Join CMC in demanding that Congress pass an Afghan Adjustment Act in order to provide at-risk Afghans a permanent legal ...
The Iowa City Foreign Relations Council (ICFRC) seeks to promote greater understanding of international issues by hosting community discussions featuring expert speakers from around the ...
Staff have been busy since you last heard from the Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) about Afghan resettlement. Since the Afghan Parolee Assistance Program was created ...
At The Federal Level Over the course of the last few months, the United States Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) ...
Meet Louren, who served as a RefugeeRISE member this past summer with the LIFE (Learning is for Everyone) Program. Read on to learn more about ...
(Originally Published in the Gazette on August 25th, 2021) Author: Paula Land, Executive Director of CMC Last August’s derecho brought an influx of donations and ...
Written by CMC’s Director of Refugee & Immigrant Services, Sara Zejnic As the resettlement agency serving Eastern Iowa, the Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) stands ready ...
When COVID hit and school closed in March 2020, it felt like my entire world stopped. All my extracurricular activities, show choir, music, sports were ...
A typical day at Catherine McAuley Center for Marimer, who is our RefugeeRISE Education Coordinator – is anything but typical. “My desk is located at ...
For Regina, helping other women and building community is nothing new. The native of Congo has been helping women in varying capacities since 2003. It ...
For Paula and Elena, volunteering at CMC is something they enjoy doing together. The mother and daughter team have been helping out in the food ...
On May 3, 2021, President Biden signed a memorandum to increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States for this fiscal year (Oct ...
