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$4.25 Million Federal Grant for Sewing Apprentice Program Expansion
Voxn - An Idaho fashion company - and their partnership with the Idaho Department of Labor and the International Rescue Committee creates opportunities for Refugees through an Industrial Sewing Apprenticeship Program. Domestic production has increased demand, leading to an expansion of the Sewing Apprenticeship Program with the help of a $4.25 million dollar Federal Grant to the Department of Labor. Read More
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'Protector Monuments Reclaim the Pedestal': a Public Art Campaign Explores the Intersection of Storytelling, Art & Activism
As the conversations and activism around monuments grow louder, I Am Your Protector is asking people to reimagine what monuments should depict, emulate, and be celebrated with five life-sized monuments of refugees, immigrants, and minorities from around the world. Launching in NYC, but traveling to cities nationally, these monuments - created by Staten Island Joe Reginella (coined the 'Banksy of Monuments' in the New York Times )- are meant to spark the public to share protector stories from their own communities. Read More
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Hope and Life Press Announces WHO ARE YOU? WHAT IS YOUR FAITH? AMERICA'S 21st CENTURY ALT-RIGHT AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE
Maltese-American HLP founder and Catholic author Marcelle Bartolo-Abela challenges American Christians to ask if the Gospel of Trump is compatible to the Gospel of Christ. Using empirical data, she shows how the American people of faith draw the line bounded by devotion to politicians, while violating the fundamental human rights of racial and religious minorities, immigrants, refugees, and women. Read More
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Youth Fight Human Rights Abuse With Education
Human trafficking, police brutality, bullying, poverty, war and gang violence—these and other violations of human rights can surrender to education, say the delegates to the 13th annual International Human Rights Summit of Youth for Human Rights International. Read More
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World Education Foundation Partners With Teach North Korean Refugees
Former NFL Safety Marques Anderson, Founder of World Education Foundation(WEF) has partnered with Teach North Korean Refugees(TNKR) to develop education and internship opportunities to assist North Korean refugees. Read More
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Virtual Reality Creates Real Opportunities for Survivors of Persecution Around the World
Through the use of culture-specific avatars and video-conferencing technology, Safe Port Initiative is launching a global venture to deliver distance education to survivors of human trafficking, displaced refugees, and victims of systematic persecution on six continents. The pilot program for this unprecedented effort will begin in September 2016, providing culturally relevant curriculum from primary academic education to adult vocational training to 60 students in Africa and the Middle East. Read More
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Darnell Lamont Walker Is Seeking Asylum Wordwide
Seeking Asylum, Darnell Lamont Walker's documentary about escaping American tyranny, begins its journey around the world. "My hope is that this film sparks conversations that matter. Conversations about race relations, social justice, inequality, and America," Walker says. Read More
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Scientologist Sparks Movement to Help Refugee Families and Their Babies
Syrian refugees arriving in Greece by the boatload — quite literally include hundreds of Syrian mothers and parents with babies walking hundreds of miles to reach their next destination. In October Scientologist Crystal Logothetis saw the picture of a little Syrian boy lying dead on the shore of a Turkish beach. The mother of a two-year-old son of her own, she knew she had to do something about this. Read More
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Churches Come Together to Create Plan for Incoming Refugees
Churches Come Together to Create Plan for Incoming Refugees. Calming Fears, Showing Compassion, and Strengthening Long-Term Systems. Speakers include a representative from one of our 3 local resettlement agencies who will explain the refugee resettlement process. These facts will be our best defense against the understandable fear our community is feeling and will be extremely educational. Read More
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Hekaia.com - Every Stitch Changes a Syrian Refugee's Story. Announcing 100 Women Helped
Hekaia in Syrian means story. With the world attention focused on the strife in Syria, Hekaia.com, a social enterprise aiding Syrian refugees in Turkey is announcing that they've now helped change the story of over 100 women through the sales of hand stitched toys and clothes. Read More
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Burning Cigarette - the Story of Two Souls & Their Journey to Stay United
The story of 'Burning Cigarette' exposes the rigid religious barriers that exist today in the Middle East. It showcases the painful realities of those who struggle to justify their love that is deemed tainted because of the religious differences it brings. This story is not just about a woman who falls in love outside her religion but, also about a generation's attempt to attain freedom! Read More
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Exacerbating Situation Of Nigeria Refugee's In Cameroon And Niger
Plan International reinforces its presence and calls for resource mobilisation Plan International is urgently calling for more assistance for Nigeria refugees, displaced populations and hosts communities, especially for children that are the most vulnerable and the most affected, in the Far-North of Cameroon and in Niger as the influx of new refugees is increasing. Read More
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Yemin Orde Youth Village Opens Its Doors to Families from Southern Israel Seeking Relief
Yemin Orde Youth Village and Yemin Orde Educational Initiatives are serving as support and sanctuary for families from southern Israel who seek a safe haven from the terrifying constant rocket barrage in their region during Operation Protective Edge. Read More
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Friends of Yemin Orde Receives $172,000 Challenge Grant to Help Transform the Lives of Israel's Fragile Immigrant Youth
Friends of Yemin Orde has announced it has received a two-year $172,000 challenge grant from a private foundation that wishes to remain anonymous. Funds from this grant will directly impact hundreds of Israel's emotionally-fragile immigrant youth. Read More
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Friends of Yemin Orde Receives Charity Navigator's Four Star Rating for Ninth Consecutive Year
Friends of Yemin Orde is proud to announce that it has received the coveted Four Star Rating for exemplary fundraising practices from Charity Navigator, the nation's top independent charity evaluator, for the ninth consecutive year. Read More
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Senior Leadership to Change at Yemin Orde Youth Village
Village Director, Dr. Benny Fisher, Appointed to Top Management Position with Israel's Ministry of Education. Fisher will oversee 66,000 students who live in residential settings or who struggle with learning and emotional difficuties. Read More
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Yemin Orde Youth Village Graduate to Attend Brandeis University Through New Fellowship Initiative
Friends of Yemin Orde announces a new partnership between Yemin Orde Youth Village and Brandeis University, designed to enhance learning opportunities for alumni of the youth village in Israel. Read More
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Friends of Yemin Orde Releases New Video About Israel's At-Risk Children
Friends of Yemin Orde has released a new video with personal accounts of the heartbreaking stories of at-risk immigrant children at Yemin Orde Youth Village, whose troubled lives are transformed through compassionate guidance and quality education. Read More
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