Here are two more cases filed by our Immigration Legal Services team that have won asylee status for people who came here as parolees from Afghanistan. Asylee status secures their right to remain in America.
Butoyi Elia has joined MRS as an Refugee Employment Specialist. Welcome, Butoyi!
I was born in Rwanda, where my parents lived as refugees from Burundi. At age two in 1994, we moved to Tanzania in a refugee camp for 13 years until we came to the United States in 2007. In the U.S, I started in high school in 9th grade. Since I was unable to speak English I was required to repeat 10th grade. It took me 5 years to […]
Mr. Hannah is a neighbor to Sister Visitor Center who has been unable to work since December. Recently, he has had no electricity due to mounting bills. The lack was beginning to affect not only his physical health, but his mental health as well. Last week, we helped Mr. Hannah get that power back on and, as you can see from his smile, it made everything better. As Sara Logsdon said, “We do […]
Kelly Grote has joined Migration and Refugee Services as the Refugee Employment Specialist.
I was born and raised in Minnesota but spent the last 14 years in South Dakota. Before coming to Catholic Charities of Louisville, I worked for the Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls, SD, as the Workforce Development Coordinator, doing similar work to what I am doing now. In my off-time I like to knit, binge watch crime docs and podcasts, […]
The New American Farm Market featuring growers with Common Earth Gardens is available to all Catholic Charities employees every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can buy some of your traditional favorites, plus some vegetables you can’t get anywhere else in Louisville, like water spinach, African eggplants, or Chayote squash, pictured here.
The market is aimed at providing newly arriving refugees access to the fresh foods they are accustomed to. Common Earth […]
Heidi Reyes and Amy Nace-DeGonda provided a training, “An Overview of Human Trafficking in Kentucky” at the Kentucky Bar Association “All Rise” Annual Conference in Owensboro, Kentucky, in June. They presented on human trafficking laws and terminology, local cases, and services available for survivors. There were approximately 160 attorneys and judges present for the training.
Thanks for representing us so well, Heidi and Amy!
As reported in The Record Newspaper:
https://enews.therecordnewspaper.org/The-Record-06302022-e-Edition/3/
Photo by Ruby Thomas, The Record
Please consider helping two local families with expenses in the untimely deaths of their young sons. One family was resettled here by our Migration and Refugee Services team. This link was passed along by Zeljana Javorek. Thank you. https://www.gofundme.com/f/h6chm7-funeral-cost
