Books about Refugees and US Resettlement

Academic Resources Bosnian Refugees in America. By Reed Coughlan and Judith Owens-Manley Global Changes in Asylum Regimes: Closing Doors. By Daniele Joly (editor) Homecomings:  Unsettling Paths of Return. By Fran Markowitz and Anders Stefansson (editors) Problems of Protection:  The UNHCR, Refugees, and...

2011 Refugee Youth Summer Program Video

Refugee Youth Summer Program 2011 from Tom Spencer on...

A Very Successful World Refugee Day!

Thanks to everyone who was a part of this year’s World Refugee Day Celebration for making Saturday, June 18th such a memorable day. The event was at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum between noon and 3 pm and drew over 1,600 people. The celebration began at noon with a naturalization ceremony swearing...

Multicultural Refugee Coalition soccer team

The Multicultural Refugee Coalition soccer team was featured in an Austin American Statesman article on Monday, April 4 http://www.austin360.com/recreation/rivalries-left-behind-1368055.html Check out the video...

RST’s Language Partnership Program

Refugee Services of Texas is a refugee resettlement agency here in Austin. The bulk of their work is resettling newly arrived refugees, finding them first jobs, and providing long term case management to refugees who need it. The following is a new program they have initiated: RST’s Language Partnership...

Living a New Language

ESL Workshops: Living a New Language Trainer: Derek Hansen Where: Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E. 8th St. Room 307 Choose one full session and one follow up session When: Full Sessions (choose one): 1A) Saturday March 19th, 2011, 9 am-1 pm 1B) Monday, March 21st and Wednesday, March 23rd, 6-8...