Come to the virtual meeting on Monday December 13 at 7pm on Zoom. Register for more details. Interested but can’t make it? Sign up anyways so you will be on the list as more information rolls out!
These groups are being organized by Solomon’s Porch, 100 West 46th Street, in cooperation with Sponsor Circles.
In September of 2021 after a US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan the Taliban retook full control of the country forcing many Afghan peoples to flee. Thousands of Afghan refugees were evacuated out by US armed forces but many more were left to flee across borders causing a new wave of refugees seeking safety in neighboring or far off countries.
Here in the US, thousands and thousands of Afghan refugees have been flown into military bases across the country awaiting resettlement. They are tired, grieving, traumatized. As states struggle to resettle these refugees many are ill prepared after years of almost no refugee resettlement. The agencies that usually did this work have been gutted by the financial cuts and are overwhelmed at their diminished capacities. In response, the federal government launched two new initiatives in an effort to have all Afghan refugees off of military bases by February of 2022. These initiatives include utilizing local non-profits through state coordination to help resettle and a community Sponsor Circles initiative. [Read more…]