A Program Co-Sponsored by AAUW and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Sunday, April 30, 2 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Meetinghouse, 108 School Street, Bennington.
As of October 2022, Bennington has been designated a refugee resettlement site. What does that mean? Jack Rossiter-Munley, Case Manager and Interim Office Lead with the refugee resettlement agency operating here in Bennington will talk above refugee resettlement. He will share information about how resettlement happens and all ways that the community can support resettlement efforts.
The project in Bennington is connected to the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) in Brattleboro, which is focusing on resettling Afghan refugees.
The ECDC has sites across the country with different emphases.
Jack Rossiter-Munley
Learn about this project:
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Watch Video from WBRC Program: Officials Hear Refugee Success Stories, Challenge.
Vermont is currently resettling hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers from countries across the globe, with many of the new arrivals being placed in communities like Brattleboro.
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Listen to Vermont Public Radio Program: Afghan refugees find housing, education and friendship on Brattleboro’s SIT campus.
An Afghan woman dips a traditional potato dumpling in egg before frying in the kitchen at the School for International Training. Former SIT staff are volunteering to lead language classes and the campus has become a temporary home for about 90 refugees.
An Afghan woman dips a traditional potato dumpling in egg before frying in the kitchen at the School for International Training. Former SIT staff are volunteering to lead language classes and the campus has become a temporary home for about 90 refugees.