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 Former ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ interns talk about how their experience working for the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ shaped their career. 

When times are tough, our community has always risen to the challenge. Today is no different. As we face the uncertainty of the coronavirus, we think of the most vulnerable in our community.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in NJ’s Economic Empowerment team support clients with finding opportunities and in pursuing economic mobility.  The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ assisted a client through the long process and encouraged her along the way. She decided to apply for an Assistant Teacher position at a Child Learning Center in Newark, NJ. It has been an emotional and long journey, but the outcome has been transformative. She takes pride in her new role, which allows her to sharpen her professional skills, contribute to childhood education, and expand her English.  

With the generous support of Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Silver Spring provides resettlement services to facilitate the full civic integration of refugees entering the United States who reside in Montgomery County.

This World Refugee Day, we examine the pressing challenges that refugees face around the world and consider how we can address them.

Patinkin and Grody recently sat down with two ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ staff members in Elizabeth, NJ, to learn more about their experiences and how the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ helps refugees resettle in the U.S.

Astrid, her husband, and her daughter had a unique path from Cuba to Colombia to the United States. Read it in her own words below.

Mukasa Agnes Flavia came to the United States as a refugee after living in a Kenya refugee camp for 11 years. This is part one of two, on Flavia's road to resettlement.

After leaving violence, economic collapse and crippling shortages behind in Venezuela, a young family starts over in neighboring Colombia with help from the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.