In partnership with DeKalb County Board of Health (DCBOH), the IRC-CORE mobile testing sites will rotate between Clarkston apartment complexes throughout the month of September and into the fall, with the goal of testing 1,500 individuals at each three-day site, using self-administered nasal swab tests.

The IRC in Atlanta's Community Health Response Manager, Dr. Omar Aziz, and the CORE Georgia DeKalb County vaccine team were featured on 11Alive news last week, along with community leader, Crispin Wilondja, and our friends at the Prevention Research Center at Georgia State University. We recently passed 7,000 vaccines provided!

For the past seven years, the Coalition of Refugee Service Agencies (CRSA) has welcomed over 300 volunteers—including many of you—to the Georgia State Capitol for our annual New Americans Celebration to engage with legislators and share their personal support for keeping Georgia welcoming to refugees and immigrants.

The IRC in Atlanta is partnering with CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) to provide free walk-up COVID-19 testing to community members in Clarkston. Founded by actor Sean Penn and Ann Lee, CORE is working with local organizations across Georgia—and the U.S.—to provide much-needed access to COVID-19 testing.

Phoenix and America must, day in and day out, live up to the legacy, and the strength, of our “common immigrant heritage.”

On Thursday, July 30, the IRC in Florida is participating in World Day Against Trafficking in Persons by inviting the community to join a live online panel discussion regarding human trafficking in South Florida. Florida ranks in the top three U.S. states for reported incidents of human trafficking, and South Florida exhibits the largest percentage of those cases.

These important contributions provide the IRC with vital operating support -- ensuring rescue and relief to families around the world affected by crisis.

The story of a Syrian refugee family reunifying in California's Central Valley after the recent executive order.