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Building Peaceful Bridges is a nonprofit organization supporting people of all faiths whose mission is to foster multicultural relationships by assisting in the integration of refugees into American society and educating communities on the challenges facing refugee populations through their stories.
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Inaugural Book Club Video
Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) had an excellent inaugural Book Club meeting with Dr. Jessica Goudeau on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. CST. Dr. Goudeau led our discussion about her book, After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America, which was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice book. After the Last Border is a story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in America. Here is the video of the meeting. Enjoy!
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Did You Know? One of the first acts of the Biden administration has been the introduction of the US Citizenship Act of 2021, which seeks to “modernize” the current immigration system.
However, there is still much to be done. As of this month, the administration has decided to reopen one of the highly controversial facilities for migrant children along the U.S.-Mexico border run by I.C.E
Building Peaceful Bridges reaffirms our commitment to stand with refugees and immigrants and continues to encourage policies that support and protect them.
Please visit our website to learn how you can continue to support us there: www.buildingpeacefulbridges.org/get-involved/
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Mentoring and Sponsorship
Support a refugee family by meeting together monthly or bi-monthly, introducing them to life in America, engaging in conversations that improve their English, or assisting their study toward citizenship.
Bringing People Together
Form new and lasting friendships. Gather for monthly luncheons. Meet neighbors and refugees from around the world. Hear speakers address issues relevant to today’s refugees.
Giving Families a Head Start
Together with a refugee family create a new living space: donate clothing and furniture, assist with rent, groceries, and basic necessities, prepare a welcome box, or share cultural values and meals.
Cultural Educational Events
Join us for an event and hear the story of a refugee. Learn what it is like to navigate a new home in a foreign country through refugees’ stories. Listen, first hand, to a journalist’s experience in a refugee camp.
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Ahlam al-Jebory Mahmood fled her home in Iraq after being kidnapped for her work running a humanitarian center near Baghdad during the war in Iraq. In 2008, she was a refugee in Syria working as a “fixer”–providing Western media with trustworthy information and contacts to help get the news out. She not only supported her husband and two children through her work with foreign journalists but set up a makeshift school for displaced girls. She was working as an unofficial leader of the refugee community in Damascus until she was arrested and imprisoned for her work. The story of her incredible journey from Baghdad to Damascus to Chicago is told in the multi-award-winning book A Disappearance in Damascus by Deborah Campbell, now optioned for screen by Terry George, director of Hotel Rwanda. LEARN MORE.
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Building Peaceful Bridges is a 501(c)(3) organization. EIN: 83-2282738.
Your donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Up to 87% of funding goes directly to help refugee families.
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