Thanks so much team!! Just donated to all three:

- Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay: https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/
- International Rescue Committee Northern California: https://help.rescue.org/donate/Softlandingfund
- Ascend Athletics: https://www.ascendathletics.org/

(first-gen immigrant here too :)

<3S

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 11:08 AM Carina Hessmer <carina.hessmer@gmail.com> wrote:

Looks like you all have some great resources. 

This is the organization Pablo and I are donating to. He knows them personally through his filming of Ascending Afghanistan / Women Rising and another friend of ours is on the board with them.

In case you're interested in the Documentary, here is a link to watch it free and you can learn about these Afghani women and this incredible organization.

    

Carina Hessmer   Co-Founder of Adventure Architects    High Impact Off-sites & Retreats for Corporate Teams E carina.hessmer@gmail.com I With_The_Whim W www.adventurearchitects.co

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 10:59 AM Igor Serebryany <igor47@moomers.org> wrote:

Thanks Topher! I gave to the JFCS -- the JFC in Los Angeles helped *my*
family resettle when we came to the US in 1992.

--igor

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:18:33AM -0700, Christopher Lin wrote:
> Hi friends, if you are interested in giving money or time to help Afghan
> refugees resettle in the Bay Area, I wanted to point to a couple orgs doing
> this work:
>
> Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay
> [1]https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/
> "Some planeloads of refugees have arrived in Fort Lee, Virginia, and this
> month, JFCS East Bay has already welcomed 40 people to begin their new lives in
> the East Bay. We are currently waiting for 23 people more people to arrive from
> Fort Lee, and have accepted the cases of another 33 who are still in
> Afghanistan. The number and pace of resettlement is like nothing we’ve seen in
> recent years."
> They also have volunteer opportunities (e.g. airport pickups, register kids for
> school).
>
> International Rescue Committee Northern California
> [2]https://help.rescue.org/donate/Softlandingfund
> "The IRC Northern California is raising $150,000 toward an Afghan Soft Landing
> Fund. 100% of your donation will be disbursed to cover emergency temporary
> housing as well as rental & utility assistance to support evacuee families
> stabilizing."
>
> In solidarity,
> Topher
>
> References:
>
> [1] https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/
> [2] https://help.rescue.org/donate/Softlandingfund

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