News from Charlottesville, VA

A documentary film featuring Toni Morrison and Edwidge Danticat

A collection of photos that explores how New Roots has affected participants

Students from Tandem Friends School delivered groceries to newly-arrived families just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The fifth annual New Roots Harvest Party brought together clients, volunteers, and community members for a fun-filled afternoon.

Brighten a refugee families' holiday season.

Help to welcome newly-arrived refugee families by furnishing and decorating their apartment.

The IRC in Charlottesville is seeking volunteers with a wide range of skills to help plan the annual fundraising event We Rescue Lives, the World Refugee Day Celebration, and other IRC events. Volunteers on the Event Committee meet monthly with IRC staff to plan and execute events for the community and for IRC clients.

The IRC in Charlottesville is committed to bringing our beneficiaries from harm to home. As a part of that commitment, we provide them with necessities they will need to start rebuilding their lives here. To do this, the IRC relies on donated items from community partners that are passed into the hands of our beneficiaries free of charge either through our Resettlement Store or as part of an initial apartment setup.

Volunteers called members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee to urge them to advocate on behalf of refugees.

Goran Kajan reflects on his journey to and life in the United States, twenty years after he and his family became the first refugees to be resettled by the IRC in Charlottesville.