Our Stories November 12, 2019 When Fardeen Shahnan was five years old, his family left Afghanistan for a safer haven in... Fardeen & Spozhmai become Citizens 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... 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... Sabeena March 11, 2019 “Boxes, bikes, and then a friend. It widens your world view.” March 2019 | By:... 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... 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... Empowering Women December 12, 2018 Taha’s Story December 2018 Written by Lisa DiLullo | Photo by Lena Kovalenko When Taha Al-Hayder... Taha’s Story November 19, 2018 Q&A with Daad Serweri July 2018 Daad Serweri arrived to the U.S. in 2017 from... Q&A with Daad Serweri November 15, 2018 Donna Golden, Cultural CompanionNovember 2018 | Photo credit: Lena Kovalenko Donna Golden began volunteering with IRIS... Cultural Companions to Refugees November 5, 2018 Helping families from Hamden to Morocco, Nepal and beyond July 2018 Ask Alexine Casanova what... 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... 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... New Company Golden Gate Offers Refugees Work and a Second Family
November 12, 2019 When Fardeen Shahnan was five years old, his family left Afghanistan for a safer haven in... Fardeen & Spozhmai become Citizens
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... 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... Sabeena
March 11, 2019 “Boxes, bikes, and then a friend. It widens your world view.” March 2019 | By:... 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... 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... Empowering Women
December 12, 2018 Taha’s Story December 2018 Written by Lisa DiLullo | Photo by Lena Kovalenko When Taha Al-Hayder... Taha’s Story
November 19, 2018 Q&A with Daad Serweri July 2018 Daad Serweri arrived to the U.S. in 2017 from... Q&A with Daad Serweri
November 15, 2018 Donna Golden, Cultural CompanionNovember 2018 | Photo credit: Lena Kovalenko Donna Golden began volunteering with IRIS... Cultural Companions to Refugees
November 5, 2018 Helping families from Hamden to Morocco, Nepal and beyond July 2018 Ask Alexine Casanova what... 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... 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... New Company Golden Gate Offers Refugees Work and a Second Family
