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The Awaken Home Project, led by artist Blaine Siegel, is funded through the Just Arts program of the Heinz Endowments. Started in January 2020, the project seeks to match newly arrived refugees with local artists who will then create a piece of artwork for their home to help them create…Read More
Every year on June 20, over 100 countries worldwide observe the United Nations’s World Refugee Day to honor refugees’ strength and resilience and celebrate those who are now resettled and part of our communities and neighborhoods. But World Refugee Day is just one way we celebrate and support our refugee…Read More
Coming to America On January 21, 2020, smiling faces, warm food from their neighbors, and a household of donations from welcoming community members greeted Pittsburgh’s first refugee family of the new year. The family of seven--father, mother, four sons, and grandmother--arrived on a long flight from Tanzania to New York…Read More
6 months ago, Noah Jordan and four other JFCS board members got together to start a Young Adults Committee to get young adults (30-40 year olds) involved with all the great causes we are involved in at JFCS. The first event was last month at the JFCS Squirrel Hill Food…Read More