Join KRM Lexington for the Kentucky Refugee & Immigrant Inclusion Summit on Thursday, June 17th. Attend a day of virtual live sessions to gather more strategies for working with our refugee & immigrant neighbors. Choose prerecorded sessions to expand your knowledge. …
Janine flips through the pages of the sketchbook she kept from art class, her favorite subject during the KRM Summer Youth Program in 2018. The pages bloom with colorful flowers, stars, sheep, wolves, and a family tree with her siblings …
This year, KRM is partnering with the Louisville Asset Building Coalition to provide on-site, free tax preparation to the refugee and immigrant community. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program event will be held at KRM’s Louisville office on February …
An update on a story featuring Ramez Alnashef Have you met Ramez Alnashef? He and his family arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, in January 2017. Almost one year after his arrival, Ramez has now become a Bilingual Associate Instructor at Rutherford Elementary! As part …
We are all Kentucky! Join KRM and a coalition of statewide agencies for the 5th Annual Refugee and Immigrant Day at the Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 7th, 2018! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: wednesday, march 7, 2018 12:30 p.m. …
This month, Louisville-area students in KRM’s Rise Up program celebrated each other and their achievements at a year-end event, Rising Above. Students were joined by family members and KRM volunteers to share their accomplishments. The volunteer mentors partnered with students …
In partnership with Lexington Public Library, KRM presents the 2017 Lexington World Refugee Day Summit. The Summit is an opportunity for community partners, teachers, medical staff, and volunteers to join us for a day of learning about issues relevant to refugee …
Exode Sungura hopes that by sharing his story, he can encourage, motivate, or change others. “Refugees are people, ordinary people,” he says. He especially considers himself a role model for his three younger siblings. “I’m not the only one in …
After the first executive order on January 27th suspended the refugee resettlement program and barred travel from seven countries, legal challenges in US courts followed. The resettlement program was able to start again, but the annual ceiling of refugee admissions …
The Land of Hope and Success By Saladi Wa Maliko “They took my home but they can’t take my future” is the only philosophical thought that gave me hope. This was when circumstances forced us to flee our land we …
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