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Akeel’s art mixes darkness and light to reflect the struggle and hope of the refugee experience. But there is more. As Akeel puts it, he wants his art to communicate that “the Iraqi people love peace, art, and liberty, not war.”

MAKE is a consortium of food-based social enterprises of the ̽����ѡ (̽����ѡ) in San Diego and housed within its Food and Farming Program.

The Ayala family arrived in Baltimore in September 2018 after fleeing their home country of El Salvador. The family of six spent their first few months building their new life in Maryland. They took English classes, took English classes, and established a great foundation for their new life. However, it was not until recently that the family got a real opportunity to make friends and not only experience American culture, but share their culture with Americans.

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the ̽����ѡ has made some changes to our programs and operations in order to help prevent the spread of the illness in our community and to protect the health of our clients, onsite partners, volunteers, and staff.

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A spotlight on two women, Celeste and Chelsea, making history by serving AmeriCorps.

The Queens Community has truly made the garden on 69th Street their home during the 2022 Spring-Summer Farming season!  As a safe space for collective gardening and community engagement, the New Roots Community Garden (NRCG) has beautifully flourished and become firmly rooted in the Queens Community.  

In 2021, Fady Bishay started his business, The Legend of Design LLC, a mall kiosk retailer of Crocs shoe charms (jibbitz) with multiple locations in Georgia and Texas.

The number of Americans of all political beliefs who support refugees has only increased as the U.S. sees a groundswell of support for Afghans seeking safety.