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September 21, 2016 | RefugeeConnect Launches Virtual Resource Center
RefugeeConnect now acts as a resource and connector to ensure refugees have access to the programs available to them, and that they feel welcome in their adopted community. They currently offer an in-depth virtual resource center (www.refugeeconnect.org) that allows refugees to quickly and easily search through more than 80 service providers in specific categories, such […]
August 3, 2016 | RefugeeConnect Featured on U.S. State Department’s ShareAmerica platform
“In some places refugees might feel forgotten, but in Cincinnati, it’s a different story.” Our RefugeeConnect project was recently featured on the U.S. State Department’s inspirational ShareAmerica platform! ShareAmerica works with U.S. embassies and consulates in more than 140 countries to engage with people around the globe. Read the complete article here.
August 3, 2016 | Delta Dental Foundation funds classroom trips to GrinUp! “Inside the Grin” exhibit at Cincinnati Museum Center
To kick off the new school year and raise awareness about good oral health, the Delta Dental Foundation is offering $5,000 in field trip grants for area students to visit Inside the Grin at Cincinnati Museum Center’s Duke Energy Children’s Museum. The newly-opened exhibit was funded, in part, by a $55,000 grant from the Delta […]
July 12, 2016 | This American city has a winning way of making refugees feel welcome
In partnership with the Ad Council, Upworthy is featuring RefugeeConnect’s programming and recent World Refugee Day Cup Soccer Tournament as part of their special Embrace Refugees series. Read more here!
Junior League of Cincinnati welcomes world refugee population
RefugeeConnect, a signature project of the Junior League of Cincinnati, was featured in the June Issue of connected, a publication of the Association of Junior Leagues International: Looking for a new project in 2011, the JLC began extensively evaluating service gaps in the needs of women and children in Greater Cincinnati. They discovered a missing […]
June 4, 2016 | Soccer tourney celebrates World Refugee Day
Cincinnati’s Local12 highlights RefugeeConnect‘s World Refugee Day Cup, bringing attention to 25,000 refugees in Cincinnati. The World Refugee Day Cup took place on June 4, 2016, and saw participation from more than 150 players from 15 countries. (read Local 12’s coverage here)
June 2, 2016 | World Refugee Day Cup Brings Families from 15 Countries Together
The Cincinnati Enquirer has excellent pre- and post-cup coverage of RefugeeConnect’s World Refugee Day Cup that took place on Saturday, June 4. How the Beautiful Game reconnects Cincinnati’s African refugees June 2, 2016 – Cincinnati Enquirer Excerpt: It may be the world’s most overcrowded refugee camp, built in western Tanzania for 50,000 people but now teeming with 160,000 […]
May 19, 2016 | RefugeeConnect wins Fuel the Fire
The JLC’s RefugeeConnect won the top prize for its “The Funnel” presentation at Fuel Cincinnati’s event on May 16.
May 4, 2016 | Kentucky Derby Parties in Cincinnati
Mint juleps, big hats, fast horses. City Beat listed the JLC’s Dark Horse Derby Party top on it’s list of derby parties in Cincinnati. Read it here.