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PROUD TO BE GUIDED BY NEW US AMERICANS

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ADVISORY COUNCIL

We are proud to be guided by a 15-member Advisory Council, all of whom come from refugee and immigrant backgrounds - a treasured group of leaders from these countries of origin:

 

  • Afghanistan

  • Bosnia Herzegovina

  • Bhutan (Nepali origin)

  • Burma

  • Congo

  • Costa Rica

  • Cuba

  • Iran

  • Iraq

  • Jamaica

  • Liberia

  • Somalia

  • Syria

 

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​* “New US American” is an all-encompassing term that includes immigrants, refugees and their children. It recognizes that newcomer families can both treasure their cultural backgrounds, while also learning from and contributing to their new US communities. It serves to recognize the sacrifice and contribution of first and second-generation immigrants to the United States, and the heritage from which they come.

 

The IRRC Advisory Council elected to add US to the term to recognize the history and feelings of alienation many parts of Latin America experience when “American” is used to solely describe the United States. By adding “US” to New American, we honor the history and identity of our fellow Latin Americans in North, Central, and South America.

MEET THE TEAM

Coordinator - Maha Gabayre

Sustainability Specialist - Anneli Mung​

Director - Shirin Kambin

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LET'S WORK TOGETHER

We are often asked where we're located. The answer is: We live in all the places and corners of the Lansing, Michigan community where welcoming is happening. We reside with you - In your agencies, schools, neighborhoods, homes, places of work, and worship. We come to you and you breath life into the IRRC. The Immigrant & Refugee Resource Collaborative isn’t a “place” - it is a space. A space that moves around as welcoming happens.

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