Encouraging development of a "new economy" leveraging the resilience and creativity inside the migration stories of people finding their way to the US. For indigenous people, descendants of slaves, and populations targeted in questionable internments, these are clearly not stories of migrations of choice. Even in these cases, of forced migration and involuntary displacement, it is possible to find stories of ingenuity and innovation. Stories of people finding ways of creating realities tied to sense of belonging to this place and it s promise.

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2. Celebrating resilience and creativity of people crafting realities tied to a sense of belonging, a sense of place .

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