March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month—a time to reflect on how we can better support individuals with disabilities and ensure they have equal access to opportunities. For refugees, migrants, and immigrants with disabilities, navigating life in the U.S. presents a unique set of challenges.

It's been well over a year since the Taliban took control. At that time, it was unimaginable for Rahila and many others, but a matter of weeks, her whole life changed. She had to make the difficult decision to leave her home and her family.

Civic engagement and voter registration education is a strategic priority of the IRC in Salt Lake City. Helping refugees and new Americans to gain, maintain, and expand their voice within the community is central to the IRC’s global Strategy100. Hear from some of our staff about what is new with civic engagement and advocacy.

We continue to look for In-kind donations to add items to newly resettled refugees homes.

Among the many challenges that 2020 brought to many around the world, the closing of international borders and travel restrictions as a result of the pandemic further limited the already dwindling number of refugees accepted by the Trump Administration. Prior to the pandemic, the Trump Administration had reduced the number of refugees the United States was committed to welcoming. At the onset of the pandemic, the arrivals of refugees to Tallahassee halted altogether, and it wasn’t until the end of 2020 that new families began to arrive across Big Bend communities. This time, the newly arrived families were coming from Latin America. This was a first for the IRC in Tallahassee’s short four-year history, which has historically welcomed families from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria.

We're wrapping up the season, literally! Entrepreneurs who have created handcrafted items for this year's Holiday Gift Baskets share insights into their businesses and what their work means to them.

The IRC's women's economic empowerment programs improve women’s financial wellbeing, so they can support themselves and their families.