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Veronica Espina is the board president of the Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network (SIAN). She spoke with Community Voices about the organization which organized in response to negative speech about immigrants. Since its inception the organization has worked to educate the community about the contributions made by immigrants. Espina also spoke about the need to ask immigrant communities what they need before donating items and how to "do no harm."

Veronica Espina is the board president of the Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network (SIAN). She spoke with Community Voices about the organization which organized in response to negative speech about immigrants. Since its inception the organization has worked to educate the community about the contributions made by immigrants. Espina also spoke about the need to ask immigrant communities what they need before donating items and how to "do no harm."

Nicolas Paz is the owner and chef at AZ-T-CA restaurant in Springfield. He grew up in Bolivia, which is a small South American country and came to America…

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Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, is denouncing recent anti-Muslim statements from his party's front-runner for president, but he's sticking to his…

The picture of the mosque shown on the network news that terrible week of September 11 looked familiar. And for good reason. Just last summer, Illinois…