We are delighted to introduce Sharon Kennedy as the new Executive Director of the San Diego office, starting on November 13th, 2023. Sharon is no stranger to the IRC in San Diego, bringing deep institutional knowledge of the office, the community, and the IRC in general.

Members of the Childcare Business Incubator Program traveled downtown to talk with Cotopaxi about brand and online presence.

In June, 15 refugee youth met with employees at Celtic Bank to learn about careers opportunities in the banking industry.

Olga Ngalula was a financial officer and local seamstress in the Democratic Republic of Congo before being forced to flee her country. Olga and her family were resettled in the United States in August of 2015 and began rebuilding their lives in the greater Atlanta area.

As a way of tackling the ongoing displacement crisis, the IRC is focusing on community engagement to help with the integration of resettled refugees into our local communities, through a new Community Sponsorship model called the HOME (Housing, Orientation, Mentoring, Education) program.

Employment interns work supporting newly arrived refugees to secure and maintain employment, focusing on early self-sufficiency in the U.S. Learn more about how Molly & Calvin have been instrumental to the employment program this fall.

Sarah, a casework intern, has been working at the IRC since the beginning of the school year! She has worked on planning bus orientations for newly arrived families, and bringing about robust processes to serve newly arrived refugees well.