CWS NorCal

02/01/2025

01/29/2025

01/27/2025

Breaking: The Administration's halt of foreign assistance funding is an abdication of American leadership and values. The abrupt and sweeping freeze of funding for U.S. foreign assistance will cause immediate harm to millions of people who are served by these vital programs around the world. This includes funding for critical services provided to refugees resettled to the United States, as well as humanitarian assistance for forcibly displaced people and communities at-risk of violence, persecution, starvation and exploitation around the world.

Read our statement and join us to take action: https://bit.ly/4huJu6f

01/27/2025

Thank you for caring for neighbors near and far! 🧡

01/27/2025

Today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to honor the lives lost and reaffirm our commitment to building a world of peace, dignity, and justice for all. May the light we carry guide us toward compassion and resilience, ensuring such tragedies are never repeated. Together, we walk for a better future.

01/21/2025

We stand with refugee and immigrant communities. Today, tomorrow and always we will work to defend the right of all people to live in safety and dignity.

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01/21/2025

Today we call on the new administration, Congress, as well as state and local leaders to honor our nation’s legacy of standing alongside refugee and immigrant communities, to preserve life-saving programs and to uphold our country’s commitment to welcome and compassion.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/40AZn5z

01/08/2025

Join us in a Movement of Welcome! With your friends, colleagues, or faith community members, you can form a Cosponsorship Group to welcome refugee newcomers and accompany them in their resettlement.

This video provides an overview of co-sponsorship as a public-private partnership with long-lasting positive impacts for both the community members and the n...

01/03/2025

Happy New Year 🎉 to all from CWS! As we enter this new year, we remain committed to our pursuit of a more resilient world where everyone can live in harmony and with dignity. A new year, a new chapter, and our mission will carry on!

12/26/2024

Wishing our Jewish friends a very Happy Hanukkah!

12/25/2024

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to our friends who celebrate!

12/11/2024

CWS NorCal was honored to be invited on the Refugee Voices podcase, a project of Open Arms Refugee, a youth-founded and led nonprofit that raises up refugee voices and the experiences of refugees in our communities.

In this episode, we brought on four members of CWS Norcal: Jodi de la Peña, DirectorJason Welle, Community & Volunteer Engagement Program OfficerIryna Martyn...