From refugees to rising basketball stars

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." 6/20/17 Refugee Hoops in America's Heartland Tucked away in America's heartland, a group of refugees from South Sudan are learning to play ball with the best of them. Omaha, Nebraska, is home to the largest South Sudanese refugee population outside of Africa, and these new residents are fostering a community of top-rated basketball players.  How an Innovative Community Experiment Revitalized a Seoul Neighborhood Not long ago, the old industrial neighborhood of Yongsan in Seoul, South Korea, had a reputation for being rough around the edges. Today, it's a thriving community replete with bustling eateries, markets and vendors. This is how a group of young entrepreneurs broke the social mold and revitalized a neighborhood with homegrown enterprise. Welcome to Passion Island. This Great Big Story was made in partnership with Korean Air. Champion for a Cause: Competing for the First Olympic Refugee Team Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika were two of 10 refugees selected for the first Olympic refugee team. They both fled civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the 2016 Olympics they competed without a country. By competing in Judo at the 2016 Olympics, these athletes brought their fight and their story to a global arena. Copyright © 2017 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list