I’ve been thinking about the challenge of engaging people in difficult conversations, both inside and outside the therapy office. In many ways, the therapy office is a laboratory where we can practice skills before taking them into “real life.” When difficult topics arise outside of the clinical office, we rarely have the time to pause,…
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
I cannot remember a time when I didn’t know about JFS. Both of my grandmothers talked about their work with the organization, and I heard many stories about some of the people they helped to resettle in the Seattle area during the 1940’s and 50’s following World War II. However, the story began much earlier….
A Day in the Life Of…
…RISC Resettlement Coordinator Cordelia Revells 8:00 a.m. I start my day early since HIAS, the agency that sends us clients for resettlement, is based in New York. Today we’re corresponding about a family of five from Burma that is flying into SeaTac tonight along with another family of Rohingya migrants that is arriving in two…
Supporting Civil Society – Whose Job Is It?
In summer of 2015 I had the honor of participating in the Centropa Summer Academy (CSA) in Vienna, Austria and Sarajevo, Bosnia. It was an incredible and life changing experience. Centropa was founded on the belief that “stories are universal” and uses interviews and family photos to create biographical films which teach powerful lessons about…
How I Came to the States
I came to America from Russia, St. Petersburg. It was fourteen and a half years ago. I was 68 and didn’t want to change my life, so hard. Moreover, my older son had seven children, and I helped his family with them. Three of my granddaughters studied in school that we could see from my kitchen window. So,…
Opening the Door to Opportunity: Part 2
Tana Senn & Kevin Flaherty are JFS supporters. When they connected with Barry Goren at the College Success Foundation, they decided to direct a scholarship donation to a beneficiary of JFS services. Barry reached out to JFS Director of Emergency Services Carol Mullin and JFS Director of Refugee & Immigrant Service Centers Margaret Hinson, and…
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