Welcome to our Monthly Newsletter from PCC4Refugees!
In this issue:
Register now for upcoming online events
- Apr 8 – Webinar: Update on US Immigration Policy and Enforcement and What You Can Do to Help (8 pm ET)
- Apr 16 – Conversation and Information Sharing (8:30 pm ET)
See below for links to recordings of past webinars.
Planning for our Future
- A message from the PCC4Refugees leadership team
We need your input!
- Take our short survey
Take Action Now!
- Support immigrants and refugees in your community and nationwide
In each issue, you are also able to register for all upcoming events, view recordings of past events, access “Welcoming Refugees: A Guide to Volunteer Opportunities for the Peace Corps Community,” volunteer with our PCC4Refugees team, link to our website, and follow us on social media. All of this is in the issue below!
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Register Now for Upcoming Events
April 8 at 8 pm Eastern – Webinar: Update on US Immigration Policy and Enforcement and What You Can Do to Help. Dan Kosten, Assistant Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at the National Immigration Forum, will provide
The latest update on the situation for refugees, asylees, and undocumented individuals (and even green card holders); reliable sources for keeping up with the ever-changing situation; and advice on what individuals can do to be helpful.
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 pm Eastern* – Join the PCC4Refugees Conversation Series to share resources and information in an informal online setting. (* note the new time)
See below for the full list of recordings of past webinars.
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Join our Planning for our Future
Starting with just five volunteers in 2016, PCC4Refugees is now a community of over 1,300 individuals (representing countless affiliate groups as well). Through our website, webinars and online conversations, newsletters and more, we’ve worked to fulfill our mission: to inspire and mobilize the Peace Corps Community to help those seeking refuge in our country and to advocate and educate on their behalf.
At this stage in our development and in light of changing policies towards immigrants and refugees in the U.S., we are taking a pause in our online programming to adjust and plan for our future. For that, we need your input and engagement.
- We invite you to join our upcoming strategic planning session. This two-hour online session will be scheduled for the coming weeks based on participant availability. We welcome you to participate. If you are interested, please email us at info@pcc4refugees.org now (ideally by the end of this week).
- If you haven’t yet, please take our survey (see below).
- As team members rotate off, we also seek new people to join our team! Contact us.
Thank you for your tireless and ongoing support for immigrants and refugees.
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We need your input!
The mission of Peace Corps Community for Refugees (PCC4Refugees) is to inspire and mobilize the Peace Corps community to help those seeking refuge in our country and to advocate and educate on their behalf.
PCC4Refugees is an all-volunteer organization with limited resources. To help us focus our efforts for maximum impact, we need your input. Tell us what you are doing, the resources you are using, what you find helpful and what you need. And please consider joining our all-volunteer team!
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Take Action Now!
The flow of new Immigrants is being suspended, and many of those already here are being threatened with deportation, with little legal recourse. Refugee agencies and their partners that have helped guide and sustain new immigrants are losing funding. The system is in crisis and needs your help now more than ever. Don’t wait, take action now!
- Offer direct support to refugees. Work with community organizations and informal groups to teach English, help families sign up for benefits, learn English, find affordable housing, and more.
- Donate to groups providing essential services.
- Advocate on their behalf at the local, state and national levels.
- Educate yourself and your neighbors about the needs of the refugee community (e.g., read our blog post and/or view our webinar recording on the rights of immigrants and refugees, attend an upcoming webinar, or join an online conversation, write op-eds)
- Share this newsletter and encourage people to sign up with PCC4Refugees
- Volunteer with Peace Corps Community for Refugees. We need people to monitor legislation and mobilize the community to act, share information and resources on social media, write articles/blog posts, keep our website and online guide updated, write and send this newsletter and targeted alerts, manage our database and website, and more. If you can help us, please email info@pcc4refugees.org. The commitment is just a few hours a month, but very rewarding.
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Archived Webinar Recordings
Welcoming Refugees – An introduction to our newly-launched guide and Switchboard, a one-stop online resource hub (recorded Sept. 26, 2024)
Career Pathways in the Refugee Resettlement Sector, co-hosted with RPCVnexus (recorded Oct. 21, 2024)
Advocacy Forum to Review Refugee-related Legislation (recorded Nov. 18, 2024)
RPCV/RPCV Group Showcase (recorded Dec. 11, 2024)
Know Your Rights (recorded Jan. 28, 2025)
Advocating at the State and Local Levels (recorded Feb. 12, 2025)
Serving the Educational Needs of New Immigrant Families (recorded Mar 4, 2025)
(Note: the content of each webinar is as of the dates noted. Some content may now be outdated.)
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Welcoming Refugees: A Guide to Volunteer Opportunities for the Peace Corps Community
This Guide, developed by the PCC4Refugees team, is to inspire more RPCVs and others to use their unique cross-cultural and language skills to welcome refugees and help them resettle in the United States. The guide provides information on a wide range of welcoming services that individuals and groups of RPCVs can provide for refugees in their communities and along the border.
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Register for Upcoming Events
- April 8 at 8 pm ET – Update on US Immigration Policy and Enforcement and What You Can Do to Help
- April 19 at 8:30 pm ET* – Conversation and Information Sharing (* note new time)
Note that we will add further details on individual sessions as we get closer to their dates. Details subject to change. All conversations are from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm (note the new time!) in the Eastern U.S. time zone.
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PCC4Refugees Needs You!
Volunteer Opportunities with Peace Corps Community for Refugees
Join our Advocacy, Communication, Partnership, and Membership teams! We need writers, editors, graphic designers, reporters, advocates, recruiters, speakers, organizers, relationship builders, and innovators. All around, pinch hitters are welcome too!
Please email info@PCC4Refugees.org to express interest.
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Support PCC4Refugees!
PCC4Refugees is run entirely by volunteers, but our website and crucial database are not free. Help us best share key information with you and facilitate networking with your financial contribution.
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The mission of Peace Corps Community for Refugees (PCC4Refugees) is to inspire and mobilize the Peace Corps community to help those seeking refuge in our country and to advocate and educate on their behalf.
Please visit these pages of our website for regularly updated resources and opportunities: