Our Stories September 26, 2019 In the past three years, refugee and immigrant resettlement has declined, deportations have increased, and the … Valley Interfaith Council May 3, 2019 It’s wildly colorful, and yet deftly organized. It’s bright and engaging, first stimulating and then calming … Norine April 10, 2019 Refugee, Joshua Preaches in Swahili & English at 1st Baptist Church April 2019 | Photography © John Curtis At … 1st Baptist Church | Joshua Ruzibuka March 22, 2019 Sabeena's Story March 2019Written by: John Curtis In 2014 Sabeena Ali retired after 30 years as an occupational … Sabeena March 11, 2019 “Boxes, bikes, and then a friend. It widens your world view.” March 2019 | By: John … Boxes, bikes, and then a friend. It widens your world view. February 13, 2019 I'll Jump When I See Them February 2019 A portrait of Kamal, a refugee from Darfur. Painting by Linnéa … I’ll Jump When I See Them January 21, 2019 Empowering Women January 2019 | Photography © Lucy Gellman Zafa's Story Zafa is a 27-year-old mother from Afghanistan who arrived … Empowering Women December 12, 2018 Taha's Story December 2018 Written by Lisa DiLullo | Photo by Lena Kovalenko When Taha Al-Hayder says 2018 was his … Taha’s Story November 19, 2018 Q&A with Daad Serweri July 2018 Daad Serweri arrived to the U.S. in 2017 from Afghanistan … Q&A with Daad Serweri November 15, 2018 Donna Golden, Cultural CompanionNovember 2018 | Photo credit: Lena Kovalenko Donna Golden began volunteering with IRIS over … Cultural Companions to Refugees November 5, 2018 Helping families from Hamden to Morocco, Nepal and beyond July 2018 Ask Alexine Casanova what she finds fulfilling … Helping families from Hamden, to Morocco, Nepal and beyond November 5, 2018 Mariela's Story July 2018 Almost twelve years ago, Mariela came to Connecticut from Cuba in search of freedom … Mariela’s Story July 12, 2018 Fatima's Story July 2018 Imagine standing up in front of your peers and their families to … Fatima’s Story May 29, 2018 When other kids were in school, Gladys Mwilelo recalled, she was standing in line for water … New Haven Independent – A Refugee’s Story May 25, 2018 New Company Golden Gate Offers Refugees Work and a Second Family May 2018 – Article and photo by John Curtis On … New Company Golden Gate Offers Refugees Work and a Second Family May 16, 2018 Families Still Separated, More Than a Year Later April 6, 2018 Will the administration keep … Families still separated, more than a year later Load More
September 26, 2019 In the past three years, refugee and immigrant resettlement has declined, deportations have increased, and the … Valley Interfaith Council
May 3, 2019 It’s wildly colorful, and yet deftly organized. It’s bright and engaging, first stimulating and then calming … Norine
April 10, 2019 Refugee, Joshua Preaches in Swahili & English at 1st Baptist Church April 2019 | Photography © John Curtis At … 1st Baptist Church | Joshua Ruzibuka
March 22, 2019 Sabeena's Story March 2019Written by: John Curtis In 2014 Sabeena Ali retired after 30 years as an occupational … Sabeena
March 11, 2019 “Boxes, bikes, and then a friend. It widens your world view.” March 2019 | By: John … Boxes, bikes, and then a friend. It widens your world view.
February 13, 2019 I'll Jump When I See Them February 2019 A portrait of Kamal, a refugee from Darfur. Painting by Linnéa … I’ll Jump When I See Them
January 21, 2019 Empowering Women January 2019 | Photography © Lucy Gellman Zafa's Story Zafa is a 27-year-old mother from Afghanistan who arrived … Empowering Women
December 12, 2018 Taha's Story December 2018 Written by Lisa DiLullo | Photo by Lena Kovalenko When Taha Al-Hayder says 2018 was his … Taha’s Story
November 19, 2018 Q&A with Daad Serweri July 2018 Daad Serweri arrived to the U.S. in 2017 from Afghanistan … Q&A with Daad Serweri
November 15, 2018 Donna Golden, Cultural CompanionNovember 2018 | Photo credit: Lena Kovalenko Donna Golden began volunteering with IRIS over … Cultural Companions to Refugees
November 5, 2018 Helping families from Hamden to Morocco, Nepal and beyond July 2018 Ask Alexine Casanova what she finds fulfilling … Helping families from Hamden, to Morocco, Nepal and beyond
November 5, 2018 Mariela's Story July 2018 Almost twelve years ago, Mariela came to Connecticut from Cuba in search of freedom … Mariela’s Story
July 12, 2018 Fatima's Story July 2018 Imagine standing up in front of your peers and their families to … Fatima’s Story
May 29, 2018 When other kids were in school, Gladys Mwilelo recalled, she was standing in line for water … New Haven Independent – A Refugee’s Story
May 25, 2018 New Company Golden Gate Offers Refugees Work and a Second Family May 2018 – Article and photo by John Curtis On … New Company Golden Gate Offers Refugees Work and a Second Family
May 16, 2018 Families Still Separated, More Than a Year Later April 6, 2018 Will the administration keep … Families still separated, more than a year later
