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Q&A: "New Kids" author Brooke Hauser on refugee teens in America


May 2, 2012
By Kathleen Sands Adams

Chit Su in her room. When she arrived in New York from Myanmar, also known as Burma, no one in her new school spoke her language.

Photo: Brooke Hauser
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Video: John Legend performs "Wake Up" at the 2011 Freedom Award Dinner


November 22, 2011
By Kathleen Sands Adams
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John Legend performs "Wake Up"

Recording artist and IRC Voice John Legend performs his hit song "Wake Up" at a benefit dinner in support of the International Rescue Committee's lifesaving humanitarian work.

21 Nov 2011

Freedom Award Dinner 2011

Submitted by Kate Sands Adams on November 16, 2011 - 4:24pm
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November 16, 2011

On November 9, 2011 the International Rescue Committee presented the IRC Freedom Award to Tom Brokaw and his family for their humanitarian efforts. The award dinner, held at New York's Waldof-Astoria, featured special guests John Legend, David Letterman and General Colin Powell. David Gregory of "Meet the Press" served as Master of Ceremonies. 

2011 Freedom Award: Honoring the Brokaw Family


November 10, 2011
By The IRC

General Colin L. Powell applauds the Brokaw family on stage at the IRC 2011 Freedom Award Dinner in New York on November 9. F rom left to right, Dr. Jennifer Brokaw, Sarah Brokaw, Andrea Brokaw Simon, Meredith Brokaw and Tom Brokaw.

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Wake Up TV Spot

19 Oct 2011

Quoted: Clinton Global Initiative reflections


September 20, 2011
By The IRC
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Photo of the Day: Rashida Jones, New York


September 16, 2011
By The IRC
Photo: Lucy Carrigan/IRC
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Giving So Others Will Do the Same

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Giving So Others Will Do the Same
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August 28, 2011
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The Wall Street Journal - World News
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Josh S. Weston enjoys a good challenge. The 82-year-old former chief executive of Automatic Data Processing Inc. says that he likes to give in the form of a challenge grant.
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Photo Share: John Legend visits IRC HQ


June 7, 2011
By The IRC

John Legend at the International Rescue Committee's headquarters office in New York.

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