Fiston NdayishimiyeWriting

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I write when there's something worth your time: book news before anyone else hears it, where I'm speaking next, and stories from the young people I work with. No noise.

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I write to
make sense of it.

In my own words.

I am not a refugee. I am an American.

We arrived in U.S. a decade ago. This July 4, our story continues

Building a future beyond the flames

Juneteenth and the struggle for true freedom in Concord

Carrying the lessons of the past

Hope for a better future

Keep reading.

Read it first.

I write tomake sense of it.

In my own words.

I am not a refugee. I am an American.

We arrived in U.S. a decade ago. This July 4, our story continues

Building a future beyond the flames

Juneteenth and the struggle for true freedom in Concord

Carrying the lessons of the past

Hope for a better future

Keep reading.

Read it first.

I write to
make sense of it.