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Intersected: life chances of Black African refugees in the U.S.

This week’s post focuses on the life chances of Black African refugees in the U.S., taking a look at the labor market, how knowledge of the English language plays in (you’ll be surprised!), and what an appropriate faith response might look like.

Taken at #WRD2017 at the Denver capitol. PC: Katelyn Skye Bennett

Why you should support refugee resettlement today

By: katelynskyebennett 2017-09-152017-09-15

UncategorizedAfrica, Colorado, Democratic Republic of Congo, displacement, politics, refugees, RefugeesWelcome, resettlement, supreme court, Trump, UN, UNHCR, USA, withrefugees1 Comment

Despite the amount of refugees waiting to resettle to a safer nation with more opportunities, the United States has cut its numbers in half. Read the story of my friends, who are still hoping to resettle here one day.

Some say refugees. I say friends.

By: katelynskyebennett 2017-06-212017-06-21

people, race and reconciliation, UncategorizedDRC, friends, friendship, giving, hospitality, power, receiving, refugees, RefugeesWelcome, world refugee day6 Comments

I spend nearly every day of the week hanging out at the houses of refugees or having them over my place. On weekends many of us attend church together, all weekend long. On weekdays others of us eat lunch together; I always look forward to 12:30. Several of us practice music together, all of us…