“Refugees aren’t people to be politicized they are people to be loved.'
CLEVELAND — On Friday evening, about 150 people came together at King’s Church in Cleveland to learn about different cultures.
In August, tens of thousands of Afghans fled their homes when the Taliban took over and since then, more than 600 of those Afghans have resettled in Cleveland. Kaitie Nickel is the founder of Cleveland Vibes. She said she wanted to find a way to welcome Afghan refugees to Cleveland with open arms. “When you think about that those choices they’ve had to make, I think that’s how you best understand,” she said. “One of the most heartbreaking things about the Afghan refugees is that they never had the time to grieve home.”
It featured traditional Afghan food, a Kabul market, portraits of refugee families that have settled in Cleveland and Wilson sharing stories and talks about the people she’s met at the Hope Center.
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