Posts by mwylie
World Relief CEO Issues Statement Responding to DHS Proposed Rule Restricting Asylum Seeker Work Eligibility
Global evangelical humanitarian organization comments on DHS proposed rule restricting asylum seeker work eligibility
Read MoreWorld Relief Condemns DHS Move to Strip Protections from Previously Approved Refugees, Violating Promises U.S. Made to Those Fleeing Persecution
Faith leaders call for swift reversal and reinstatement of full protections made to most vetted category of immigrant
Read MoreWorld Relief Condemns ICE Detentions of Lawfully Present Refugees
“Operation PARRIS” in MN violates U.S. invitation to refugees, terrorizes innocent families
Read MoreThanksgiving Remembered and Remade
While no holiday can ever compete with my love of (or perhaps more accurately, my fanaticism about) Christmas, today I find myself wistfully musing on Thanksgivings past. While Christmas captures my love of wonder and magic, Thanksgiving conjures up longings for family. Thanksgiving began, in the Crites household, well before that long-awaited Thursday. Dad (who…
Read MoreHow To Be an Advocate: 10 Ways
Displaced families need your help. Here are 10 ways you can partner with World Relief to help displaced families flourish.
Read MoreChristmas Displaced
Lately I have been musing on how often the Christmas story describes people being displaced from their homes. The most obvious example, and the subject of countless Christmas pageants, is the Holy Family leaving Nazareth to trek 90 miles south to Bethlehem. It couldn’t have been easy. The road was not always safe, Mary was…
Read MoreAnnouncement: WRD’s Run for Refugees 5k
Join us for World Relief Durham’s first Run for Refugees 5k on October 26, 2024 on Duke University’s East Campus. Today, there are over 120 million people around the globe who have been forced to leave their homes. Threatened by extreme persecution, violence, and oppression, they left behind everything familiar to seek a life free from fear. For some, their…
Read MoreWRD Women’s Health Event
World Relief Durham (WRD) hosted their first ever Women’s Health Event for Refugee and other Immigrant women to learn more about healthcare in the U.S. and healthy habits. “Even as a woman from the U.S., I was not taught about women’s health in detail until adulthood.” Our Health and Wellness Senior Specialist, Julleah Fink, shared…
Read MoreEmpowering Change: How Biblical Advocacy Shapes Our Response to Global Crises
For eighty years, our staff and our vast, global network of church-based volunteers have come alongside those facing crises of disease, hunger, poverty and displacement, directly meeting physical and spiritual needs.
Read MoreFour Ways We Can Improve Our Immigration System
Over the past several months, Americans have been inundated with news and imagery from the U.S.-Mexico border. As policies have shifted, historically high numbers of people have arrived, including many intending to seek asylum in the United States. People often ask me how we, as Christians, should respond to stories like these. We want to…
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