We’re collecting items for new refugees. Help support our newest neighbors!

Each year, World Refugee Day is celebrated around the globe: uplifting refugee voices, highlighting their contributions, and raising advocacy needs. This year, the IRC Atlanta hosted our second World Refugee Day Trivia Night welcoming volunteers, corporate partners, staff, and community supporters to share a bite and put their knowledge to the test.

Each year the IRC in San Diego provides scholarships to support refugee youth heading to two- or four-year college. Help us reach our goal of providing at least 15 scholarships this year!

The IRC in Phoenix is committed to bringing our refugee clients from harm to home. As a part of that commitment, we provide them with necessities – such as clothing and household items – 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 clients free of charge either through our Resettlement Shop or as part of an initial apartment setup.

GenR member, Suzanne Russo, recounts her experience at the first ever Texas Refugee Advocacy Day in Austin, TX.

We are going to take a deep dive into the process of refugee resettlement at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Wichita. This month, we’ll focus on the basics of initial resettlement, including the process a refugee must undergo to be considered for resettlement in the U.S. and the days leading up to their arrival through the eyes of IRC staff and volunteers in Wichita.

As the child of former refugees, who left the Soviet Union along with hundreds of thousands of others in the 1980s, Dax (‘Dan-Knee’) whose pronouns are they/them, has always felt connected to immigrant communities growing up in Philadelphia. Years later, they are now working at the IRC -- one of the largest resettlement agencies in the country -- as a Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) Coordinator.