Learning America Ep 96 with Luma Mufleh
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It was a wrong turn that changed everything. When Luma Mufleh\\u2014a Muslim, gay, refugee woman from hyper-conservative Jordan\\u2014stumbled upon a pick-up game of soccer in Clarkston, Georgia, something compelled her to join.\\xa0\\xa0The players, 11- and 12-year-olds from Liberia, Afghanistan, and Sudan, soon welcomed her as coach of their ragtag but fiercely competitive group.\\xa0Drawn into their lives, Mufleh learned that few of her players, all local public school students, could read a single word. She asks, \\u201cWhere was the America that took me in? That protected me? How can I get these kids to\\xa0that\\xa0America?\\u201d
\\nLearning America\\xa0traces the story of how Mufleh grew a group of kids into a soccer team and then into a nationally acclaimed network of schools for refugee children. The journey is inspiring and hard-won: Fugees schools accept only those most in need; no student passes a grade without earning it; the failure of any student is the responsibility of all.\\xa0Soccer as a part of every school day is a powerful catalyst to heal trauma, create belonging, and accelerate learning.\\xa0Finally, this gifted storyteller delivers provocative, indelible portraits of student after student making leaps in learning that aren\\u2019t supposed to be possible for children born into trauma\\u2013stories that shine powerful light on the path to educational justice for all of America\\u2019s most left-behind.
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