In January 2019, JCARR welcomed an Iraqi couple who had been living in Jordan for a few years. Dad knows some words in English, but Mom is just starting to learn the language. Given that they are past retirement age, we don’t expect that they will be working. Their greatest challenge m…
On January 26, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order that banned foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the country for 90 days, suspended entry to the country of all Syrian refugees indefinitely, and prohibited any other refugees from coming into…
On Election Night 2016, JCARR welcomed a family of five from Syria that had been living in Jordan for several years. We were all preoccupied with their arrival and not paying much attention to the election that evening. But by morning, we all knew the election results, and as one journal…
On January 26, 2016, we welcomed a family of three young siblings – all in their twenties - from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were soon joined by the wife and 2-year-old son of the eldest. The family had lived in a refugee camp in Rwanda for a decade before being resettled in…
WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM &
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER DO?
The Program & Development Manager
works to bring in cultural and
educational programming to the
Greater New Haven adult community.
I will also work with the affinity
groups, such as Women’s Philanthropy,
in an effort to join together
and inte…
