Refugee Working Group of Indiana, PA

05/31/2023

This is a fantastic program about immigrants and refugees in the United States where Lidia Bastianich interviews people and learns about them and their stories.

Join chef Lidia Bastianich in LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA as she travels across the United States exploring culture through food. Find recipes at PBS Food.

03/14/2023

Urge your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the resolutions on Myanmar.

01/19/2023

https://www.state.gov/launch-of-the-welcome-corps-private-sponsorship-of-refugees-2/

The Department of State, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to announce the creation of the Welcome Corps, a new private sponsorship program that empowers everyday Americans to play a leading role in welcoming refugees arriving through the U.S. Refugee Admi...

01/19/2023

Meeting today
6 pm
Lemoona House
Thursday Jan 19th

01/08/2023

Dear Friends,
If you are interested in buying a copy of the 2023 Great Decisions Briefing Book at a reduced rate, please let Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor, me, know by January 15. My email address: [email protected]

As a courtesy, to my friends this time, I will order and disperse to y'all, who live within 15 to 20 miles of my house, Indiana Borough... Note the deadline. JANUARY 15, 2023. Or y'all will have to come pickup.
The details: she can get it at a 10% discount per copy and a bulk mailing rate. When the copies arrive, she'll let you know and you can arrange to pick yours up, if we get more than 10 people. If not, just the bulk mail rate and lower postage.
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Great Decisions discussions will be offered eight Tuesday mornings in 2023 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 285 Twolick Drive in Indiana, PA, starting February 21. We hope you can participate! We will meet 10:00-11:00 am.
Topic names and discussion dates follow. A list of the topics with their descriptions is attached.
To register, please email Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor at [email protected]
If you like, you can order your own copy of the briefing book, Great Decisions 2023 Edition, online at [email protected], or contact sales at 1-800-477-5836. It costs about $35. --There will be some informational handouts at each meeting.
Donations of $5 to the New Century Club, which supports the Indiana Free Library, are requested.
1. Energy Geopolitics: February 21
2. War Crimes: Feb. 28
3. China and the U.S.: March 7
IUP Spring Break: March 13-19
4. Economic Warfare: March 21
5. Politics in Latin America: March 28
6. Global Famine: April 4
7. Iran at a Crossroads: April 11
8. Climate Migration: April 18
Sincerely,
Celinda Scott
Member, New Century Club/Friends of the Library
Great Decisions Co-ordinator

Poom Sunhachawi-Taylor
Member, New Century Club/Friends of the Library
President

01/08/2023

Welcome! Join us in making Great Decisions this year

01/03/2023

My family sponsored refugees under a new Biden program. The results were astonishing.

My wife and I applied to be Uniting for Ukraine sponsors. The results were astonishing.

12/11/2022

A desperate road trip to remind America about its Afghan allies

These veterans want the U.S. to keep its wartime promises. They found a country littered with indifference.

12/07/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/neediest-cases/these-afghans-had-to-start-over-they-didnt-have-to-do-it-alone.html

A year after the evacuation, families have resettled in the United States with the assistance of nonprofits helping with rent, business training and educational support.

11/01/2022

This article on the Know Nothing Party illustrates how there has always been a history of fear of immigrants in US history. In the years before the Civil War, the Know Nothings, also know as the American Party, feared Irish, German, and Catholic immigrants. In 1854, the Know Nothings held 43 seats (18%) out of 234 seats in the US Congress.

Conceived in fear and prejudice in the 1800s, the short-lived Know-Nothing Party's intolerance toward German and Irish immigrants led to violence across the young nation.

10/10/2022

A new country, a new baby, and the universal bonds of parenthood

As Afghan refugees navigate their transition to a new life, a network of local parent volunteers has emerged to support them.

08/26/2022

BBC News - Rohingya: ‘Kill us, but don’t deport us to Myanmar’

Five years after millions of Rohingyas fled genocide in Myanmar, they continue to live in perilous conditions.