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We Are Where To Turn

Can you imagine coming to the United States seeking asylum as a single mother with your 15-year-old son, Said, and 6-year-old daughter, Camila,  with multiple disabilities? For Angie, she doesn’t have to imagine.  When Angie and her children came to the U.S., she began working in a laundromat and had been steadily providing for her…

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AISES

Jordan is a Senior at Yale University, and also the Co-President of the Yale American Indian Science and Engineering Society (yAISES) chapter. Fellow members of the organization, like Madeline say they have committed to promoting the visibility of Indigenous students in STEM. “A lot of our work is really going off [the phrase], ‘you can’t…

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New Neighbors Partnership

Have you ever donated clothes and wondered who would end up with your sweater or old pair of jeans?  Clare doesn’t wonder that, because she is part of the New Neighbors Partnership. Clare was matched with a refugee family with younger kids than her own, and she shares ongoing clothing hand-me-downs from season to season.…

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Genevieve

We hear a lot of things when people reach out looking for support. But we had never heard a promise like the one we got from Genevieve.  “I promise if I’m awarded this grant, I will still continue to say to myself ‘girl you can do hard things’ before I try to lift myself off…

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Kline Veteran’s Fund

Veterans are used to doing hard things, but they shouldn’t have to do them alone. When our partner, Kline Veterans Fund (KVF), reached out to us requesting support to help meet the increasing needs of women veterans who contact them daily, we couldn’t say yes quickly enough.  KVF provides emergency housing assistance to veterans who…

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Ruth’s Refuge

Do you remember the last time you thought about the likelihood that you have a bed to sleep in? With all that’s going on, maybe it was rather recently.  We read the headlines from around the world – every day there is news of war, famine, and natural disasters.   Our global community is currently facing…

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“Please don’t stop what you’re doing.”

“Hi. I’m a 25 year old woman struggling financially after major life changes and stress triggered a bipolar episode that nearly cost me everything I have.” That’s how the message from Catherine* began. She had lost her job, which ultimately led to her car repossession and near eviction. The situation triggered a manic depressive episode.…

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Too Young To Wed

When tragedy strikes, it is often the most vulnerable who pay. When a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the province of Herat in Afghanistan on October 7th, over 2,400 Afghans were killed and thousands more injured. Entire villages were wiped out. And even more tragically, 90% of those killed and injured were women and children.  Our…

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Middle East Children’s Alliance

Thousands of human lives have been stolen – human beings with favorite colors and school crushes; human beings who had just learned to walk or just tasted their first watermelon;  human beings who were on their way to celebrate an anniversary or meet their new grandchild – just gone. What do you do when the…

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The Heartbreak Feels Unbearable

The heartbreak feels unbearable.   Heartbreak is not Either/Or.  It is AND/BOTH.   Anyone trying to convince you that your heart should not break over people’s suffering is doing something other than love.  Love is And/Both. Suffering is And/Both. Our relentless commitment to you is this: In times of heartbreak, we will show up in the And/Both.  …

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