8 Tips for Having Better Conversations About Immigration
December 20, 2024
Immigration is at the heart of the American story. The rich cultural diversity and open society that defines our nation has fueled creativity, innovation, and economic growth throughout our history…
From the Desk of the CEO: How History Has Prepared Us for This Next Chapter
November 23, 2024
By Jeff Thielman, President and CEO at the International Institute of New England Coinciding with the return of the T…
Employee Profile: Meet Yusuf Abdi
Update to this story: March 24, 2020 Yusuf Abdi is a Case Specialist at IINE in Lowell, and a former refugee. For the…
Meet Mirfat and Her Family
Mirfat Abbas Al-Sakkaf, like every mom on the planet, worries about her children before she worries about herself. Ly…
Legal Immigration Forms Service Launches
Nearly every client that IINE serves across our three sites is in need of trustworthy and affordable assistance in ad…
Celebrating Parenting – Delsuita and Her Family
With limited English and a strong desire to succeed, Delsuita Giraldo left her native Colombia in 1999 to begin her n…
An unforgettable celebration
Despite a wicked nor’easter that chilled the region the night before, the atmosphere was exceedingly warm when 400 in…
A Message From the CEO: We ARE a “nation of immigrants.” No matter what the official statement is
A Message from the CEO Last week, in a quiet but very important way, the U.S. government officially redefined our nat…
A Message from the CEO: The President is wrong
With his much-publicized comment about Haitians and Africans, President Trump finally admitted this week that the fou…
Dr. Noubar Afeyan honored at Golden Door Award Gala 2017
IINE hosted our 36th Golden Door Award gala in Boston on November 30, 2017. The 700-seat ballroom at the Intercontine…
America: The Persian Rug
Today, Massachusetts is made up of more than one million immigrants, with approximately one out of every seven reside…
Happy Halloween! (Or, Happy Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve!)
In the United States, children and adults alike have been preparing for Halloween for several weeks; searching for th…
End Of Year State Of The Org
Dear Friends: In 1918, the year before we opened the International Institute in Lowell, Congress adopted legislation …
Still Standing with Refugees
FROM THE CEO’S DESK Since the International Institute of New England (IINE) began hosting the Suitcase Stories® serie…