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Conexión Américas

Nashville’s immigrant students fear going to school as ICE raids continue

By Camellia Burris

May 20, 2025

Empty desks in a classroom

The recent ICE raids in Nashville have left many families afraid to leave the house for even basic necessities, like taking their kids to school.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Conexión Américas, food insecurity, ICE, immigrant, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS

Eviction filings in Nashville were 70% higher in December than before the pandemic. Here are some prevention tips.

By Ambriehl Crutchfield

February 2, 2023

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More Nashville residents received eviction notices in December 2022 compared to the same month before the pandemic (2017, 2018 and 2019).

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Conexión Américas, Eviction Lab, evictions, Legal Aid Society, Metro Action, Metro Government

How Nashville’s small businesses are rebounding from pandemic disruptions

By Anna Gallegos-Cannon

September 14, 2022

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How are Nashville’s small businesses rebounding from the pandemic? The report card is mixed.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, Conexión Américas, Pathway Lending, small business

Conexión Américas: 20 years of serving Nashville’s Latino community

By Tasha A.F. Lemley

April 28, 2022

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In this show we talk with founder Renata Soto about what Nashville’s Latino community looked like two decades ago and how she planted the seeds that  grew this long-standing organization. Also joining the conversation is current co-executive director Martha Silva on where Conexión is today and its hopes for the future.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Conexión Américas, Latino

Rising Unemployment In Tennessee Takes A Toll On Immigrants

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

April 17, 2020

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Rising unemployment has taken a toll on immigrants in Tennessee, in part because they don’t qualify for certain government aid. Nonprofits have stepped up to help. But even they are running tight.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Conexión Américas, Coronavirus In Tennessee, Juliana Ospina Cano, Lily Hernández

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