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Youth Voices: Thank You Mama
Read the fourth installment of our Youth Voices, written by Edom Fissehaye, a recent graduate from Richland Collegiate High School.
Refugee Girls Experience Prom Magic
In partnership with Dallas CASA, 16 high school girls resettled in Dallas experienced the magic of prepping for prom season.
Youth Voices: From Burma to BOMLA
Read the third installment of our Youth Voices, written by Mohamad Faizal, who is now a student at the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in Dallas.
IRC's Texas Offices Celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Week
April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week. See how the IRC's Texas offices celebrated their volunteers this year!
Staff Spotlight: Chaundra Finley-Merrell, LMSW
Meet Chaundra Finley-Merrell, LMSW, the Mental Health Coordinator for the IRC in Dallas.
Recently Resettled Refugee Races in Half Marathon
Former competitive runner places 2nd in his division in the 2018 Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon, only four months after resettling in Dallas.
Youth Voices: International Poetry Day
Youth Voices, Issue 2: March 21 is World Poetry Day, and we are highlighting poems written by two middle school students, who were both resettled in Dallas.
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Youth Voices: An Essay on the Importance of Representation
In the first installation of Youth Voices, a Dallas high school student, resettled by the IRC in 2013, pens an essay on the importance of African and African American historical representation in school.
Sixth Grade Robotics Team Tackles Clean Water Access for Refugees
Late one Thursday afternoon, a group of unlikely experts entered the IRC in Dallas' office to lay out their plan for conquering the challenge of access to clean drinking water in Bangladeshi refugee camps.