Liz Lizama
@lizlizama.bsky.social
📰 Telling powerful stories at the intersection of sports & migration
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Liz Lizama
@lizlizama.bsky.social
· Apr 6
🚨 Just launched The Moving Game, a weekly newsletter exploring how migration + sport shape each other.
⚽ Check out my first story from Messi’s global journey to youth programs using soccer to promote social inclusion.
💌 Subscribe for free → themovinggame.substack.com
⚽ Check out my first story from Messi’s global journey to youth programs using soccer to promote social inclusion.
💌 Subscribe for free → themovinggame.substack.com
🏒 Alex #Ovechkin broke the NHL’s all-time scoring record earlier this month and is leading the #ALLCAPS through another playoff run. My latest examines the Russian-born star’s legacy from transforming D.C.’s #hockey culture to the ongoing controversy over his ties to #Putin.
📖 Read: bit.ly/4lKSQOb
📖 Read: bit.ly/4lKSQOb
April 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🏒 Alex #Ovechkin broke the NHL’s all-time scoring record earlier this month and is leading the #ALLCAPS through another playoff run. My latest examines the Russian-born star’s legacy from transforming D.C.’s #hockey culture to the ongoing controversy over his ties to #Putin.
📖 Read: bit.ly/4lKSQOb
📖 Read: bit.ly/4lKSQOb
The USAID-funded @univofmaryland.bsky.social program taught #Afghan women how to farm, sell food & train others in their communities in order to boost food security and livelihoods. Now, many of the #women are at risk since the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban’s return to power. Read more ⤵️
These aid workers are still trying to get their Afghan allies to safety
Sophia Wilcox’s work to bring her Afghan team to the U.S. has always been difficult. Now the pressure is mounting even more. The Taliban is targeting Afghans who worked with the U.S.,…
cnsmaryland.org
April 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The USAID-funded @univofmaryland.bsky.social program taught #Afghan women how to farm, sell food & train others in their communities in order to boost food security and livelihoods. Now, many of the #women are at risk since the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban’s return to power. Read more ⤵️
Reposted by Liz Lizama
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
“We are like oil to our government,” said one Ethiopian domestic worker.
Migrant women power economies with billions in remittances and yet are exploited and excluded far too often.
📰 Must-read by Naila Aroni for @africasacountry.bsky.social
🔗 africasacountry.com/2025/04/the-...
Migrant women power economies with billions in remittances and yet are exploited and excluded far too often.
📰 Must-read by Naila Aroni for @africasacountry.bsky.social
🔗 africasacountry.com/2025/04/the-...
The cost of care
In Africa’s migration economy, women’s labor fuels households abroad while their own needs are sidelined at home. What does freedom look like when care itself becomes a form of exile?
africasacountry.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“We are like oil to our government,” said one Ethiopian domestic worker.
Migrant women power economies with billions in remittances and yet are exploited and excluded far too often.
📰 Must-read by Naila Aroni for @africasacountry.bsky.social
🔗 africasacountry.com/2025/04/the-...
Migrant women power economies with billions in remittances and yet are exploited and excluded far too often.
📰 Must-read by Naila Aroni for @africasacountry.bsky.social
🔗 africasacountry.com/2025/04/the-...
🚨 Just launched The Moving Game, a weekly newsletter exploring how migration + sport shape each other.
⚽ Check out my first story from Messi’s global journey to youth programs using soccer to promote social inclusion.
💌 Subscribe for free → themovinggame.substack.com
⚽ Check out my first story from Messi’s global journey to youth programs using soccer to promote social inclusion.
💌 Subscribe for free → themovinggame.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🚨 Just launched The Moving Game, a weekly newsletter exploring how migration + sport shape each other.
⚽ Check out my first story from Messi’s global journey to youth programs using soccer to promote social inclusion.
💌 Subscribe for free → themovinggame.substack.com
⚽ Check out my first story from Messi’s global journey to youth programs using soccer to promote social inclusion.
