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Aug 31, 2021
Former Board Chair Dale Schwartz Remembered
Aug 31, 2021
Dale Schwartz, a long-time member of the HIAS board and past HIAS board chair, died August 27.
Aug 30, 2021
“There is No Process” for Arriving Afghans, Hetfield tells CNN
Aug 30, 2021
There is no clear way to process arriving Afghans, Mark Hetfield told CNN.
Aug 30, 2021
Schlepping to Help Arriving Refugees Feels Good in Charlotte
Aug 30, 2021
Betsy Jenkins was watching her foster sons playing with each other in the yard when she saw the email, “Extra help needed for new refugee apartment move-in, can you help?”
Aug 27, 2021
Special Edition Podcast: The Fall of Afghanistan
Aug 27, 2021
For a special episode of our Crossing Borders podcast, an Afghan HIAS staffer and volunteer talk about fielding phone calls from family, friends and others in Afghanistan, desperate for help.
Aug 27, 2021
Mark Hetfield: “Our Work Is Far From Done”
Aug 27, 2021
For a special episode of our Crossing Borders podcast, an Afghan HIAS staffer and volunteer talk about fielding phone calls from family, friends and others in Afghanistan, desperate for help.
Aug 26, 2021
Hetfield: To Save Afghans, U.S. Needs to “Show Some Leadership”
Aug 26, 2021
HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield appeared today on Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd to discuss the “bureaucratic calamity” that is preventing people from leaving Afghanistan for safety elsewhere.
Aug 25, 2021
Airbnb Pledges to House 20,000 Afghan Refugees
Aug 25, 2021
As resettlement agencies around the world prepare to welcome tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated from Kabul, finding housing for the new arrivals is a significant challenge. Airbnb stepped up.
Aug 23, 2021
Afghan Refugee Crisis: “We’re In It for the Long Haul”
Aug 23, 2021
HIAS staff have traveled to United States military bases, to help process those Afghans who made it out of Kabul. HIAS affiliates across the U.S. are getting ready to receive or are already receiving Afghan refugees and ramping up their services.
Aug 23, 2021
HIAS Resettlement Partners Preparing to Greet Afghans
Aug 23, 2021
In the San Francisco Bay Area, HIAS resettlement affiliates JFCS East Bay and JFS of Silicon Valley are getting ready to welcome more Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders in one month than they usually do in half a year.
Aug 19, 2021
Mia Farrow Honors Humanitarian Workers Between Desert and War
Aug 19, 2021
Actress Mia Farrow recalls the dedicated humanitarian workers she met on a 2006 visit to a HIAS compound in Chad.