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July 2025 Newsletter
The latest from the International Institute of Buffalo in the form of our July 2025 Newsletter. In this month's newsletter: Executive Director Jennifer Rizzo-Choi writes about how IIB continues its mission in the face of the refugee admissions process shutdown, highlighting that IIB will do what it has always done Buffalo Without Borders -- Backyard Edition! Get your Tickets --…
Wheels for Workers 716 Donates 25 Bikes with Accessories for Refugee Families
Local non-profit Wheels for Workers 716 stopped by our location on Delaware Avenue recently to generously donate 25 bicycles, along with helmets and locks. They’ll now be given to our clients to help them get to and from work, school, grocery shopping, and other essential destinations this summer season. Over the last two years, Wheels for Workers has now donated…
Buffalo Without Borders Returns with a Backyard Edition!
Travel the world through food and fun! Many have asked when we were bringing back our popular cultural and food event, Buffalo Without Borders. Good news! We are putting together a fun and casual backyard version of the event! Delicious international food and drinks, festive ethnic music, traditional dancers, and artisanal craft vendors will create a night to remember, and we want…
A Statement from the International Institute of Buffalo’s Equity & Inclusion Committee:
At the International Institute of Buffalo, we welcome, connect and empower the foreign-born, provide trauma-informed care to refugee and immigrant survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence and encourage the region’s support for different cultures. This means we continually celebrate the diverse community created by our staff, board, clients, vendors and supporters. We work towards a future where all Western New Yorkers are free to lead full and productive lives.
We are an agency committed to human rights that works to improve the individual circumstances of our clients. We recognize that structural inequities disproportionately affect our clients.
As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that the Institute is a diverse and inclusive workplace where we welcome the unique contributions that our staff and board bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, creed, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, familial status, marital status, military status, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, color, religion, genetic characteristics, disability, domestic violence victim status, conviction status and beliefs. This includes fostering an inclusive and respectful work culture and proactively addressing bias and hostility within our organization through intentional dialogues, trainings, and community connection.
- review hiring practices to aspire to achieve the diversity of our clients among our staff.
- engage an internal committee to bring staff voices and expertise to conversations around Equity and Inclusion.
- review vendors and purchasing to ensure that we attempt to support businesses operated by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).
- seek out and create partnerships with organizations led by BIPOC when feasible.
- use our voice to advocate for the rights of our clients.