News Digest: March 1, 2024
Articles 2/20/24, El Paso Matters, Texas AG Paxton moves to shut down El Paso's Annunciation House 2/22/24, NBC News, A mother [...]
Partnership in action: the role of community sponsors in New Bern (Part 5)
This is Part 5 of a series of posts about community sponsorship as practiced by one of EMM’s affiliates, Interfaith Refugee Ministry, [...]
News Digest: February 23, 2024
Articles 2/16/24, New Humanitarian, UNRWA chief on what lies next for the agency as funding freezes begin to bite 2/16/24, NBC [...]
A new chapter in co-sponsorship: the First Presbyterian Church of New Bern (Part 4)
This is Part 4 of a series of posts about community sponsorship as practiced by one of EMM’s affiliates, Interfaith Refugee Ministry, [...]
News Digest: February 16, 2024
Articles 2/7/24, NPR, Why America can't seem to fix its broken immigration system 2/9/24, Vox, Record numbers of people crossed the [...]
Working with co-sponsors in New Bern (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of a series of posts about community sponsorship as practiced by one of EMM’s affiliates, Interfaith Refugee Ministry, [...]
News Digest: February 9, 2024
Articles 1/24/24, Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, This is our faith made visible: congregations welcoming migrants to Illinois 2/1/24, New York Times, [...]
Wrangling with challenges in New Bern (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a series of posts about community sponsorship as practiced by one of EMM’s affiliates. Read Part 1. [...]
News Digest: February 2, 2024
Articles 1/26/24, National Public Radio, Chance encounters: A young migrant takes a seat next to a NPR reporter 1/26/24, Atlantic Council, [...]
Essential partnerships: resettling refugees in New Bern, NC (Part 1)
In our previous post in the “Voices of Welcome” series, we explained the principles of “community sponsorship.” To better understand how community [...]