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Celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week in Atlanta
The IRC in Atlanta’s Microenterprise Development (MED) program is proud to support refugee and immigrant business owners from around the world—to honor the culture, passion and ideas these innovators bring to the Atlanta community, we spent the week of November 13 – 19 celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week.
- Announcement
- February 27, 2024
Volunteer Spotlight: Judy Denison
Judy Denison has been volunteering with the IRC in Denver for many years, but she has supported refugees for much longer. She works to serve her community through collaborative, mutually-empowering relationships.
- Announcement
- November 13, 2024
VGF Day!
April 21 is AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (VGF) Day! The IRC is proud to harness the power of volunteers alongside AmeriCorps VGF through the Youth Futures Tutor Improvement Project, a 3-year multi-site initiative focused on supporting Education & Youth teams to strengthen and expand volunteer tutor programs.
- Announcement
- April 15, 2025
How the Emergency Rescue Committee became the International Rescue Committee and where we are today
Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organization became the International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years. Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.
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Rock for Refugees
Rock for Refugees not only brought Nathan Hale High School senior Emmett Lucas one step closer to graduation, it took his senior project outside of the classroom and onto the stage. The event drew more than 150 people and raised an estimated $1,400 in support of the IRC.
- Announcement
- May 15, 2017
Backpacks and coats for refugees
When Eielnata started first grade in a local elementary school this fall, she had a new backpack filled with school supplies. Over the years, the IRC has worked with many community groups and individuals to provide new backpacks and other needed items to support refugees and immigrants as they start school in Baltimore.
- Announcement
- October 31, 2019
Little girl braves war and cancer in Yemen
Yousra has cancer in her left eye and is trapped by war in Yemen. While she is being treated at an IRC-supported clinic for malnutrition, there are no doctors left who can treat her cancer. Watch and share her story.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Dear Refugees, we stand with you
Refugees make our world better. As the world refugee crisis continues in 2019, join the IRC, Lena Headey, Keegan-Michael Key, Mandy Patinkin and others: Pledge to welcome and support refugees for World Refugee Day. Learn more
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Tom Greenleigh Volunteer Spotlight
Tom Greenleigh has been volunteering for the IRC in Salt Lake City office for 8 years. Working to support refugee and immigrant communities is in Tom’s blood: his ancestors worked to rescue and resettle refugees during World War II.
- Announcement
- April 23, 2024
Refugee Resettlement in Sacramento
The U.S. has a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war. These vulnerable populations have suffered unimaginable hardship and face tremendous obstacles as they start their new lives. The IRC staff and volunteers provide support to refugees from their first moments in the country to help set them on a path to self-sufficiency.
- Announcement
- October 25, 2018