January is also known as Mental Wellness Month, but if you checked social media or the fast-paced world around us, this is probably a surprise. At the beginning of every year, there is immense pressure to set new goals for the months ahead, usually pertaining to physical fitness and personal growth. Goal-setting is not necessarily a negative thing, but we …
Welcome Doesn’t End Here
A letter from Office Director Megan Shepard Dear Friend, I know you care about refugees and immigrants. So, I wanted to share the impact of a number of new executive orders from the Trump Administration that reverse decades of precedent for welcoming those fleeing violence and persecution. These executive orders have indefinitely suspended the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) as well as …
Hispanic Heritage Month Stories: Installment 4
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with CWS Greensboro through our special project, which aims to share narratives of resilience, creativity, and profound interconnectedness that shape Hispanic and Latine communities, but also our collective experience. / Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con CWS Greensboro a través de nuestro proyecto especial, que tiene por objeto compartir narrativas de resiliencia, creatividad y …
Hispanic Heritage Month Stories: Installment 3
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with CWS Greensboro through our special project, which aims to share narratives of resilience, creativity, and profound interconnectedness that shape Hispanic and Latine communities, but also our collective experience. / Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con CWS Greensboro a través de nuestro proyecto especial, que tiene por objeto compartir narrativas de resiliencia, creatividad y profunda …
Hispanic Heritage Month Stories: Installment 2
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with CWS Greensboro through our special project, which aims to share narratives of resilience, creativity, and profound interconnectedness that shape Hispanic and Latine communities, but also our collective experience. / Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con CWS Greensboro a través de nuestro proyecto especial, que tiene por objeto compartir narrativas de resiliencia, creatividad y profunda …
Hispanic Heritage Month Stories: Installment 1
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with CWS Greensboro through our special project, which aims to share narratives of resilience, creativity, and profound interconnectedness that shape Hispanic and Latine communities, but also our collective experience. / Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con CWS Greensboro a través de nuestro proyecto especial, que tiene por objeto compartir narrativas de resiliencia, creatividad y …
Reigniting Hope
In a conversation with Madison Burke, Migrant Services Coordinator at CWS, Paula* shares her gratitude for the sustainers of the Immigrant Solidarity Fund (ISF) for the support that they’ve offered she and her family during a moment of crisis. Paula arrived in the community in 2005, when her family brought her as an adolescent from Michoacán, Mexico. Her parents remain …
Hope & Opportunity
Simeon arrived to a refugee camp in Rwanda with his parents and siblings when he was just six years old. Now, nearly thirty years later, he and his wife and four children are finally beginning their new lives in Greensboro. Simeon described his feelings during his first days and weeks in America as “very, very, very, very happy.” A big …
