News from Salt Lake City, UT

In June, 15 refugee youth met with employees at Celtic Bank to learn about careers opportunities in the banking industry.

Through the IRC in Salt Lake City’s early employment program, Iver, an asylee from Venezuela, found a job in his preferred field as he and his family began their life in the United States.

On Saturday, June 15, refugees gathered for the IRC in Salt Lake City’s annual Refugee Health Fair to learn more about navigating the healthcare system, mental health, healthy relationships, and nutrition.

Utah remains committed to being a welcoming community for the world’s refugee population—get involved and send a message of hope to refugees arriving to the Beehive State!

Natalie El-Deiry, former deputy director who co-founded Spice Kitchen Incubator and strived to expand and deepen other strategic initiatives, started in her new role as executive director in April 2019.

The IRC in Salt Lake City offers several team oriented volunteer opportunities. These activities range from group work days at a refugee garden or ranch to organizing a fundraising event.

The IRC in Salt Lake City is proud to partner with Empower SLC to educate the refugee and new American populations we serve on reducing energy consumption & lowering energy costs along the way.

Goldman Sachs’ employees learned about IRC in Salt Lake City women’s empowerment programming and held a month-long donation drive in honor of Women’s History Month to support newly resettled refugees in our community.

Within a year of arriving in Salt Lake City, Abdul Bari noticed a need in his school and took action: he started a robotics club focused on inclusion, where 90% of club members come from a refugee or immigrant background.

Nine New Roots gardeners took photos to document the impacts the program has on their lives as part of a participatory action research method, PhotoVoice.