Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference (repost)
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference By Warren St. John
Publisher: Spi..egel & Gra..u 2009 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0385522045 | EPUB | 2 MB
Publisher: Spi..egel & Gra..u 2009 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0385522045 | EPUB | 2 MB
St. John (Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer) builds on his 2007 New York Times article about the Fugees, a soccer program for boys from families of refugees from war-torn nations who have been resettled in the town of Clarkston, Ga., 13 miles east of Atlanta. Led by the founder and coach Luma Mufleh, a strong-willed, Jordanian woman who turned her back on a privileged past to stay in America after attending Smith College, the three youth teams are a conglomeration of players from Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. The challenges they face are many, including an ongoing fight against city hall for a field on which to play, and getting by with subpar equipment.