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	Podcast:		WNPR
	Episode:		After A Difficult Year, Some Hartford High Graduates Walk The Stage With A Little Extra Help
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:10
	Publish Date:		2021-06-24 13:54:44
	Description:		It’s the morning of graduation and Armani Sidik is fixing her bright blue cap over her hijab as she patiently waits for her family. At the entrance of their walk-up apartment in the North End of Hartford, the Sidik family is joyful and neighbors walk by offering congratulations. “We gave her all our love, all our guidance, she’s doing really well, that’s our baby,” said Charlette Sidik, Armani’s mother, beaming with pride. But her daughter says making it to graduation was not easy. “We [were] evicted out of our old house. And we ended up living with my grandma for the time being until we got on our feet,” Sidik said. “Then we ended up staying there for like five to six months, until we got this apartment and we were able to move here.” Sidik says starting her senior year in a new home without a stable internet connection was challenging. “I didn’t do work for a long time because I had to use my mobile hot spot on my phone and I ran out of data really quickly,” she said. In a
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