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IIB Welcomes 27 New Americans from 17 Countries!

By In the Community, News
We were honored to welcome 27 New Americans from 17 countries while they took their citizenship oaths at the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony in downtown Buffalo this week. The special ceremony took place at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site.  Here are the countries from which these new American citizens traveled:  Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burma, Canada,…
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Refugee Paralympic Team Wins Medals, Makes History

By Education, Events, History, News
Photo Credit: UNCR The Refugee Paralympic Team made history recently, winning its first-ever medals at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. They wrapped up this past weekend following ten days of intense competition. Competing in six sporting events, the dynamic refugee team included eight athletes and one guide runner. The team won bronze medals in the women's Para Taekwondo event…
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Molina Healthcare Donates Bookbags, School Supplies to Help New American Students!

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From L to R: IIB’s Summer Cerbone, Molina’s Said Ahmed (a former IIB client), and Molina’s Kathrine Dukes-Weber. A special thank you to our friends at Molina Healthcare, who stopped by to donate backpacks filled with notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, water bottles, crayons, and other school supplies to help the New American students we serve. The backpacks also included various…
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Recruting: In-Person Interpreters and Document Translators

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  Are you interested in helping immigrants and refugees converse in their native language? The International Institute of Buffalo is looking for interpreters and translators with excellent written and verbal foreign language skills to provide meaningful and necessary support to our new community members. Our interpreters and translators play an essential role in assisting our newly arrived American clients navigate…
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IIB Virtual Linguist Training: Intro to Legal Document Translation

By Events, I/T Service Update
Intro to Legal Document Translation Click here to register Dates: Monday, September 30 Time: two-hour virtual workshop 4:00-6:00 p.m. General admission with certificate: $35 General Admission without certificate: $25 If you are able, please offer a donation of any amount you'd like to help cover the operating costs of our diverse departmental offerings, or even perhaps for an interpreter who…
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IIB Welcomes 39 New Americans from 18 Countries!

By In the Community, News
We were honored to welcome 39 New Americans from 18 countries while they took their citizenship oaths at the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony in downtown Buffalo this week.  Here are the countries from which these new American citizens traveled:  Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Canada, Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Jordan, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Somalia, United Kingdom, and Yemen.…
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August 2024 Newsletter

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The latest from the International Institute of Buffalo in the form of our August 2024 Newsletter. In this month's newsletter: A note celebrating all workers, including immigrants and refugees, on Labor Day from Executive Director Jennifer Rizzo-Choi A spotlight on the people who make IIB great  A recap of the world-class immigrant and refugee athletes who competed in the Olympics Summer safety…
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UB's Social Impact Fellowship students that were hosted here at the IIB

UB Students Spend the Summer With IIB To Find Solutions

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From left: Ajit Pawar, Nicholas Bush, and Abbey Szarowicz (Photo Credit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki) by Claire Hackbush This summer, the University at Buffalo's Social Impact Fellows program selected the International Institute of Buffalo as one of just eleven regional non-profit organizations to host students so they could use their multidisciplinary backgrounds to address pressing social issues in the community. For…
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