From the Desk of the CEO: The Stories and Faces Behind Our Theory of Change
By Jeff Thielman, President and CEO at the International Institute of New England Often when we think about a refugee’s experience in the U.S., we think of their earliest days here—the joy and fear of arriving in a new country after years of uncerta…
IINE Statement on the Trump Administration’s Dismantling of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
From its first day in office, the Trump Administration has taken aggressive and illegal actions to severely limit – and in many cases, entirely revoke – legal immigration pathways for people fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries…
Congolese Refugees Find Community and Wellness with Monthly Women’s Group
On a Thursday in late November, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo carefully folds an orange turkey that she’s made out of construction paper using the time-honored trace-your-hand technique. She’s seated at a conference table, and…
Employee Profile: Meet Andrew Cullen, Career Services Manager
Andrew joined IINE in 2019 as in intern in our Lowell office where he was tasked with researching immigrants who had made a significant contribution to the city in preparation for the offices’ centennial celebration—the Lowell 100. At the time, he w…