Observed every year, World Refugee Day provides an opportunity to honor the courage of our community’s new neighbors and their resilience in building new lives in the United States. A "Walk in Their Words" will allow participants to listen to refugee and immigrant audio stories during the virtual walk/run and hear the personal experiences and journeys of individuals from many…
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Thank you for supporting our Buffalo Without Borders To Go Series! Your ticket purchases support the local restaurants we feature, the local businesses we source our bag items from, and the refugees and survivors that benefit from the resources these fundraisers help us provide! Click each of the links below to learn more about the countries of each night, from…
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Great Decisions Join us for 8 engaging foreign policy discussions introduced & facilitated by leading experts in Western New York. Great Decisions will be hosted on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 - 7:30 PM on Zoom. Tickets and More Info: https://iibgreatdecisions2021.eventbrite.com 4/13/2021 The End of Globalization? (Dr. Robert Shum) 4/20/2021 The Korean Peninsula (Dr. Mark Nathan) 4/27/2021 Struggles…
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In an effort to keep our community safe, we have been collaborating with The Erie County Department of Health to have essential COVID-19 updates translated into 14 languages to make sure health information is accessible to ALL Americans. Please share this webpage and consider making a gift to the Institute to support language access services for our clients and the…
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Download our free, local holiday guide to immigrant run stores
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After much consideration and planning we are pleased to be able to offer our annual trivia event virtually this fall, with the hope of an additional in-person competition in the spring. Community World Trivia will be held over Zoom on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM. Participants will play by viewing the questions on the zoom screen and logging…
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Join us the week of October 12th-18th as we team up with 10 local immigrant-run businesses to continue our Buffalo Without Borders Marketplace! Although we can't come together all in one night, we can still celebrate immigrant and refugee businesses and the great impact they have on our city's culture and economy! Instead of an in-person market, this event will…
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NYS VOTING HOW-TO Voting is one of the most important uses of our civil liberties, but keeping up with registration dates and voting guidelines can be overwhelming and inaccessible. This is why we've complied these voting resources and instructions to empower all individuals (who are granted the opportunity to) to cast their ballot! We can't let life…
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The International Institute of Buffalo's beloved event, Buffalo Without Borders, will go on! Buffalo Without Borders has been a significant celebration of Buffalo's diversity for 11 years, sharing and commemorating the outstanding immigrant, refugee, and ethnic restaurateurs, artisans, and entertainers we are lucky to have in our community! Due the current safety precautions, we cannot proceed with Buffalo without Borders in…
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JOIN US FOR "A WALK IN THEIR WORDS" To Register Visit: www.awalkintheirwords.org A walk in their words is an event organized by The Center, Utica to recognize World Refugee Day on Saturday, June 20, 2020 and raise awareness and funds to support these local agencies and refugee resettlement agencies across New York State. WHICH OF THE NINE LOCAL…
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