Our colleagues at FAVS News have begun a six-part series called “Building Bridges.” The guiding principle is that including people and groups of all faiths and backgrounds is essential to building strong communities. The series is funded by Humanities Washington.
The first installment is about international students in the Inland Northwest who are navigating their new homes in turbulent times. The writer is Lake Lust.
Lake Lust: Moving from anywhere abroad into the United States is already such a shift, but moving to Eastern Washington specifically comes with its own cultural attributes, right? Like this is a very like Christian heavy area. There’s a really high degree of religious participation in Eastern Washington and if you were raised abroad in like a traditional Hindu environment, traditional Muslim environment, and you’re expecting to come to like a very multicultural place like America, it might have a different impression…