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Commentary: When refugees arrive, who’s really welcoming whom?

By Jason Yon, Local Outreach and Mercy Director at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church in Upstate, South Carolina. Amid the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the name of the game was action: clearing trees out of roads, assessing damage and working to get back to “normal” as quickly as possible.  As the local outreach and mercy director at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church, part…

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Immigrants Are More Than a Label: How Volunteering Changed One Perspective 

What does it really mean to give immigrants and refugees a place at your table?  For Sara, a Cultural Companion with World Relief Memphis, the answer unfolded slowly: through shared meals, laughter, language barriers, and the quiet courage of a family starting over in a foreign country. After a year of accompanying an immigrant family, her understanding…

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When Past Trauma Meets New Uncertainty

Refugees in the U.S. fear the escalation in immigration activities that has gripped Minnesota — an escalation that has targeted lawfully present refugees. Learn more about these refugee detentions.

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