- Recent News
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News Channel 5: Iraqi Man to Represent Tenn. at Refugee Congress (July 26th, 2011)
The New York Times: U.N. Reports Steady Rise of Refugees (June 19th, 2011)
Democrat & Chronicle: Refugee students rejoice as they graduate (June 26th, 2011)
Democrat & Chronicle: Young refugee completes his first year in a U.S. school (June 21st, 2011)
- Events
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Wine Tasting and Silent Auction to benefit Mary's Place
Saturday, October 8, 2011. The Lodge on the Green from 6:00-10:00 p.m.
$15.00 per ticketRSA (Refugee Student Alliance) meeting
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 8:30 a.m., Library - Media ARCORR (Rochester Committee on Refugee Resettlement) meeting
Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 4:00 p.m., School #5Crop Walk to fight hunger worldwide
Saturday, October 16, 2011
$5.00 per walkerNaz RAB meeting
Monday, November 7, 2011
GAC 151, 4:00 p.m.Naz RAB meeting
Monday, December 5, 2011
GAC 151, 4:00 p.m.
The Forced Migration Studies Program works to increase curricular and co-curricular engagement with refugee outreach efforts and other displaced populations by assisting in facilitating opportunities for resource sharing between Nazareth College and the local and global refugee community.
Forced Migration Program seeks to:
- Increase engagement with and advocacy for refugee communities through experiential learning;
- Establish interdisciplinary courses that include topics associated with forced migration;
- Increase faculty and student research on population displacement, forced migration and resettlement;
- Develop research and education on and off campus that centers on and empowers the voices of displaced persons.
The Rochester Refugee Community
- The 1951 Refugee Convention defined a refugee as someone who "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country".
- Rochester, New York receives approximately 1 percent of the refugees that arrive in the United States each year. The primary resettlement agency in Rochester, NY is Catholic Family Center of Rochester (www.cfcrochester.org).
Resources
Current and Past Partnerships
- Communication Sciences & Disorders: Graduate and undergraduate students fulfill practicum hours by providing language services to refugee students at Marys Place Outreach Center.
- Gerontology Elder Voice Project: Students interview and speak with Bhutanese and Burmese elders to gain a first-hand understanding of the challenges and themes around aging.
- International TESOL: Students create curricula and facilitate structured coffee chats with learners of ESOL at Nazareth College.
- Partners for Serving: Students serve at Marys Place through a work study program.
- Social Work: BSW students now have the opportunity to intern at Westside Health Services
Our Community Partners
- Saint's Place - Provides household goods, clothing and tutoring to refugee families.
- Mary's Place Outreach Center - Provides tutoring, case management, counseling and health-outreach opportunities as well as distribution of donations.
- Catholic Family Centers - Provides a broad spectrum of services to newly-arrived refugees including appropriate services, resources, training and other support.
- Westside Health Services - Provides affordable health care as well as interpreting services.
- Mercy Bridges - Provides literacy assistance through one on one tutoring.
- Rochester General Hospital - Provides health care services and interpreting services.
- Jefferson High School Interact Club - Provides leadership growth and service opportunities at Jefferson High School. Sponsored by Rotary International.
How To Get Involved
Faculty: If faculty are interested in forced migration studies or refugee studies, they are encouraged to consider teaching a service learning or incorporating a civic engagement or community service component into one of their courses. Community-based research is also an opportunity for faculty and students to engage in meaningful scholarship relating to areas of forced migration.
Students: Through off-campus internships, research opportunities, service learning courses and the Refugee Student Alliance, students have a variety of ways to become engaged with refugee communities, outreach service as well as advocacy.
Links to News & Scholarly Resources
- Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306878~db=all
- Forced Migration Review: http://www.fmreview.org/
- UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
- University of Oxford Refugee Studies Center: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
- York University Center for Refugee Studies: http://crs.yorku.ca/
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement: http://www.brookings.edu/projects/idp.aspx
- Refugees International: http://www.refintl.org/
- Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/en/news
- Forced Migration: http://www.forcedmigration.org/
Links to Our Community Partners
- Saints Place: http://www.saintsplace.org/
- Mary's Place: http://www.marysplaceoutreach.org/mpo/
- Catholic Family Center: http://www.cfcrochester.org/
- Westside Health: http://www.westsidehealth.org/
- Mercy Bridges: http://www.mercybridges.org/
- Rochester General Hospital: http://www.rochestergeneral.org/rochester-general-hospital/
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