Date 14/12/2015 - News People
The story of a Syrian doctor stricken with cancer, and father of seven, in the process of being resettled to Troy, Michigan, has raised nearly $400,000 dollars thanks in part to the work of actor Ed Norton. Even President Obama extended a welcome message. Writing on the CrowdRise fundraising site he?s using to raise the funds, Norton says he read the story and said it moved him to tears. This man has suffered profound loss that would crush the spirit of many people. If we don?t welcome people like this into our communities and empower his dream of making an impact with his life, then we?re not the country we tell ourselves we are.