Hometown Season 7, Bonus Episode: Safeguarding Refugee Resettlement
Today we offer a bonus episode: a recording of a webinar recently co-hosted by EMM and the Episcopal Church’s Office of [...]
Hometown Season 7, Episode 8: An Interview with Salemu Alimasi
In this episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Salemu Alimasi, a community organizer and advocate for refugee integration based [...]
Hometown Season 7, Episode 7: An Interview with Robert Vivar
In this episode, we speak with Robert Vivar, Migration Missioner for the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego since January 2023. Having [...]
Hometown Season 7, Episode 6: An Interview with members of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Members of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi felt called to welcome refugees to the community they know and [...]
EMM at work: Casey VanHattum on Preferred Communities programs
Continuing our “EMM at Work” series, we turn now to Casey VanHattum, Senior Program Officer for Preferred Communities (PC) programs. Casey has [...]
EMM at work: Candace Linn on Preferred Communities programs
Welcome back to “EMM at Work,” our series of short videos featuring members of the EMM headquarters staff. Next up, we are [...]
An update on asylum in the U.S.
In May and June 2024, important changes to the process of seeking asylum in the U.S. were made. Here, we offer an [...]
Hometown Season 7, Episode 5: An Interview with Karimullah Kamwar
This episode features a conversation with Karimullah Kamwar, who goes by “Karim.” He is an Afghan national who now lives and [...]
Hometown Season 7, Bonus Episode: A Closer Look: LGBTQIA2S+ Migration
Join us for a bonus Hometown episode featuring the recording of the April 26 first installment of the "A Closer [...]
EMM at work: Sila Boz on employment services through the Matching Grant program
Meet Sila Boz, Senior Program Officer for the Matching Grant program at EMM. Sila has worked in refugee resettlement since 2014, and [...]