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Title: Michelle Nunez Salas interviews immigrant Gabriela from Mexico

URL: https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/latino%3A12

Collection: Oral History

Description: An oral history audio interview and transcript in Spanish. Michelle Nunez Salas interviews a 43 year old woman named Gabriela from Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Gabriela discusses the many challenges she faced when she left her family as a teenager, and came alone to the United States.

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Subject:   Mexican emigration Mexican Americans Immigrants Domestic abuse Substance abuse Family

Title: Immigrant Integration Toolkit

URL: https://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/326513/Immigrant+Integration+Toolkit+lowres.pdf/d0fedf13-945d-4def-afed-a42fd2ffc8a4/

Collection: Immigration

Description: This toolkit is divided into eight chapters. Each focuses on a different topic area that is related to immigrant integration. The chapters present some of the most common challenges associated with municipal integration and provide a variety of strategies, local examples, and resources that municipalities can utilize to assist with local immigrant integration efforts. Document includes Executive Summary and two Appendix.

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Subject:   Immigrants Municipalities Suburban Financial Integration

Title: The Curious Conscious Capitalist – Episode 1 – A Culture Built on Trust

URL: https://www.consciouscapitalismchicago.org/Curious-Conscious-Capitalist/

Collection: Blogs & Podcasts

Description: Podcast hosts interview Jean Pitzo, CEO of Ace Metal Crafts in Bensenville, to talk about healthy workplace culture

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Subject:   Society & culture Employment

Title: Krakus Bakery Official Website

URL: https://www.krakusbakery.com/

Collection: Businesses

Description: Official website for Krakus Bakery, a mass-operating bakery facility located at 800 Fairway Dr. in Bensenville.

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Subject:   Industry Food

Title: Banking on Immigrant Communities-Grantee Stories Chicago

URL: https://www.macfound.org/press/grantee-stories/banking-immigrant-communities/

Collection: Immigration

Description: The MacArthur Foundation describes how The Resurrection Project joined the North Carolina based Self-Help Credit Union to revive the Second Federal Credit Union. Together these partners help educate immigrants about predatory lending, helping them build credit and navigate the mortgage lending system. The article talks about a machine operator who bought a home in Bensenville, Illinois. Second Federal President, Rudolfo Medina, discusses how lending education leads immigrants to stability and saves many from foreclosure. The project has invested over 150,000,000 and served over 1400 families in Chicago's Little Village.

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Subject:   Banking Mortgages Immigrant communities Predatory lending

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