Topic: Volunteers

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Nov 21, 2024

How to Help Refugees and Asylum Seekers After the U.S. Elections

Nov 21, 2024

Two Welcome Corps private sponsorship groups, Miracle PSG and Rehoboth Welcomes PSG from Aurora, CO, are reunited with family members from Eritrea at Denver International Airport on September 26, 2024. | How to Help Refugees and Asylum Seekers After the U.S. Elections | HIAS In the wake of an election characterized by strong anti-immigrant rhetoric, learn how you can help asylum seekers and refugees in the U.S.

Dec 22, 2023

Holiday Toy Drive Brings Joy to Asylum Seekers

Dec 22, 2023

HIAS staff and volunteers pose with a pile of toys they have finished wrapping. The gifts were donated as part of a holiday toy drive for HIAS legal clients and their families at HIAS’ headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland on December 11, 2023. | How to Help Refugees and Asylum Seekers After the U.S. Elections | HIAS Thanks to volunteers, staff members, and supporters, HIAS' legal clients will receive some extra holiday cheer this year.

Dec 21, 2023

Understanding New York’s Migrant “Crisis” — and How to Help

Dec 21, 2023

A bus, carrying the migrants from Texas, arrives in Port Authority bus station in New York. HIAS experts say New York isn't facing a "migration crisis", but a lack of coordination and resources. HIAS is helping new arrivals, and you can too.

Oct 10, 2023

Five Ways Americans Can Welcome Refugees

Oct 10, 2023

Five Ways Americans Can Welcome Refugees With a record 110 million people forcibly displaced, it is vital that everyday Americans help refugees find welcome and safety in their communities.

Oct 3, 2022

What To Know About the Migrant Buses — and HIAS’ Response

Oct 3, 2022

What To Know About the Migrant Buses — and HIAS’ Response Since April 2022, tens of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been sent from Texas and Arizona to Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. HIAS staff involved in the local and national response explain the situation and what HIAS is doing to help.

Jul 19, 2022

Volunteers Come To Help Ukrainians From Far and Wide

Jul 19, 2022

Volunteers Come To Help Ukrainians From Far and Wide Mexican volunteers from HIAS partner organization, CADENA, are helping Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Dec 21, 2021

WATCH: A Warm Welcome for Refugees in Tulsa

Dec 21, 2021

WATCH: A Warm Welcome for Refugees in Tulsa When a Tulsa synagogue approached HIAS to become a resettlement partner, it didn’t make immediate sense. But this inclusive, non-denominational Tulsa community works differently from most synagogue congregations.

Apr 19, 2021

Looking Back, Giving Back: A HIAS Volunteer Pays Forward

Apr 19, 2021

Looking Back, Giving Back: A HIAS Volunteer Pays Forward Twenty years ago Inna Zubashko came to the U.S. from Ukraine. HIAS gave Inna the time and the tools to learn English and prepare for entering the workforce. Now she's giving back.

Aug 26, 2020

Volunteers Allow HIAS’ New York Clients to Weather the Pandemic

Aug 26, 2020

Volunteers Allow HIAS’ New York Clients to Weather the Pandemic HIAS volunteers help with everything refugees and refugee seekers need to live stable lives, from providing for basic needs to career mentorship and English tutoring.

Jun 9, 2020

When Refugees Need Help, HIAS Volunteers Step Up

Jun 9, 2020

When Refugees Need Help, HIAS Volunteers Step Up More than 1,700 volunteers help HIAS clients get the services they need to thrive in the United States.

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