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The past year has presented many challenges for our community, but it’s also shown us the tremendous power we have when we come together as neighbors to support one another. Read about how the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ - with help from our partners and supporters - has helped newcomer families cope with the health, social, educational, and economic impacts of COVID-19.

We provide many opportunities to get involved and send a message of hope to refugees in our community.

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month. An ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ client and survivor of human trafficking shares her story with us.

̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Turlock’s Vocational ESL classroom transformed into a job fair on April 8th, as human resources directors, tech company managers and other community volunteers coached local refugees on their professional skills and interests at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Modesto site. 

The Leaders in Training program for high school upperclassmen met with ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ supporter Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer at their New York offices.

Wizie Eads was linked as a mentor with the Safi family in April 2018 after helping as an Urdu translator for a cultural orientation class. That spring, Wizie and her husband Darwin were spending time with the family when they learned that one member, Safi was walking 4 miles a day, back and forth, to take one of his eight children to elementary school.

Rose, an ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ client in New York, was invited to speak at the United Nations' celebration of the International Day of Rural Women.

Starting Wednesday, 3/18, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Dallas will close our office and all of our staff will begin working remotely. Here's what you can do to help.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Wichita is closed to staff, clients and the general public due to COVID-19. Staff will continue to communicate with clients remotely during this time.

The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Salt Lake City’s Speakers Bureau educates the community about the refugees we serve and how they can get involved.