The Push-Pull Factor

Aidan Dennis

The Push-Pull Factor is a podcast that bolsters the stories of migrants by allowing them to share their personal journeys, demystifying the idea that migration can be understood by a single story. Join Aidan and his rotating guest hosts as they tell their migration stories.

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    Ep. 20: Immigrant Turned Immigration Attorney: From Sierra Leone to the U.S. (ft. Kiki)

    Despite Sierra Leonean and Nigerian heritage Nkechi ""Kiki"" Gillman was actually born in Germany and had quite an immigrant journey across a few countries before finding herself in the U.S. and becoming both a citizen and a lawyer. Currently self-employed and managing her own immigration law firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota Kiki is no stranger to the immigration process as she has gone through it herself and has held several different statuses throughout her life journey. We have quite the conversation in this episode and finally we get to speak with an immigration lawyer about their day to day! We touch on her life and her experiences coming from Sierra Leone initially to the Bahamas and then to the United States, what drew her specifically to wanting to be an immigration lawyer and how personal the work is to her, the nitty gritty detail of her Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) casework and the harsh reality of being an immigration lawyer in today’s America. You won't want to miss a thing learning from one of the most informed and charismatic immigration lawyers in the States. Learn more about Kiki and Gillman Immigration: https://gillmanimmigration.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gillman_immigration/?hl=en Check us out on more platforms: https://pushpullfactor.com/ https://twitter.com/pushpullfactor https://www.instagram.com/pushpullfactor/

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    Ep. 17: One of the Lost Girls: From South Sudan to Kenya to the United States (ft. Tabitha)

    There were thousands of victims of the civil war that emerged in Sudan in the 1900s and many of them were young children who marched alone, thousands of miles, before arriving at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya that had a massive young population. The UNHCR quickly got involved and in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State approximately 3,600 young refugees were brought to cities all over the United States. While this generation started to gain notoriety as the “Lost Boys of [South] Sudan” there were still an unrepresented group that got overlooked in the popular consciousness but was still part of the equation - The Lost Girls of Sudan. Of these 3,600 refugees less than 100 of them were women and one of them is speaking with us today. Tabitha, photographer and pre-school teacher, earnestly shares her journey as one of the 89 Lost Girls of Sudan who found their way in the United States. Her cheerful demeanor and matter-of-fact recollection brings you on a story from her upbringing in Kakuma to her first arrival in Mississippi - which grew into quite a life where she has now married one of the Lost Boys of Sudan and currently resides in Houston. We have quite the conversation which stems culture, food, parenting and the trials and tribulations of life itself - you can’t miss this one! Sources: https://www.rescue.org/article/lost-boys-sudan https://www.rotary.org/en/lost-girls-south-sudan Check us out on more platforms: https://pushpullfactor.com/ https://twitter.com/pushpullfactor https://www.instagram.com/pushpullfactor/

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The Push-Pull Factor is a podcast that bolsters the stories of migrants by allowing them to share their personal journeys, demystifying the idea that migration can be understood by a single story. Join Aidan and his rotating guest hosts as they tell their migration stories.