On Wednesday, June 29, 2024, the International Rescue Committee in Denver hosted its annual Colorado Refugee Advocacy Day Open House. The event brought together clients, resettlement staff, and county and state legislature members to engage in discourse on some of the main challenges facing refugee and asylum-seeking populations around Colorado. 

International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband discusses why non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the IRC have a unique role to play in addressing some our biggest global challenges.

Families in the Dallas area, including refugees, are relying on produce IRC New Roots coordinator Isabella Chamberlain harvests from the IRC's New Roots gardens every week. The gardens were created as a way for newly arrived refugees to settle into their new communities, earn an income from what they grow, and enjoy more fresh produce at home. But now Isabella is working alone, for safety.

Learn the many ways that you can support the life-saving work of the IRC in Charlottesville.

In 2015, the IRC in NY began a new program to serve unaccompanied minors as part of a partnership with Heartland Alliance.  Unaccompanied minors are undocumented children who have entered the United States without a parent or legal guardian and then enter the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.  

Students from Baylor University and Texas A&M University visit the IRC in Dallas to learn more about how they can support resettled refugees.

Vivian has helped Rahila, a refugee from Afghanistan, learn English and navigate her new neighborhood

Due to COVID-19, the IRC Oakland staff are working remotely. 

Support the IRC in Denver this year on Colorado Gives Day, December 7, 2021!

Two years ago, 29-year-old Eiman landed in Seattle from Afghanistan with her husband and two young sons. She began building a new home here in Washington and with help from the IRC’s Economic Empowerment Program, Eiman pursued a new career as a professional interpreter.