City of Wichita Mayor, Jeff Longwell proclaimed June 20th, 2018 to be World Refugee Day in Wichita

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Since 2015, BlackRock has turned to the IRC as a trusted and critical partner for addressing the needs of those affected by crisis.

Interested in volunteering, but short on time? Short-term, high-impact service projects are a great way to welcome and support refugees who are new to our community! Team up with a group of friends, family, classmates, coworkers or other IRC volunteers for any of the activities below.

The IRC in Dallas honored fifteen students at the 3rd annual Graduation Dinner & Robing Ceremony.

The IRC opened its locally-funded office in Miami in 1960 in response to the Cuban Revolution and, over the decades, has served over 25,000 refugees, asylees, survivors of human trafficking and other vulnerable populations in South Florida. Due to nationally reduced refugee admissions, the IRC ended its refugee resettlement program in Miami in 2018. Although its resettlement program concluded in 2018, the IRC in Miami continues to serve the community by providing holistic, trauma-informed services to survivors of human trafficking and unaccompanied children and their families.

A refugee casework intern talks of his experience interning with the IRC in Silver Spring.

The Lighthouse Project provides comprehensive services to survivors of human trafficking, as well as training and outreach to increase awareness and identification of survivors. Our goal is to help survivors build lives that are free from abuse and exploitation.