Do you feel helpless when you watch the evening news and see the plight of the immigrants at the border? Does your heart hurt when you read about the terrible conditions at the border? Do you want to help in any way, in some way, but don’t know how? Please read on!

We, the members of the Refugee Working Group of Indiana, Pennsylvania (RWG Indiana, PA) want to take this opportunity to invite you to join us! We are a non-partisan group of diverse individuals who share a common passion for refugees, immigrants and immigration issues. Our mission is to educate, advocate, assist and create safe spaces.

 

This year, we will tighten our focus on issues surrounding immigration and immigrants in need. We are excited to start the new year with plans for a fundraiser for the Syrian American Medical Society, acquire non-profit status to facilitate fund raising, and present one of our member’s true story about “The Long Road to Immigration in the United States” this spring. This fall we hope to sponsor a fundraiser for Casa San Jose’, a well-established social service agency in the Pittsburgh area who has helped immigrants for over 14 years.

 

During the past year we’ve helped a mother from Rwanda with a serious medical condition, assisted an international student who had been in a serious car accident, marched to voice our support of the immigrants at the border and held substantial educational fundraisers for two non-profit organizations helping immigrants in the U.S. and in war-torn Syria.

 

Will you join us in continuing to make a difference when and where we can? Annual membership dues are only $10 and you will be kept informed of what we’re doing and how you can participate.