Support the Project
The Immigrant Child Advocacy Center is working to develop a national network of Child Advocates for unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children and to promote consideration of best interests in all decisions concerning unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States. Donations are tax deductible. Heartland Human Care Services is the fiscal agent for the Immigrant Child Advocacy Center. Your support will help ensure the best interests of these most vulnerable children. We are ever grateful for your support.
Please fill out the Donation Form and send it to:
Immigrant Child Advocacy Center
at the University of Chicago
6020 South University Avenue, Room K212
Chicago, Illinois 60637
The Immigrant Children’s Advocacy Center thanks the following organizations and individuals for their generous contribution of time and resources:
The Women’s Board of the University of Chicago
Chicago Bar Foundation
Jeff Bailey
Lauren Barker
Mary Bird
Brian Boholst
Rachel Boyle
Axie Breen & Brian Robinson
Daniela Canaval
Antonio Carella
Kathy Capone
Milton Castro
Fanny Clonch
Carlos Contreras
Lisa Couser
Jennifer Crook
Dolores De la Vega
Antonieta Diaz
Elizabeth Dobrzynski
Anna Dominov Kmiecik
Liz Dyrst
Mary Lynn Everson
Female Factor Corporation
Gail and Charlie Francis
Ellen Frell & Richard Levy
Amanda Garcia
Sara Godbold
Nikolai Guerra
Deb Hass & Mark Rogers
Beth Hayes
Jeannette Ho
Andrea Hunwick
Ercilia Jonas
Katia Jonas
Jennifer Kilcline
Anna Kim
Paula Krasny
Emiko Kurotsu
Beata Leja
Michelle LaGrotta
William Lee-Ashley
MoYan Leung
Tara Magner & Scott Hibbard
Elizabeth McCarthy
Mary Meg McCarthy
Patrick & Michelle McCarthy
Kate McGovern
Melissa McGrane
Matthew Meltzer
Enrique Morando
Youli Na
Mary Neal
Barbara Nelson
Patricia Niquen
Emily Nott
Kristina O’Young
Alok Patel
Anjana Prasad
Vidya Prasan
Leslie Ramirez
Malini Rao
Kathy Richland Pick
Heather Rogers
Grace Rutz
Sharon Ryan Burns
Carrie Scott
Sheetal Shah
Marie Sorivelle
Payal Sud
Megan Sulok
Connie Sun
Alison Szopinsky
Olivia Tang
Rebecca Ulland & Michael Joy
Valana Van Cleave
Laura Elena Velasquez
Mirela Vesa
Nicholas Vogel
Tina Yao
Won-sik Yoon
Gary Zickel
Kristin Zipple
Human Commodity
After being orphaned in Morocco, Fanny Clonch was trapped in households where she was nothing more than a commodity. The story of her grandmother, who as a child had been sold into slavery and eventually escaped, inspired Fanny to find a way out. Fanny’s own account tells the story of so many unaccompanied immigrant children who find themselves alone in the United States.
Reported and co-produced by Alex Kotlowitz and edited and co-produced by Amy Dorn. [12:46 min.]
Exodus of One, by Alex Kotlowitz for
This American Life
Just three years old, Georgia was caught by immigration officials when a Milwaukee woman brought her into the country illegally from Jamaica. She ended up at a residential shelter in Chicago. No one knew much about Georgia—where she was from in Jamaica, who her parents were, or how she ended up with this woman from Milwaukee. After six months, a local reporter found her mother in Jamaica, so she was sent back—to the same woman who gave her up. While it seemed like the obvious choice, it worried those who had taken care of her. What does it mean to send a child back to a parent who is willing to give her away? Five years later, reporter Alex Kotlowitz traveled to Jamaica to find out what happened to Georgia. [42 min.]
(Part 1)
(Part 2)
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