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From Refugee to Creating Lasting Change

September 1, 2023 | Comments Off

Oksana’s Story Oksana Verovaya and her husband embarked on a daunting journey, fleeing Ukraine with their two small children, and seeking refuge in the U.S. Their escape was driven by the persecution they faced as Christians, which compelled them to seek safety and freedom in a foreign land. First fleeing to Moscow, they had to…

When Statistics Lie

January 25, 2018

Earlier this week, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security jointly released a new report focused on “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.”

Enough is Enough

January 12, 2018

Writing in 1921 after the first World War, English poet WB Yeats wrote a poem entitled “The Second Coming,“…

World Relief Statement on President Trump’s Reported Immigration Comments

January 12, 2018

Since last evening, a national conversation has unfolded on news and social media channels in response to President Trump’s reported comments regarding immigrants from Haiti and from African countries, spoken during a meeting this week with Congressional leaders.

Love Never Fails

December 28, 2017

Sometimes it feels as though the world is on fire. Each day of 2017 brought a new story that reminded us that we live in a world seemingly settled on top of tinder, full of angry people running around with match in hand. We see the flames of war, terrorism, sexual violence, racism and continued violence against the refugee and immigrant raging around us and growing in intensity.