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11.17.15
Katherine Trujillo

Katherine Trujillo: Exploring Human Rights Abroad

Studying abroad offered Katherine Trujillo (2015 Fellow) a new lens on human rights. Grouped with Danish and Bosnian students for a six-week Humanity in Action fellowship, Katherine was able to develop a framework for understanding many of the...

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09.23.15

Majora Carter: Business Leader and Changemaker

Majora Carter was hosted by The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows Association (PDSFA) for an evening of conversation with Fellows on August 26, 2015 at Open Society Foundations in New York City. The PDSFA is the alumni association for all recipients of The...

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09.17.15

Who is an American?

Nishant Batsha (2013 Fellow) reflects on Citizenship Day and the 1923 Supreme Court decision United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, which concluded that all South Asians were ineligible for citizenship.

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09.04.15
Deisy Del Real

A Century of Jinetes

Deisy Del Real takes readers on her immigration journey from Mexico to the United States, and from being undocumented to becoming a citizen.

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09.04.15

Landscape with American Dream

Janine Joseph (2009), poet and assistant professor at Weber State University.

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09.04.15

She's In The Fight, Always

Paul & Daisy Soros Trustee Peter Georgescu talked with Pardis Sabeti (2001 Fellow) about her childhood as a New American, being a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow and her work during the Ebola outbreak in 2014-- all while she was rollerblading in Florida.

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09.04.15

The New American: Fellows in Brief

"Fellows in Brief" is a segment of "The New American," which was introduced in the 2015-2016 newsletter. The segment covers Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows making an impact.

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09.03.15

A Circle of Friends: Honoring Members of the Board of Trustees

By Jeffrey Soros (Trustee) When my father and mother founded the Fellowship program in 1997, they set out to build something brand new. My mother brought her energy, charisma, and decision-making prowess to the creative process. While my father, an...

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09.03.15
Nusrat Choudhury

Honoring Lawrence C. McQuade

When Paul and Daisy set out to create the Fellowship 17 years ago, they reached out to their long-time friend Lawrence (Larry) C. McQuade and asked him to join them in creating a one-of-a-kind institution. Larry, a lawyer by training, worked at the...

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09.03.15

Meet Ken Buckfire

Kenneth (Ken) Buckfire is one of the two new board members of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.  Like many Fellows, Ken has led an incredibly successful career spanning both the public and private sectors. Currently, he is the co-...

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