Darko Mihaylovich resettled here from Sarajevo in 1997. He recently recounted his experiences while reflecting on the war in Ukraine in an interview with Ruby Thomas at The Record.

Here’s the report Spectrum News 1 did on Common Earth Gardens on Monday. We’re out to make you famous, Amir Hussein!

Watch the story here.

Three local television news crews covered our World Refugee Day celebration on Monday, June 20. You can watch the WDRB and WLKY reports here. The Spectrum News report has aired but is not yet posted.

WDRB Report

Check out the back page of this week’s The Record!

Our very own Amir Hussein hit the air waves this week when he appeared on WAVE Country, a live local show. Amir talked about Common Earth Gardens, shared about farmers markets, and showed off some early produce from his family’s farm. Amir and his family moved to Kentucky years ago just to participate in the program that became Common Earth Gardens. Now we works promoting CEG farmers at farmers markets … while still farming with his family. Great job, Amir!

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This column will appear in The Record this week.

My family knows how to move. We relocated from Somalia to Kenya in 1999 and, after five years in a refugee camp, from Kenya to the United States in 2004. You would think that would be enough moving for one family. But in 2006 we moved again from Tennessee to Kentucky just so we could carry on our heritage of farming.

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Many thanks to The Woman’s Club of Louisville for their $1,000 gifts to Catholic Charities of Louisville and to Sister Visitor Center. Can you find Ellen Hauber and Sister Paris Slapikas in this photo?.

Watch WDRB’s coverage of the Lebanese American Country Club’s gift to Catholic Charities here:

https://www.wdrb.com/news/catholic-charities-of-louisville-receives-620-000-donation-to-continue-immigrant-outreach/article_b20a31b2-cfce-11ec-bc18-93dac8712b81.html

Watch a video of the presentation as recorded by Darian Decker here!

Shout out to Cydnei Dean, Community Support Services, for sharing her insight and telling us about a special need in her column in The Record. What special need, you ask. Read the column to find out!

We’re celebrating a $40,000 grant from Dare to Care to Sister Visitor Center’s choice pantry!