💌 Subscribe for free → themovinggame.substack.com
A heartwarming story of how Marylanders opened their home to those fleeing war. Sadly, these types of programs are now suspended, leaving many in limbo. #WelcomeRefugees
Full story from @baltimorebrew.bsky.social @danrodricks.bsky.social here ⤵️
Full story from @baltimorebrew.bsky.social @danrodricks.bsky.social here ⤵️
Ukrainians who fled war worry about winds of change from Washington | Baltimore Brew
A Harford County woman took this mother and daughter in, but they wonder if the U.S. government under Donald Trump might push them out.
www.baltimorebrew.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A heartwarming story of how Marylanders opened their home to those fleeing war. Sadly, these types of programs are now suspended, leaving many in limbo. #WelcomeRefugees
Full story from @baltimorebrew.bsky.social @danrodricks.bsky.social here ⤵️
Full story from @baltimorebrew.bsky.social @danrodricks.bsky.social here ⤵️
Know your rights at the border 🛂
🇺🇸 U.S. citizens: guaranteed entry
🟩 Green-card holders: only an immigration judge can revoke status
📘 Visa holders: fewest protections—CBP can deny entry if questions aren't answered
More tips from @irap.bsky.social in this @npr.org piece ⬇️
🇺🇸 U.S. citizens: guaranteed entry
🟩 Green-card holders: only an immigration judge can revoke status
📘 Visa holders: fewest protections—CBP can deny entry if questions aren't answered
More tips from @irap.bsky.social in this @npr.org piece ⬇️
What green-card and visa holders should know before traveling abroad
Recently, green-card and visa holders have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports. Immigration attorneys give tips on how reduce the chances of running into problems while traveling.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Know your rights at the border 🛂
🇺🇸 U.S. citizens: guaranteed entry
🟩 Green-card holders: only an immigration judge can revoke status
📘 Visa holders: fewest protections—CBP can deny entry if questions aren't answered
More tips from @irap.bsky.social in this @npr.org piece ⬇️
🇺🇸 U.S. citizens: guaranteed entry
🟩 Green-card holders: only an immigration judge can revoke status
📘 Visa holders: fewest protections—CBP can deny entry if questions aren't answered
More tips from @irap.bsky.social in this @npr.org piece ⬇️
Reposted by Liz Lizama
There were 18 players from Cuba & 58 from Venezuela in the MLB in 2024. But even those with visas might have issues entering the U.S. Castaneda says this ban would also have a big impact on minor-league baseball by making it harder to recruit from abroad.
https://shorturl.at/wTXpt
https://shorturl.at/wTXpt
March 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There were 18 players from Cuba & 58 from Venezuela in the MLB in 2024. But even those with visas might have issues entering the U.S. Castaneda says this ban would also have a big impact on minor-league baseball by making it harder to recruit from abroad.
https://shorturl.at/wTXpt
https://shorturl.at/wTXpt
I’m working on a new #media project exploring the intersection of #sports and #migration and would love your insights to help shape the topics and format. If you have 5 minutes, please take this quick survey ⤵️
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📋 Audience Survey
📢 Before launching my new media project, I’d love your input! This quick survey (5 minutes) will help shape the topics, format and direction to make sure it’s valuable and relevant to my audience.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’m working on a new #media project exploring the intersection of #sports and #migration and would love your insights to help shape the topics and format. If you have 5 minutes, please take this quick survey ⤵️
🔗 forms.gle/swUfBTwoRXUH...
🔗 forms.gle/swUfBTwoRXUH...
Reposted by Liz Lizama
In April 2022, Ukrainian mother Yana Felos arrived in London with no friends, no family and no community – just one suitcase and her young daughter in tow.
However, after close to three years of war, the situation has flipped. Felos says she has nothing to return to in Ukraine.
However, after close to three years of war, the situation has flipped. Felos says she has nothing to return to in Ukraine.
After years of war, the lives of 6.8 million Ukrainian refugees are mired in uncertainty | CNN
Her home engulfed by war, Ukrainian mother Yana Felos found herself in Britain with no friends, no family and no community. Nearly three years later, she says she has nothing to return to in Ukraine.
www.cnn.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:59 AM
In April 2022, Ukrainian mother Yana Felos arrived in London with no friends, no family and no community – just one suitcase and her young daughter in tow.
However, after close to three years of war, the situation has flipped. Felos says she has nothing to return to in Ukraine.
However, after close to three years of war, the situation has flipped. Felos says she has nothing to return to in Ukraine.
Hello, Bluesky 👋
Excited to chat about migration & humanitarian issues with a little side of sports.
Excited to chat about migration & humanitarian issues with a little side of sports.
November 18, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Hello, Bluesky 👋
Excited to chat about migration & humanitarian issues with a little side of sports.
Excited to chat about migration & humanitarian issues with a little side of sports.