Fredrick Shema has always been motivated to give back to the community. But after George Floyd was killed and Black Lives Matter protests grew across the country in the summer of 2020, he knew he wanted to do more.

Whether it’s through restrictive laws that prohibit them from working, or through language and cultural barriers that make it extremely difficult to earn an income, refugees have to try to survive another disaster—a life lived in limbo. Here's how supporting refugees to build careers benefits everyone.

Only days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed a swath of the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the International Rescue Committee dispatched an emergency team of relief experts to Louisiana. For the first time in its 73-year history, the organization responded to a humanitarian crisis in the United States.