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Citizen Synforose
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 04:42
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo in 2000.
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Now – nine years later – she’s about to take her test for U.S. citizenship in Portland, Maine. She talks here about what citizenship will mean for her.
Family, Derby and Nothing Else
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 05:56
Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.
Like most leagues across the country, women don’t just play. They also run the business side of the sport. Amy Martin is one woman who devotes herself to derby on – and off – the track.