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Chicago, IL - "I never get tired of traveling because I travel for my people and enjoy accomplishing something for my nation. I also love people watching. That's why I go to the airport an hour earlier, just to sit around and watch everyone and listen to my podcasts. I love people and I get joyful when I hear them laughing. We need more happiness in the world. We don't see it anymore. Everyone’s head is down, everyone is looking at their phones, everyone is so intense. There is so much conflict in the world, you don't see anyone laugh anymore. So when I do see those glimpses of joy and happiness, it makes me so happy.”Dallas, TX - “I started playing soccer in my village. It was a reason to get together as Assyrians every week. We would play soccer and then go eat or hang out. I eventually played for the Assyrian club in Urmi. When I moved to San Jose, I helped found the Infinite Sports Association. Now in Dallas, it's funny that there are a lot of empty soccer fields that you don't get elsewhere. We used to pay a lot of money to get a couple hours to play on this type of field. In San Jose, for two hours we would pay almost $250 and here in Dallas this field is free with beautiful grass, free goals, everything free.”Haslet, TX - ""We grew up going to Mar Sargis in Chicago in the late '70s and '80s. I remember when we were little kids and there was snow outside, we would fall asleep on the pews because my mom and aunts were in the choir and we were usually one of the first people there and one of the last to leave. I was also in the choir for a few years. We would never go home. We would go out to eat and then come back to the church and hang out more. My parents were also married at that church. I don't remember not having church, it was always there. I think Assyrians and church go hand in hand regardless of what church you go to."Wiesbaden, Germany - “Before deciding to become a teacher, I wanted to be a doctor. During my late high school years, I thought of teaching as an alternative because I saw good teachers and I liked the thought they put into designing their classes and engaging their students. When I tried to get into Med School, it didn’t work out and I decided to enroll in education. I started in Chemistry and English and changed to Spanish and English. Today I speak Assyrian, English, German, Spanish and a bit of Arabic. I understand some French and also studied Akkadian. With Assyrian, I hope to teach it to those who don’t speak, read or write and are interested in learning.”Dallas, TX - "Having grown up in the West, one of the positives is that my girls have the ability to empower themselves. For me, raising girls here is similar to raising boys. I’m going to teach them what I know, whether it’s science, engineering, you name it, it doesn’t make a difference to me their gender. There is no glass ceiling from my perspective, I want them to be as successful as they can be."Chicago, IL - "I grew up in a bad country and couldn’t talk about anything, even our flag because you were always scared of the government. A lot of people don’t know how this flag is special for people. That's why we do this in our yard, because we want people to recognize that if we didn’t have this American flag then we wouldn’t be sitting in this house today. People fought for this flag, for this freedom so we can sit here together and talk about being both Assyrian and American. You lose one of your identities if you don’t."Dallas, TX - “With motherhood, you first think of all of those happy times of sitting down and playing and going out. But it’s more about giving all of who you are, everything you have, plus more. When you think to yourself, ‘I’ve given everything I have,’ and then they wake up at night one more time and you say, ‘I have to do this again, I have to give more after I’ve already given everything.' It's the hardest job and it takes everything out of you, but it’s worth it and you would do it all over again when you see them happy."Chicago, IL - "I started vlogging to have a more highly produced version of an archive of my life. This year's vlog of the Assyrian convention is footage from a lot of different things. It's both the pool parties and something more in-depth and cultural, so a mix of both. I also did a lot of things that doing a vlog for wouldn't do justice, like the youth summit. You have to be there for that, it's not the same to see it, you have to be there and interact with people. One day I'm going to look back and have all of these memories nicely produced of what I did at this convention. I encourage everyone to do it."Wiesbaden, Germany - “I like poetry. I try writing it in German and in Assyrian and I write about emotional things. I put my feelings into it. When I feel bad, I write. My favorite poems are about life and failing. And sometimes about love. It makes me feel better after I write. I would never publish them. I think it's something for me so I leave it with me.”

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