Feed 100 Refugees

iACT is looking for groups or congregations to make, cater, or sponsor a lunch for our refugee clients during the monthly Square One Lunch Program. It is a wonderful opportunity for congregations, coworkers, or just a group of friends, to help others and to get to know some of the most interesting newcomers...

Village Center

The Village Center is a collaboration between churches and volunteers to provide support to refugee families. The Village Center is in an apartment in a complex just off Lamar where a number of refugees, especially Burmese, live. The apartment is paid for by Austin Stone while volunteers from Hope in the...

Nov. 5 Roundtable Panel Discusses Older Refugees

The general meeting on November 5th brought out 25 participants attending a panel discussion led by   panelists: Zarni Tun (resettlement case manager with Refugee Services of Texas); Lorel  Donaghey (employment specialist with Caritas of Austin); Casey Kasper  (ESL teacher with Interfaith Action of...

Refugees in Austin Find Health Care Home at Lone Star Circle of Care

Each month, between 50 and 100 legally sponsored refugees come to Austin to start new lives in the United States. They come from regions such as Burma (Myanmar), Iraq, Eritrea and Somalia. Many have lived in refugee camps for years awaiting an opportunity to gain legal entry into the U.S. In partnership with...

Panel Discussion: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011

Don’t miss the next Refugee Roundtable general meeting! Panel Discussion: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 Free and open to anyone interested in refugee issues Topic: “Refugees over 50” A panel discussion with representatives from the various agencies that work with refugees will shed a light on the...

The U.S. Citizenship Test

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants take the United States citizenship test each year and each year the number of applicants increases.  About 5.6 million people became U.S. citizens between 2001 and 2010.  To accommodate the growing number of applicants, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...