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  • Monthly Luncheon Meeting

    BPB Glenview Location Glenview, IL, United States

    Educational luncheons listening to refugee stories and "knowledge experts" speak on immigration and refugee programs.

  • Monthly Luncheon Meeting

    BPB Glenview Location Glenview, IL, United States

    Educational luncheons listening to refugee stories and "knowledge experts" speak on immigration and refugee programs.

  • Monthly Luncheon Meeting

    Lucchetti Home 1520 Forest Drive, Glenview, IL, United States

    Educational luncheons listening to refugee stories and "knowledge experts" speak on immigration and refugee programs. Featured guest is Brother Joseph Schenk, Community Resource Developer, Refugee Resettlement Program of Catholic Charities.

  • Quarterly Monday Luncheon Meetings

    Lucchetti Home 1520 Forest Drive, Glenview, IL, United States

    Guest speaker, Hannah Werner, ESL Coordinator for the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago, will be speaking about the ESL Training at the Association. She will speak from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch and discussion of BPB business topics to follow. BPB hosts educational luncheons listening to refugee stories and “knowledge experts” speak on immigration and […]

  • BPB’s First “Virtual” Quarterly Luncheon Meeting

    Virtual

    Jims Porter, Communication and Advocacy Manager for RefugeeOne and member of the Golden Door Coalition, will provide a brief background of the refugee crisis, particularly during COVID-19.  He will introduce how resettlement works and introduce RefugeeOne’s services and programs. In addition, he will highlight the work and history of the Golden Door Coalition. RefugeeOne's mission […]

  • Quarterly “Luncheon” Meeting: Immigration and Refugee Policy

    Virtual

    Topic: Immigration and Refugee Policy   Guest speaker, Galya Ben-Arieh, J.D. ,Ph.D., is a professor in the Political Science Department at Northwestern University and an international expert in refugee and forced migration studies. She has worked for over 20 years bringing her expertise as an academic and lawyer to broaden our understandings of the rights […]

  • Quarterly Luncheon Meeting: “Day One” with Director Lori Miller

    Virtual

    Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Lori Miller at our December 7th Virtual Quarterly Luncheon, (Noon CST). Lori will speak about Day One, a documentary that she produced and directed. Day One follows a group of teenage refugees from war-torn countries who are enrolled at Nahed Chapman New American Academy, a unique public […]

  • Quarterly Learning Luncheon with Marianne Gimon

    Virtual

    Refugee Girls: Creating a Safe Place to Grow and Learn Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Marianne Gimon, Board Member, The Flora Family Foundation, at our Learning Luncheon, Monday, May 17, 12:00 pm. CT in a discussion of the refugee crisis and the vulnerability of adolescent refugee girls. Joining her in the discussion […]

  • Quarterly Learning Luncheon: Welcome.US

    Virtual

    Sponsorship and Community InvolvementWe are fortunate to welcome Kit Taintor from Welcome.US at our next virtual Learning Luncheon on June 13, 2022 at Noon (CT). Kit Taintor is the Vice President of Policy and Practice at Welcome.US, a nonprofit initiative with the mission to inspire and empower people from across divides to unite in common […]