In his weekly Roaming St. Louis segment, KMOX host Scott Jagow visits the International Institute in the Tower Grove East neighborhood. Started in 1919, the organization is among the best in the country at transitioning refugees and other immigrants to life in the United States.
Scott chats with Senior VP of Talent Development and Advocacy Blake Hamilton about the language, education, housing, and job components that are part of the process. Plus, the Institute is the driving force behind the Festival of Nations. What's the history and evolution of that event? Listen below the series of photos.
The International Institute is housed in a former convent and high school in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of South CityScott Jagow
Vendors selling their wares at the Festival of Nations in Tower Grove Park.Scott Jagow
The Festival of Nations draws more than 100,000 people a year to the event in Tower Grove Park. It actually dates back to 1934.Scott Jagow
Behind the scenes at the International Institute in preparation for the annual Festival of NationsScott Jagow
Blake Hamilton, senior vice president of talent development and advocacy at the International InstituteScott Jagow
Kmox reporter Stuart McMillan and his wife Jennifer, a native of Bolivia, sell authentic, homemade Bolivian food at the Festival of Nations.Scott Jagow
