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The Ethnic Life Stories Project.... .giving giving the Springfield community a window to its diversity through the life stories of ethnic elders.

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Birthplaces of the Storytellers Class of 2001

Yohannan Abraham Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India Janet Akaike - Toste Kofu, Japan Martha Baker San Antonio, Texas Grace Ballenger Shanghai,China Olga Codutti Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina Taj Farouki Wadi-Hunayn, Palestine John Hernandez San Antonio, Texas Yung Hwang Okjong, Kyungnam, Korea Hyman Lotven Kapulah, Russia Regina Lotven Nancy, France Sterling Macer Mason City, Iowa

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Ruth L.V. Burgess Poona (Pune), India Edgar Galinanes Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Edward P. Ksara Tangier, Morocco Ioana Popescu Bucharest, Romania Josefina S. Raborar Manila, Philippines Juan Salazar Tuman, Peru Ruth Penaherrera-Norton Archidona, Ecuador Cyril Vermooten Beaufort West, South Africa Joy Vermooten Nqaberie (Natal), South Africa Tobby Yen Chung (Zhongshan), China

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