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Volunteer speaks about her time as a Family Mentor.

Be A Force For Change in the DC Metro Area

Help us directly support refugee families during COVID-19.

RYSA, now the Newcomer Youth Summer Academy (NYSA), welcomes dozens of Peer Mentors as key team members each year. Alice, a Peer Mentor for RYSA 2020 - a virtual and unusual year - offers her reflections below. Inspired? Volunteer with NYSA 2021

CAF America: Creating a More Equitable Lens for Supporting Overlooked Countries Struck by Disaster

An Afghan SIV client reflects on his success gained through the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡'s Career Pathways program in Sacramento.

Boi Pessima came to the U.S. in 2005 to reunite with her father and siblings to obtain better care for her daughter Mary but leaving her oldest son behind in Sirra Leone. Five years after receiving her green card, she applied for citizenship but was denied twice. She reached out to the immigration team at the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and with their support she was able to pass her interview. Now, fourteen years after her arrival in the U.S., she is a U.S. citizen and is excited to vote.

A message of hope to the Iowa community, from ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Iowa's Exeuctive Director, Sarah Terlouw, after the U.S. Election results.

In October, more than 200 newly arrived refugees received winter wear as part of the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in Salt Lake City’s Warm Welcome Winter Clothing Drive. 

An intense war in Ukraine has created mass displacement and is fueling a humanitarian crisis unlike any in Europe since World War II.