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Resettlement Stories

Daniel Boone – Volunteer, Louisville, KY
Daniel Boone doesn’t like to kid himself; the work he does on behalf of refugees is pretty simple stuff. Boone leads a busy life working as a psychologist for the Veteran’s Administration in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, but he still finds time to volunteer at Kentucky Refugee Ministries.

Goma Maya Rai – Bhutanese Client, Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Louisville, KY
Goma Maya Rai has been in the United States for about six months now, and she and her family have already experienced their share of successes and struggles here.

Thlasui “Sui” Tluangneh - Resettlement Team Leader, Indianapolis
When Thlasui “Sui” Tluangneh composed the poem, “Mr. One and Mr. Zero,” he was thinking not only of his own experience of injustice in Burma (Myanmar), but of the experiences of people in similar situations all over the world.

Flight from Oppression Leads Iraqi Family to Suburban Refuge
At an observance of World Refugee Day, Noorhan, a 29-year-old woman from Iraq, tells of her family’s long journey from Baghdad to Wilton, Connecticut.

Louisville Parish Keeps Doors Open for Refugees
After 20 years in hiding and in camps, a Burmese activist embraces his new life, an experience shared by many refugees helped by the Church of the Resurrection.


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Diocesan Young Adult Ministers' Meeting
9/17/2010  - 9/19/2010    - The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute; Linthicum Heights, MD

Long Island Diocesan Pan-Asian Festival Day
10/2/2010 

Global Work Party
10/10/2010   - Wherever you are!

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