Tag Archive: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

International Rescue Committee: Project SOAR Communications Plan

Media Team Izaak Martin Drew Peterson-Roach Ellaha Shaheen Allison Zucker Organization International Rescue Committee (IRC) About Students worked with The IRC’s Project Strengthening Organizations Assisting Refugees (SOAR) coordinating the assessment, design, development, and evaluation of the resettlement department’s training initiatives and techinical assistance tools. Audiences for this work included 500 staff in 18 U.S. resettlement offices, …

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International Rescue Committee: Messaging Best Practices for Ethnic Community-Based Organizations

Media Report Presentation Team Silvia Perugachi Betsy Reid Feda Saleh Kristina Szekielda  Organization International Rescue Committee (IRC) About Students assessed IRC’s Project Strengthening Organizations Assisting Refugees (SOAR)existing technical assistance tools, met with refugee leaders to collect their best practices, oversaw the design of interactive new tools that incorporated their voices and promising practices, and piloted new tools …

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IRC: Community-Based Refugee Organizations

Media Report Presentation Team Danielle Rosario-Mullen Kim Hafner Organization International Rescue Committee (IRC) About Several community-based organizations with origins in select countries were identified as potential candidates for a small-scale pilot project that will link them with three IRC overseas country offices. Through two full semesters of data collection in 2005 and 2006, New School consultants identified, surveyed …

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IRC: Refugee Youth Education Initiative

Media Report Presentation Team Zayn Aabakil Amina Conte Andrea Feduzi Stephanie Miller Laura Summerhays Organization International Rescue Committee (IRC) About Each year, tens of thousands of refugee children and youth originating from war-torn countries worldwide enter the United States. In Fiscal Year 2006, 47% of all refugees admitted to the U.S. were below the age …

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IRC: Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Media Report Presentation Team Tania Hary Daniel Gore Elizabeth Chiappa Katia Araujo-Natt Organization International Rescue Committee (IRC) About Background: Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee is a leading non-sectarian, non-profit organization providing emergency relief, protection, rehabilitation assistance, resettlement services and advocacy for refugees and victims of oppression or violent conflict. Committed to human dignity …

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