt tidbits members participate alongside wave pool to guide the direction live and have a chance to learn earn and participate in the community of camp washington tikkun farm as mary laymon executive director of tikkun farms was going through some career changes of her own a conversation evolved about taking a chance of running a children s farming summer camp with mary s expertise in healing trauma and spiritual direction we were confident that this would be a place where refugee kids could find peace and perceptions that american kids might have could be expanded the camp lasted four weeks children had no idea they were learning peaceful techniques of problem solving as they participated in daily rituals of yoga meditation drumming and art friendships were made cultural differences were exchanged including food and love abounded the farm also became the site for our fundraising dinners for welcome our volunteer thank you dinner and a visit by prairie inc and finneytown high school students to meet the alpacas and bhutanese gardeners love and peace abound at tikkun farm and they truly live up to their name tikkun cincinnati hills christian academy a simple facebook like on heartfelt tidbits page led to a meeting with a teacher karen and a student named jack jack a senior was concerned that our newest americans may not feel welcomed in their new home and wanted to change this after a few meetings to brainstorm ideas it was decided that he would host a cooking and game night at the school he invited the students to the school along with staff to assist and local refugee and immigrant teens while many were nervous and anxious about meeting each other at the beginning at the evening they began to uncover their similarities sports internet sites parents school while learning to make brownies and homemade applesauce and by the end of the evening people were asking jack if they could meet weekly junior women s club of wyoming what a gift in 2017 this organization has been after a meeting with their new member group we were quickly encouraged to apply for their annual grant that they distribute to non profits the approval of their grant enabled us to run our teen girls empowerment program purchase a kiln for welcome and provide sewing machines to our sewing participants in addition the women wanted to engage they organized an educational toy and book drive that led to over 1 000 newborn 12th grade kids receiving books hundreds of kids receiving stuffed animals upon arrival and at prior to the summer break along with materials to use in our adult literacy programs teen girls no longer had to feel embarrassed about not having personal hygiene products because of a donation drive during their monthly meeting many members now drive and participate in our programs and this group is planning and organizing a 2018 fundraiser for heartfelt tidbits it doesn t get any better than this college hill presbyterian church after inquiring about how they could be engaged with local refugees and immigrants it was decided they would try a multi pronged approach first they held information sessions with their congregation and exposed them to the multitude of programs that were out there learned more about the population and how to serve them and visited programs after visiting our adult esl and citizenship program one of their members robin reichel volunteered and asked to lead the program what a godsend she has been to the volunteer teachers and students she quickly assessed what was needed went back to the church and asked for funding for curriculum gathered additional volunteers for teaching and assessments put together teaching training and provided the organization that the program lacked students comment how much they re learning wordplay i m not quite sure how libby hunter executive director of wordplay and myself had never crossed paths prior a meeting to discuss their summer camps quickly led to how do we do a poetry and writing class during one of our women s programs at welcome despite the challenges we were successful in holding the program for the ladies at welcome the volunteers and community members from camp washington the women were inspired and brought closer together as they went through the workshops that touched deep parts of their soul heart and brought memories they had pushed deep within truly one of our most moving programs we did for adults in 2017 artworks excitement and joy surrounded the mural camp razzle that artworks in collaboration with wave pool brought to life in camp washington san francisco based artist christian davies created the mural christian drew his inspiration after spending time in cincinnati working alongside our newest neighbors from six different countries at roberts elementary the women of the welcome project and the girls that participate in the monthly art program at wave pool during the implementation of the mural there were daily chances to visit the artists who were bringing it to life with the kids and women who helped inspire it this led to potlucks parties and gardening opportunities if you haven t visited the mural yet add it to your bucket list for 2018 bridgeable a non profit founded and ran by dani isaacsohn has given our newest neighbors a seat at the table to share their voice alongside city university police transportation and others these relationships have led to further discussions and friendships among the attendees the year elevated people s awareness in cincinnati to heartfelt tidbits many sent messages and commented that they didn t realize we had been here for almost 10 years and the number of refugees supported in that timeframe exceeded 20 000 complete disbelief that an entire population had gone unnoticed in the city in which they lived another reason that christian davies mural camp razzle was so appropriate google and read about razzle dazzle art if you re not familiar we said goodbye to some of our youngest refugees in the most tragic of ways a 14 year old committed suicide a 54 year old was struck by a vehicle and a young father of a 2 and 7 year old died of an epileptic seizure when we took the time and gathered our breath the man we named the tree whisperer fell 10 feet out of the tree he was climbing and is recovering from the severe fall during all of these experiences good and bad love abounded for this we re thankful and hopeful that 2018 will be an even brighter year our hope is that our government will allow refugees from syria to come into the united states to be reunited with their spouses and parents that officials will come together to put policies in place to allow those most vulnerable to have a path to citizenship and not fear additional raids those children who are in college under the dream act will continue on so that someday they can help america be the best it can be may blessings light and love surround you in 2018 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin creativity friendship success on july 4 2017 by heartfelt tidbits in art uncategorized leave a comment for almost a year now a group of 7 10 women have been meeting at the wave pool and learning art techniques from cal cullen and other local artists what began as a journey of let s teach some art has led too much more friendships have evolved uncontrollable laughter an election pink pussy hats tears of joys and sadness frank discussions about the human anatomy shared in each language a beginning 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