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“Ohio Is My Second Country” Coloring Book

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Audio Library

Broken Hope: Deportation and the Road Home

Listen to audio summaries of Broken Hope in Fulani, English, and French.

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Interviews

Mory Keita

A Columbus resident, Mory Keita lived in the US for thirty years before being deported to Guinea-Conakry, leaving behind a young daughter. He describes his first experiences after deportation in Volume 1. Listen to his interview for Volume 2.

Saidu Sow is a Cincinnati father who was detained by ICE during the Trump presidency. He exposed detention abuses and helped end ICE contracts. Grace Goldstein interviewed Saidu in Volume 1. Listen to their follow-up conversation, recorded for Volume 2.

Saidu Sow

Black Immigrants Report

Audio summaries of “Black Immigrants in Ohio: A Demographic Data Brief” are available in English, French, Fulani, and Spanish.

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Video Library

View some of our highlighted videos below, and visit our YouTube channel or TikTok for more.

Salif Sarr sang his top hits at the Columbus Arts Festival to celebrate publication of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance's coloring book, "Ohio Is My Second Country," and announce the upcoming book from Demba Ndiath, "From Welcome, To Deportation: A Story of West African Immigrants Who Crossed the US-Mexico Border."

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The Ohio Immigrant Alliance sponsored a Fulani cultural celebration at the Columbus Arts Festival on June 7, 2025, featuring Houleye Thiam, Teresa Temu, Fatima and Nourou Barro, Souleye Ball, and renowned griot Habi Gawlo.

Panelists discussed how to advance a more dimensional immigration narrative in Ohio, during a difficult time for everyone, in this virtual Community Conversation. Panelists included Houleye Thiam; Viles Dorsainvil; Jona Hilario; Claudia Longo; Lynn Tramonte; Avery Martens; and Angela Lin.

Family members of people who were deported joined community leaders from Ohio in a public forum on Capitol Hill. They talked about what life after deportation looks like and why Congress and the Biden administration should create wider paths for their loved ones to return. #ReuniteUS #ChanceToComeHome