Treetops Collective Blog

Sep 18, 2016

Sunita Safi

Sunita is a twenty year old refugee woman from Afghanistan. She arrived in Grand Rapids, along with her mother Mobina, on November 30, 2015. She is taking English classes, getting her GED, and looking for a job. She beams with...

Sep 17, 2016

Sam

Sam is a refugee from Burma. She’s forty years old, has an upbeat personality and a fantastic sense of humor. At the time of this interview, she had been here for three weeks. The first ten days she lived with...

Sep 17, 2016

Clementine

Clementine Sikiri is a 21 year old student at Grand Valley State University. She arrived as a refugee to Grand Rapids when she was nine years old with her family. She is a hard-working student who works two different jobs...

Sep 17, 2016

Asha

Asha is a 23 year old Somalian woman with three beautiful children and an important story to tell. Although she held very little back in our interview, she requested her photos be anonymous and protect her privacy. We are grateful...

Feb 20, 2016

International Women's Day - Celebrating Four Strong Women

In honor of International Women's Day, we are sharing the stories of four strong women in our community. They are four women who came as refugees to Grand Rapids, Michigan in the past fifteen years, some as recent as six weeks ago. We...