Over 700 new citizens were sworn in at a ceremony at War Memorial Auditorium yesterday:
Monica Walker of Peru met her husband on a vacation here. Mensan Kinvi of Togo, along with his family, moved here for better opportunities. Helen Hobbs of England, who along with her husband moved here decades ago for work, never wanted to leave.
……Kinvi, posing for a photo in front of the auditorium, said his family, which has settled in Charlotte, had come here for a number of reasons. Better health care. Better education. And simply a better chance to make something of their lives – to be out from under a system in which, he said, corruption rules and political affiliations are how you advance and prosper.
It’s good to know there’s still faith in this country during this trying time.
