Po Rmah came with her family to the United States as a refugee from Vietnam when she was 7 years old. Last week, she began classes at Western Carolina State University, receiving the John R. Kernodle scholarship and becoming the first person in her family to enroll in a 4-year college. Today, she took the time to talk with me: …
Thanks, Erin!
This year, CWS Greensboro has enjoyed the hard work and dedicated effort of Erin Sexton, who served as an Americorps ACCESS member. Under the umbrella of the national Americorps program, Americorps ACCESS is a state-wide project that places volunteers at local sites for one year to provide direct services to refugees and immigrants. Erin’s last day was Friday, August 31st, …
Rashid Kinyenya
Rashid Kinyenya was a 28-year resident of his home country of Uganda, where his livelihood entailed working with a biomedical equipment company at Medimark Ltd. Rashid holds a Bachelor’s of Science and was studying for his Masters when he began to feel persecution brought upon by the community and new governmental laws. He fled from Uganda and stayed in Nairobi …
The Mosaic Festival
The 2015 Mosaic Festival, supported in part by Church World Service, Show of Hands, and Dance From Above, proved yet again to be an exuberant and fruitful celebration. The renowned event’s aim, to encourage appreciation of cultural diversity in the Greensboro area through music and exotic food, generated a healthy turnout of over five hundred patrons and volunteers despite a …