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Thanks to all who voiced support for U.S. #CIR! What your calls on the Senate immigration reform bill achieved: t.co/z5OAvG7uFs
May 24, 2013
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RT @DocEdH: The best of @theIRC: amazing local staff -in this case Immaculee M- listening thoughtfully to a community leader t.co/LH…
May 24, 2013
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@angusa Thx for your interest in working with us! Positions posted at t.co/w3SDWahSdt; if a position isn't there it's no longer open.
May 24, 2013
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A woman awaits a checkup at an IRC clinic inside #Syria. t.co/KYCuHf1zWA Photo: Peter Biro/IRC t.co/qptp52tHvi
May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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Iraqi Refugees
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 11th, 2010
Haider Alzubaidy, a native of Baghdad, Iraq, remembers running to school to avoid being shot by a sniper. Haider is now a student at the IRC's Summer Youth Academy, learning how to adjust to life and education in New York City. more »
Posted in Resettlement, US - New York, NY | Tags: children, youth, refugees, Iraqi refugees, education |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 30th, 2010
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, anna husarska, humanitarian |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on March 20th, 2010
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq | Tags: refugees, George Rupp, humanitarian, Morton Abramowitz |
Posted by The.IRC on September 4th, 2009
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, United States, Iraq | Tags: refugees, video, humanitarian |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on July 29th, 2009
Said Rifai, from Baghdad, never wanted to consider himself a refugee, but the aspiring-architect-turned-reporter's work for the Los Angeles Times put him in constant danger. more »
Posted in Resettlement, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, humanitarian, New York City, NYC, photos | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on March 6th, 2009
For a big chunk of January, I was in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Northern Iraq, talking with Iraqis who fled their homes because they were targeted for violence. Their stories are reflected in a letter to President Obama that I co-drafted and that IRC has signed, along with 43 other leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, United States, Iraq | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Obama | 2 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on February 27th, 2009
Today, President Obama made a major speech about U.S. Iraq policy that included a statement about the situation for vulnerable Iraqis — inside Iraq and in the region as refugees — and the planned U.S. response. more »
Posted in War, United States, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, Barack Obama, humanitarian, Iraq war | 2 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 25th, 2009
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Bob Carey, humanitarian |
Posted by The.IRC on February 19th, 2009
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, War, United States, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Acrassicauda, Baghdad, Emily Holland, humanitarian, Metallica, music, resettlement |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 3rd, 2009
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Acrassicauda, Baghdad, Emily Holland, humanitarian, Metallica, music, resettlement |
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