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10 Best Practices for Engaging with Refugee Leaders
10 Best Practices for Engaging with Refugee Leaders

Refugee Advocacy Lab, Refugee Congress, CWS

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Commemoration of Black History Month
Commemoration of Black History Month

Refugee Storytellers Collective

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2021 Doc Series | The Donut King Talkback (TIFF, Indie Lens Pop-Up, PBS)
2021 Doc Series | The Donut King Talkback (TIFF, Indie Lens Pop-Up, PBS)

Teaneck International Film Festival

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Listen: A Baghdad-trained physician on the barriers to getting a medical license in the U.S.
Listen: A Baghdad-trained physician on the barriers to getting a medical license in the U.S.

STAT

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Foreign-trained doctors like me were asked to help fight Covid-19. Now we’re being tossed aside
Foreign-trained doctors like me were asked to help fight Covid-19. Now we’re being tossed aside

STAT

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The Stories of Us: The Storytellers Journey
The Stories of Us: The Storytellers Journey

Zoom

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What American freedom means to a refugee from Iraq at a time of protests and pandemic
What American freedom means to a refugee from Iraq at a time of protests and pandemic

Chicago Sun Times

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Why We Put 137 People on Our Cover
Why We Put 137 People on Our Cover

Entrepreneur

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Ghazwan Alsakafi, an Iraqi refugee living in North Carolina, organizes drives to collect and distribute masks and hand sanitizer to his community.
Ghazwan Alsakafi, an Iraqi refugee living in North Carolina, organizes drives to collect and distribute masks and hand sanitizer to his community.

Refugee Council USA

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Refugee's Pandemic Service Idea Goes National
Refugee's Pandemic Service Idea Goes National

Spectrum Local News

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Dr. Kelli, and his incredible wife Dr. Abdullah are both cardiologists who have stepped up to support their community during Covid-19
Dr. Kelli, and his incredible wife Dr. Abdullah are both cardiologists who have stepped up to support their community during Covid-19

Tent Partnership for Refugees

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Guest Opinion: America welcomed me, now I fight COVID as a registered nurse
Guest Opinion: America welcomed me, now I fight COVID as a registered nurse

Bucks County Courier Times

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How economic inclusion enables refugees
How economic inclusion enables refugees

Western Union

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Menuka Dhungana is one of the thousands of health care workers on the frontlines in Columbus, OH.
Menuka Dhungana is one of the thousands of health care workers on the frontlines in Columbus, OH.

Refugee Council USA

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“Feeding my Austin community during this hard time fills my heart with joy."
“Feeding my Austin community during this hard time fills my heart with joy."

USA for UNHCR

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Meet the refugee health care heroes fighting the coronavirus
Meet the refugee health care heroes fighting the coronavirus

International Rescue Committee

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Meet Mustafa: This former refugee is using food and conversation to build community in Lancaster, PA
Meet Mustafa: This former refugee is using food and conversation to build community in Lancaster, PA

USA for UNHCR

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The Pathologist: She Confronts the Virus From Inside Nursing Homes
The Pathologist: She Confronts the Virus From Inside Nursing Homes

The New York Times

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Former refugee steps up to feed his community in Texas during pandemic
Former refugee steps up to feed his community in Texas during pandemic

USA for UNHCR

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An Iraqi Dental Surgeon and Refugee Finds Home in Chicago
An Iraqi Dental Surgeon and Refugee Finds Home in Chicago

Refugee International

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Dauda Sesay and Mariama Sesay
Dauda Sesay and Mariama Sesay

StoryCorp

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Sofia Khan: What refugees and asylum seekers can teach us about pandemic survival
Sofia Khan: What refugees and asylum seekers can teach us about pandemic survival

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight
As coronavirus spreads, refugee doctors want to join the fight

UNHCR

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‘Mask Master’ finds home, new purpose in U.S. with refugee resettlement program
‘Mask Master’ finds home, new purpose in U.S. with refugee resettlement program

Rapid Growth Media

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Raed Ayoub Al-Delayme, a dentist, sees almost 20 patients a day who need emergency dental care in Chicago, IL.
Raed Ayoub Al-Delayme, a dentist, sees almost 20 patients a day who need emergency dental care in Chicago, IL.

Twitter

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Lubab Al-Qurashi was volunteering at a drive through test site in New Jersey, and now due to the emergency licensing measure passed in NJ, she will be able to aid in the #COVID19 response.
Lubab Al-Qurashi was volunteering at a drive through test site in New Jersey, and now due to the emergency licensing measure passed in NJ, she will be able to aid in the #COVID19 response.

Twitter

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‘I can be the person helping.’ On the frontlines with America’s essential workers
‘I can be the person helping.’ On the frontlines with America’s essential workers

National Geographic

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Immigrant Doctors Want to Help Fight COVID-19 but Are Stymied by State Licensing Laws
Immigrant Doctors Want to Help Fight COVID-19 but Are Stymied by State Licensing Laws

The New Yorker

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"This is my way of giving back to the community that welcomed me as a refugee."
"This is my way of giving back to the community that welcomed me as a refugee."

Twitter

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These refugee doctors are on the front line of the fight against coronavirus in Atlanta
These refugee doctors are on the front line of the fight against coronavirus in Atlanta

Twitter

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