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…
Suitcase Stories®: Ishtar, a Haitian Immigrant, Shares Why She Came and Why She Stays
Ishtar, a recent immigrant from Haiti, works as a Case Specialist in IINE’s Lowell, Massachusetts office. Ishtar has sh…
Suitcase Stories®: Mapendo Reflects on Her Family’s Journey From the Democratic Republic of Congo and Starting Over
“This is when we knew we had to start life all over.” Mapendo, a refugee youth client at IINE, is originall…
Meet Biar Kon
All you really need to know about Biar Kon is this: in the right shoes, under a spotlight, he is unstoppable. During la…