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From Survival to Strength: Refugees Finding Their Place in the Workforce

By chicagoland | May 29, 2025

This blog is a guest blog written by World Relief Chicagoland Employment Specialist, Barb Galli Watching a young Eritrean mother stride confidently into work three weeks after starting her first job reminded me why I do what I do at World Relief. It was her first day of work and I was dropping her off…

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20 Ways to Learn More About Refugees

20 Ways to Learn More About Refugees

By chicagoland | June 3, 2022

Around the world, 103 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes — the highest number in recorded history. Of those, 32.5 million are considered refugees, having fled across an international border due to war, violence, conflict or persecution.…

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Ali’s Story: A Pharmacist Using His Skills to Give Back to Other Refugees

Ali’s Story: A Refugee Pharmacist Using His Career to Give Back to Others

By Gaby Keim | May 24, 2022

In 2010, a man named Ali AlQaisi arrived to the U.S. as a refugee from Iraq. At home in Baghdad, he had worked as a pharmacist. But when he and his family arrived to the United States, he faced the…

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5 Ways You Can Lead in Your Community

By Nathan White | May 10, 2022

Creating communities of love and welcome requires all of us. We believe that we each have a part to play and as Susan Sperry reflects in last week’s blog, we all can lead from where we are. For many of…

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How to Lead from Where You Are

By chicagoland | May 5, 2022

Leadership reflection from World Relief Chicagoland Executive Director Susan Sperry. At World Relief, we regularly say that we want to create communities of love and welcome. I believe that this is an important vision. In fact, it’s a guiding idea…

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