Since 1939, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) has created welcoming communities for America's newcomers. We resettle refugees, reunite families and rekindle dreams.
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- Location:
- Baltimore, MD, 21230
- Phone:
- 410/230-2700
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- Shop to Support Lutheran Immig...
Ten Thousand Villages, Fells Point ...
Saturday, May 2 at 11:00am
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Check out the new social networking site, Faith on the Move: Conversations of Migration and Advocacy at http://www.faithonthemove.ning.com. This collaboration between Pastor David Vasquez and LIRS contributes to the important national conversation about immigration by placing it in the larger context of our stories of faith.
Source: www.faithonthemove.ning.com
As people of faith, we have much to offer and to gain from joining the conversation about people on the move.
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Nora Skelly, Legislative Assistant, LIRS; Bishop Stephen Talmage, Grand Canyon Synod; Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ-7)
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Members of ELCA Bishops Ready Bench on Immigration and other Lutheran leaders gather to discuss concerns on immigrants and refugees. Participants focused on immigration reform and held meetings with White House and members of Congress.
Corbin Fowler
New Report Documents Abuse of
Sahrawi Refugees’ Rights in Algeria
Camps
A new study, “Group Rights & International Law: Case
Study of the Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria” published by the Inter-University
Center for Legal Studies & the Moroccan American Center for Policy
documents 30+ years of serious human rights violations an...d humanitarian crisis
resulting from the warehousing of Sahrawi refugees confined to desert camps
near Tindouf, in southwestern Algeria. The report examines the role int’l law
can play in helping refugees regain their freedom and makes specific
recommendations to improve their lives and protect their rights, including:
conducting a census, establishing an intimidation-free voluntary repatriation
program, and ensuring a permanent int’l NGO presence to monitor distribution of
humanitarian aid.
Click here to download the full
report <http://www.moroccanamericanpolicy.org/re
Sahrawi Refugees’ Rights in Algeria
Camps
A new study, “Group Rights & International Law: Case
Study of the Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria” published by the Inter-University
Center for Legal Studies & the Moroccan American Center for Policy
documents 30+ years of serious human rights violations an...d humanitarian crisis
resulting from the warehousing of Sahrawi refugees confined to desert camps
near Tindouf, in southwestern Algeria. The report examines the role int’l law
can play in helping refugees regain their freedom and makes specific
recommendations to improve their lives and protect their rights, including:
conducting a census, establishing an intimidation-free voluntary repatriation
program, and ensuring a permanent int’l NGO presence to monitor distribution of
humanitarian aid.
Click here to download the full
report <http://www.moroccanamericanpolicy.org/re
Source: www.moroccanamericanpolicy.org
Allison
Your $10 can win the Fugees Family $50,000!
How is this possible?
We are competing in America's Giving Challenge, an on-line fundraising challenge where the Facebook Cause with the biggest number of donations (not total raised) at 3:00 on November 6th wins $50,000. We're currently in 3rd place and we need your help!
If yo...u can donate $10: please donate today, join the Cause, and tell all of your friends!
If you can donate $50: please donate $10 today and again every Friday (we'll try to win Friday's, each daily winner gets $1000).
If you can donate $200: please donate $10 every day.
Here's the link (you can donate even if you're not on Facebook):
http://www.causes.com/donations/select_d
Thanks for your help! You can check our Facebook Cause page at any time to see how we're doing. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/46109
The Fugees Family is a small grass-roots non-profit organization working with refugee boys in Clarkston, GA (on the east side of Atlanta). We do Soccer, Tutoring, and Summer Literacy Camp, in addition to celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the 4th of July. The Fugees come together around a shared love of soccer; by playing and studying together, they become family and help motivate each other to stay in school, learn English, and plan for college.
To read more, visit us on the web at www.fugeesfamily.org.
All of our programs are free for the Fugees. Thanks for your support.Read More
How is this possible?
We are competing in America's Giving Challenge, an on-line fundraising challenge where the Facebook Cause with the biggest number of donations (not total raised) at 3:00 on November 6th wins $50,000. We're currently in 3rd place and we need your help!
If yo...u can donate $10: please donate today, join the Cause, and tell all of your friends!
If you can donate $50: please donate $10 today and again every Friday (we'll try to win Friday's, each daily winner gets $1000).
If you can donate $200: please donate $10 every day.
Here's the link (you can donate even if you're not on Facebook):
http://www.causes.com/donations/select_d
Thanks for your help! You can check our Facebook Cause page at any time to see how we're doing. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/46109
The Fugees Family is a small grass-roots non-profit organization working with refugee boys in Clarkston, GA (on the east side of Atlanta). We do Soccer, Tutoring, and Summer Literacy Camp, in addition to celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the 4th of July. The Fugees come together around a shared love of soccer; by playing and studying together, they become family and help motivate each other to stay in school, learn English, and plan for college.
To read more, visit us on the web at www.fugeesfamily.org.
All of our programs are free for the Fugees. Thanks for your support.Read More
Source: www.causes.com
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Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Shop on Saturday, May 2 and 15% of your total purchase will be donated to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service!
Since 1939, LIRS has created welcoming communities for America's newcomers—resettling refugees, reuniting families and rekindling dreams.
Please join us at Ten Thousand Villages on May 2 and help LIRS light the way for vulnerable immigrants!
Benefit Shopping Day at Ten Thousand Villages Stores
Time:11:00AM Saturday, May 2nd
Location:Ten Thousand Villages, Fells Point Store, Baltimore City
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Former LIRS President Ralston H. Deffenbaugh, Jr. shares his thoughts on how the organization's mission reflects his charitable priorities. "It's a great privilege to be engaged with Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and through LIRS, we're making a difference in people's lives each day."
Source: www.lirs.org
RECENT ACTIVITY
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service discussed Resettling Refugees, Renewing Lives in 2009 on the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service discussion board.
