Quarterly Learning Luncheon with Congressman Brad Schneider

Virtual

Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Congressman Brad Schneider at our Learning Luncheon on Monday, March 22nd at 12:00 p.m. CST in a discussion of proposed reforms of U.S. Immigration Policy 2021 and beyond. Registration is required (see below). Congressman Schneider (D) is a fourth-term representative for the 10th District of Illinois. He […]

Reading Refuge Book Club – A Disappearance in Damascus

Virtual

Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Deborah Campbell and Ahlam Mahmood at our second ‘Reading Refuge’ Book Club meeting on Wednesday, April 28 from 7 to 8 pm CST. Deborah and Ahlam will lead our discussion about “A Disappearance in Damascus.” A Disappearance in Damascus won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize and […]

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 […]

Reading Refuge Book Club – Roya Hakakian

Virtual

Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Roya Hakakian at our next Reading Refuge Book Club, Wednesday, August 25th at 7:00 pm to discuss her latest book, A Beginners Guide to America:  For the Immigrant and the Curious. Roya, a former refugee from Iran, is also the author of Assassins of the Turquoise Palace and Journey from […]

Quarterly Learning Luncheon with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky

Virtual

Jan SchakowskyBuilding Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky at our Learning Luncheon on Wednesday, September 8th at 12:00 p.m. CST in a discussion about critical issues affecting refugees. Registration is required (see below). BPB hosts educational luncheons listening to refugee stories and “knowledge experts” speak on immigration and refugee programs.

Quarterly Learning Luncheon

Virtual

Language is the key, opening the door to success for new immigrants.Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is delighted to host Evanston Township High School’s (ETHS) World Languages and Bilingual Department Chair, Rachel D’Onofrio, and ESL Teacher, Katie Kelly, to speak about the Bilingual Education Program at ETHS. This Virtual Quarterly Luncheon will be held on Monday […]

2021 Annual Event

Virtual

Register for the Annual Benefit (You will be sent a Zoom link prior to the event) Call to Action Support five newly arrived Afghan families. Affordable Housing Fund var fundraising_thermometer_804 = {"layout":"1","fill-color":"rgba(17, 174, 166, 1)","goal-amount":"20000","progress-amount":"6000","show-goal-amount":"1","show-progress-percentage":"1","show-progress-amount":"1","animate-progress-fill":"1"};

Quarterly Learning Luncheon

Virtual

Housing Challenges for Afghan Newcomers.Join us for a panel discussion on the housing issues that face the new influx of Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders and evacuees from Afghanistan. As hundreds of new Afghan evacuees are welcomed to the Chicagoland area, housing has emerged as the most difficult part of the resettlement process. Added to […]

Reading Refuge Book Club – Bela Suhayda

Virtual

Building Peaceful Bridges (BPB) is excited to welcome Bela Suhayda at our next Reading Refuge Book Club, Wednesday, March 30th at 7:00 pm to discuss his book, From Tyranny to Liberty, A Personal Story. Bela authored From Tyranny to Liberty, a harrowing story of his family's escape from their Hungarian homeland after the Communist Russia invasion […]

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 […]

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