Conversation
Partners
The core of the organization
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Conversation Partners are exceptional individuals who hold a love of their language and sharing that with students through language learning. Their passion for language and culture provides them with unique expertise to help others in their language learning journey.
Conversation Partners come from a diverse range of areas and cultures. They are originally from Syria, Iraq, Mexico, Venezuela, the United States, Costa Rica, Colombia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Conversations Unbound welcomes all those who identify as having a background of forced displacement
Though all Conversation Partners have a background of forced displacement, no displacement experience is the same.
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Some have fled violent conflict or persecution.
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Others lacked job opportunities in their home country and were forced to migrate to support themselves and their families.
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Others are first-generation citizens negotiating their displacement history within the context of their xenophobic, anti-immigrant nation-states.
We recognize that forced displacement is both an immediate, raw experience and one that can impact families for generations.