by Chris Rippee, Career Counselor, JFCS Career Development Center Finding a job is rarely easy, but when you are foreign-born, the process can be even more challenging. Many immigrants and refugees struggle to find meaningful work as they adapt to American workforce culture. For more than 5 years, the Refugee…Read More
Champions of Learning winner is a JFCS staffer
On May 2nd, the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Consortium for Public Education, held the annual Champions of Learning Awards event at the University of Pittsburgh. JFCS Volunteer Coordinator for the Refugee & Immigrant Services department Andrew Van Treeck was one of the finalists. To…Read More
Team JFCS at the 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon
For the 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon. we launched Team JFCS! This year we had 13 champion runners and the support of the broader community. For the first time in JFCS history, Team JFCS crossed the finish line of the Pittsburgh Marathon! We were not alone on the streets of Pittsburgh on…Read More
JFCS CEO Dr. Jordan Golin: Words reflecting on the San Diego tragedy
I recently learned that steel melts at 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. But steel actually begins to soften at “only” 800 degrees. The quality of steel doesn’t fit neatly into a dichotomy of good steel versus bad steel: good vs bad. Instead, there’s a continuum that ranges from solid to liquid –…Read More