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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 newcomers into American society and educating communities on the challenges facing newcomer populations through their stories.

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2022 Impact Report

We are happy to release our 2022 Impact Report.

In this report, you can see what our amazing volunteers and supporters have achieved with the generosity of time, skills, financial support and resources. You will read about our four major programs, Mentoring and Sponsoring, Bridge to Belongings, Educational and Advocacy.

In this report, see how you have helped:

  • Hawa and Ismail grow and thrive in their new country
  • newcomer children become smarter and better students through our new Junior Reading Refuge Book Club
  • educate the community on the issues that newcomers face
  • give new families much needed clothes, furniture, and household items to get a solid start in their new lives
  • advocate for policies that support our newcomers

Read about how we have partnered with amazing organizations to help make all of this happen.

Building Peaceful Bridges is growing and with that growth is able to help more newcomers. You are critical to our mission. Read about the journey, join us in celebrating successes and know that it is your support that makes real change in newcomer lives.

Read the 2022 Impact Report here.

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We are so excited for author Dr. Nour Akhras to join us at our quarterly Reading Refuge Book Club to discuss her book “Just One: A Journey of Perseverance and Conviction”

Join us on Wednesday, October 25th at 7:00 PM CST. Please register using the link in our bio!

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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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Stories

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.

You Can Write a New Chapter

You can write a new chapter in the lives of refugees by participating in one of our programs such as mentoring or sponsoring a refugee family, participating in a cultural or educational event, helping with delivery of non-cash donations, or suggesting a new program! LEARN MORE.

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In 2011, Ahlam (al-Jabory) Mahmood received the Woman of the Year Award from Karen Singer, President/CEO of the YWCA of Evanston. Ahlam was honored for her refugee resettlement work and co-founding the Iraqi Mutual Aid Society. Ahlam is always giving back to those in need. How about joining her and Building Peaceful Bridges in making a difference in a refugee’s life and sharing refugee stories with other Americans?
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
- Margaret Mead

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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 91% of funding goes directly to help refugee families.

Form 1023 including all attachments and Form 990 are made available to the public upon request.

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