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The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights is working to develop a national network of Child Advocates for unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children and to promote consideration of best interest - safety and well-being - in all decisions concerning unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States. Donations are tax deductible. The Tides Center is the fiscal sponsor for the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights. Your support will help ensure the best interest of these most vulnerable children. We are ever grateful for your support.
Please fill out the Donation Form and send it to:
Tides Center/Young Center
at the University of Chicago
6020 South University Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights thanks the following organizations for their generous support:
The Chicago Bar Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
The Field Foundation of Illinois
Franklin Square Foundation
The Women's Board of the University of Chicago
Investing in Communities

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.
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. [42 min.]
The Young Center for Immigrant
Children's Rights
at the University of Chicago
6020 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
773 702-9560
info@TheYoungCenter.org
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