Introducing Routes to Roots Podcast

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I was lucky to go to a school that included this part of our country’s history in the curriculum at all. Routes to Roots Podcast looks to ground us all in the stories we need to be reminded of as our American truth. The podcast is posting daily this week (September 15-19, 2025) as part of the Welcoming Week. While conducting the conversations for this podcast, I witnessed people considering whether offering their perspective publicly was worth the possibility of being targeted with animosity or deportation. We hope that this podcast can extinguish the false narratives about immigration in rural America and instead offer real stories from people from all backgrounds who are cultivating a sense of belonging and making their communities better.