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Portrait of Bob in 1985 - Courtesy of Bob Janowski
Bob (2nd from left) with family in Germany 1952 - courtesy of Bob Janowski
Bob and Phil Wedding 2010 - Courtesy of Bob Janowski

Bob Janowski

(October 25, 2004)   Ali Ramadan, an Iraqi lawyer from Basra, is working on grassroots democracy building.(Photo by ELLEN JASKOL)
Iraqi refugee Jaafar Al Saad rides the train home from English as a Second Language class at Emily Griffith Opportunity School.   (JUDY DEHAAS/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **
(October 25, 2004) Hayder Abdulkarim, an Iraqi doctor who volunteered with Middle East Council of Churches in Iraq to provide humanitarian assistance during the war, and since then has been an activist on behalf of interfaith dialogue

Iraqis

Mae Sot, Thailand _ The Mae Tao clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border has become an essential lifeline for Burmese refugees, offering treatment for malaria. The clinic also has a prosthetics department for land mine victims.
(from left) 34 year-old Thaw Dah Win from Myanmar, Cire Wane (cq) from Mauritania, and Bol Abiar (cq) from Sudan, follow directions written in English, as to how to re-stock a hotel room with sheets and towels
34 year-old Thaw Dah Win asks for a break during a class at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver.

Burmese in Colorado

Lesbian couple arrested at Sloan's Lake - Denver Post August 14, 1906
Woman riding the rails as a man 1931

LGBTQ History

Miriam Mohamed works on her vocabulary words during tutoring session 1993
Teacher, Norma Trujillo goes over colors with her class of Somali Bantu refugees.
In the cafeteria of Whiteman Elementary school Somali Bantu refugee women gather wearing their traditional dress to learn English in a special class.

Somalis in Colorado

Colorado Tent Company Catalog 1923
Colorado Tent Company Catalog 1923
Denver Tent Company Catalog 1919

Tent Houses

Orphans Arrive at Stapleton Airport 1975 Rocky Mountain News
Woman Holding Orphan 1975
Refugees Commemorate Fall of Saigon at Holy Cross Lutheran Church 1978 Rocky Mountain News

Vietnamese in Colorado

Photograph of a Elyria's baseball team.  The team sits in three rows, two on the ground, five on a bench, and four standing behind.  All wear their uniforms.  The upper portion of the photograph has damage and some of the faces can not been seen
Interior view of the Elyria branch of the Denver Public Library in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; decor includes open-beamed ceilings, a fireplace, book shelves, hanging lamps, French and lunette windows.

Elyria-Swansea

Toshihiro "Toshi" Kuzaki, Owner of Sushi Den June 23, 1985 - Rocky Mountain News
Yoko Cannon of Boulder Plays Koto at Boulder Art Fair 1993 - Rocky Mountain News
Kendo Demonstration at Aki Matsuri Festival - Rocky Mountain News August 8,1978

Japanese in Colorado

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