students working with populations in need
Refugee Resettlement: A View from the Caritas of Austin Employment Department Refugees, Where They Come From & Where They Go According to the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is defined as any person who: “Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted… Continue Reading Kyle Taylor, Caritas of Austin
In the spring of 2015, I interned with the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center (HCWC) as a primary prevention educator. Over the course of my internship, I helped co-facilitate small groups in the middle schools and high schools in Hays and Caldwell Counties, researched primary prevention, and participated in events that were either hosted by HCWC or… Continue Reading Lindsey Robertson, Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center
Refugee Services of Texas (RST) is a non-profit organization that works with Church World Service, Episcopal Migration Ministries, and the U.S. Committee of Refugees and Immigrants to provide services for refugees, asylees, human trafficking survivors, and other displaced people in an attempt to help them regain their self-sufficiency in their resettlement in the United States.… Continue Reading Amy Oakes, Refugee Services of Texas
In Fall 2013, I worked at Refugee Services of Texas (RST) as an employment specialist intern. Before applying for an internship, I was a volunteer at RST for a year. I mostly worked there as an interpreter of Persian language for Iranian and Afghani refugees. During this time, I became familiar with the nature of… Continue Reading Bita Razavimaleki, Refugee Services of Texas
I was drawn to the internship at GlobalAustin because I was considering pursuing a career in social non-profit work and I wanted to see how these organizations really worked. I had also heard that this particular internship was a fantastic opportunity to meet a variety of people from many different fields and potentially start building… Continue Reading Chelsea Lauderdale, GlobalAustin