Guest Speakers and Links from SCRIC Meetings
SCRIC Members: If you would like a link to a recording of any of the meetings, please contact us.
June 23, 2022:
- Good Counsel Services. Elizabeth Dembrowsky, Founder and Executive Director, Asylum Cases and Needs
- Shalom Friends, Immigration Detention Visitation. Ilana Wallach, Co-Coordinator
May 19, 2022:
- International Rescue Committee (IRC). Avigail Ziv, IRC Executive Director, New York & New Jersey. rescue.org
- Met Council for Jewish Poverty. Hannah Lupien, Managing Director of Social Services and Aly Warhit, Associate Counsel. metcouncil.org
April 21, 2022:
- American Women’s Peace and Education Delegation to Afghanistan. Ruth Messinger, JTS-Social Justice Fellow, Meyerson JCC-Social Justice Activist-in-Residence, AJWS Global Ambassador, SAJ. https://www.unfreezeafghanistan.org/sign-the-petition/
- Emma’s Torch (Culinary Training for Refugees). Sierra Murray, Program Director. emmastorch.org
March 17, 2022:
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). Michael Geller, Director, Media Relations & Communications. jdc.org
- Jewish Community Centre of Krakow. Jonathan Ornstein, Executive Director. friendsofjcckrakow.org
February 17, 2022:
- Good Counsel Services, Inc. Elizabeth Dembrowsky, Executive Director & Laiba Asad, Legal Team Lead, goodcounselinc.org
- Ruth’s Refuge Apartment Set-Up Teams. Mark Levy, East End Temple, eastendtemple.org
January 20, 2022:
- Refugee Resettlement Efforts: Brownstone Brooklyn Synagogues Refugee Project, Judy Wynn; Shaaray Tefila/East End Temple – Mindy Tindel; Ansche Chesed – Batya Miller
December 2, 2021:
- Upwardly Global: Helping Immigrants and Refugees Restart Professional Careers. Rebecca Neuwirth, Executive Vice President, upwardlyglobal.org
- The Refugee Employment Partnership. Richard Fields, Founder, and David Coleman, Program Administrator, refugeeemployment.org
October 21, 2021:
- New Neighbors Partnership. Shoshana Akabas, Founder and Executive Director, newneighborspartnership.org
September 23, 2021:
- Women for Afghan Women. Sunita Viswanath – Co-Founder and Board Chair, and Naheed Samadi Bahram, US Country Director, https://womenforafghanwomen.org