LSS Refugee Focus

So far, we've collected over 360 letters asking for 75,000 refugees in 2018! Stop by our Phoenix office until 6, or download your letters to send from home: http://www.lss-sw.org/letters

Comment below when your letters are out so we can add you to the tally! Thank you for all of your support!

Listen to this interview with Linda Hartke, President of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, one of the national organizations with which we work, talk about how the Supreme Court decision hurts vulnerable people.

Refugee Advocates Prepare For New Challenges Under Travel Ban NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Linda Hartke, president of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, about how President Trump's revised travel ban will affect refugees.

We continue to face the biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time. The United States has a longstanding history of welcoming refugees and migrants. We have always prided ourselves on being a beacon of hope for people around the world. We call on the United States to act with humanity by continuing to open our doors to vulnerable refugees who have been forced to flee their homeland and have little or no other option. Read our full statement here > http://www.lss-sw.org/june26

We will release a full statement later this afternoon, once we have a better understanding of what this morning's Supreme Court announcement means for refugees. If you'd like to receive our alerts via email, you can subscribe here: http://bit.ly/2sa9gIR

Thank you for your continued support.

Congratulations to our own Julie Kasper on being recognized by Arizona K12 Center at Northern Arizona University for her leadership in refugee education. Watch this video to learn all about CENTER - our hub for refugee education in Tucson.

Transforming Passion to Action: International Teacher Leadership with Julie Kasper, NBCT (Extended) National Board Certified Teacher Julie Kasper exercises international teacher leadership as the K12 School Coordinator for Refugee Education and the Director...

"I've met so many who have lost so much. But they never lose their dreams for their children or their desire to better our world. They ask for little in return - only our support in their time of greatest need"
- UN Secretary-General, António Guterres

Today, , we stand with refugees.

http://conta.cc/2tKaln4

Today is World Refugee Day

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Google teamed up to answer top questions about Syria, including:
• What was Syria like before the war?
• What is happening in Syria?
• Who is a refugee?
• Where are Syrian refugees going?
• How can I help Syrian refugees?

Check out :

Searching for Syria Exploring the world's top questions about the Syrian refugee crisis. A project from UNHCR in partnership with Google. searchingforsyria.org

Celebrating a recent car donation that will be so useful for a refugee family to get to school and work. Thank you to our generous donors!

Thank you to all of our soon-to-be naturalized citizens for joining us last week to learn about how to apply for citizenship, knowing your rights, and common questions.

As a local nonprofit, we provide these services at lower cost than immigration attorneys, and we have years of experience serving refugees and asylees specifically.

If you are a refugee or asylee seeking assistance with updating your status, achieving naturalization, or welcoming your family members, call our office or email our immigration specialists to make an appointment.
http://www.refugeefocus.org/what-we-do/immigration-services/

Thank you to the FBI Citizens Academy for donating a new bookshelf with books to our Tucson office! This will be fantastic for our English learners to improve their reading.

Have you been wondering how the change in administration is impacted refugee resettlement right here in Arizona? Check out this article from Phoenix New Times to get some more info.

Since January, the Number of Refugees Arriving in Arizona, U.S. Has Plummeted Blame it on the Muslim ban: Pew Research Center report released this morning says nearly every state in the country saw the number of refugee arrivals drop