New American Pathways

Thank you to all who have contributed to our hygiene kit donation drive thus far! We are still in need of deodorant, toothpaste, and shampoo supplies. Visit our Amazon Wishlist at https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/TKYOTE9TQ5VV to donate today. #donate #giveback #community

New American Pathways is sending Eid Mubarak greetings to everyone celebrating Eid-Al-Fitr beginning this evening! We hope you have a joyful time with friends and family.

Thank you The Welcome Co-op and Ethaar for setting up a beautiful apartment for this new family! Be sure to check out The Welcome Co-op page to learn more how you can get involved in setting up apartments for new refugee families.

We are hiring! We've recently posted a few new exciting job opportunities and AmeriCorps Positions. Check them out here! https://newamericanpathways.org/job-openings/

To all the amazing moms who are part of the New AP family, Happy Mother's Day! We hope you are celebrated today. #mothersday

Special thanks to the Bridging the Gap student club from Mount Vernon School ( @mvmustangs ) for their recent hygiene supply donations. We can’t thank you enough for your support! #community #giveback

Our Alternative Break programs our now underway! Contact us if your College or University would be interested in a virtual service-learning experience. Email [email protected] for more info. #service #servicelearning #volunteer #volunteerism #refugee #alternativebreak

Meet Jonathan! Jonathan serves on The Welcome Co-op team, part of a collaborative effort between New AP, Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA), and the International Rescue Committee Atlanta (IRC). Jonathan says: I’ve been with New AP/ the Welcome Co-Op since December 16th of 2019, and I have to say it has been a wonderful journey so far. I used to work for IRC as a Case Aide from May 2019 until December 2019. While at IRC, there was talk of a program called the Welcome Co-Op b...eing put together, headed up by New AP which would focus on the housing setups collaboratively for New AP, IRC and Catholic Charities. With a lot of patience and hard work from the three agencies, the Welcome Co-Op was born, and it has been an interesting adventure so far. For the year of 2020 we set up 90 apartments for 425 refugees between the three agencies and there is nowhere to go but up! Before working in the non-profit world, I was in the food industry for six years. One point that people in the food industry love talking about is when they help open a new restaurant. I never got to share in that experience, but I have a feeling that being a part of the start of the Welcome Co-Op is little bit like that, if not even better. See more

New American Pathways is thrilled to see President Biden reverse the travel ban, which separated families and denied life-saving resettlement services to tens of thousands of people in the direst of circumstances. We are excited to partner with the Biden Administration to rebuild the refugee resettlement program and support a more welcoming and supportive environment for immigrants in the United States. The Trump Administration instituted over 400 changes to immigration pol...icy with the goal of dramatically reducing the number of immigrants coming to the U.S. in every category, which caused hardship for countless families. Our mission over the next few years is to quickly increase our capacity to welcome and serve newly arrived refugees so that we can provide safety to those who need it the most. We look forward to working with the new administration and all of you to help refugees and Georgia thrive. #noban #refugeeswelcome See more

We would like to recognize all the community partners who came together to support our End of Year Cheer program. We were able to provide so many families with gifts. Thank You! #withgratitude #thankyou #heartfelt #support #gift #giftgiving #joy #happyholidays #community #partners

The Georgia State legislative session began last week and our partners within the Coalition of Refugee Service Agencies are working to closely monitor key state and federal legislation impacting Georgia’s new Americans. Check out their first legislative update of the year below to read up on the latest developments from D.C. and underneath the Gold Dome:

To all who are celebrating, Joyous Kwanzaa!

We are incredibly grateful for the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On this MLK day, we hope you are able to take the time to reflect and serve others. New AP AmeriCorps members will be spending this day writing letters to immigrants in detention, and there are many ways we can all serve our communities virtually for this important day. We'd love to hear what you are doing and how you are honoring the life of Dr. King in the comments. #mlkday #service

From all of us at New American Pathways, Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating! We hope you have a wonderful day full of joy and peace. #merrychristmas

New American Pathways is sending congratulations to all of Georgia's elected officials. We especially want to send a shout out to former staff member Jon Ossoff, who worked in the Education and Youth program at RRISA nearly 15 years ago. It's always exciting to see former staff go on to do great things! #gapol #runoffs #gotv

Each year, New American Pathways serves over 2,500 new Americans through our six programs, walking with them down a pathway to success and service. During this holiday season, will you consider a gift to support our work? Any amount will help us advance our mission of helping refugees and Georgia thrive! http://newamericanpathways.org/donate/

It's the season of giving and we are excited to announce an opportunity to donate to our New AP families through our End of Year Cheer event! The following wishlists can be used to gift items to our after-school students: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/9N64AVMC7KL5... https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/30VXM56RK6O1M

Our After School team has been hard at work this week bagging and delivering gifts for all their students. This year due to COVID we could not host our end of year parties, so every gift was hand delivered to each student’s door by our staff and AmeriCorps members. Thank you to everyone who made this possible! #thanks #givethanks #holiday #holidaycheer #afterschool #giftgiving #happyholidays #thankyou

The new year is right around the corner and so is a new opportunity to raise our voices and vote in an important election. Help us encourage Georgia voters to participate in the January 5th Senate Runoff Election by sharing one of our "Get Out the Vote" videos! We've got English in addition to the following 8 languages below: Tigrinya: https://vimeo.com/493578997... Nepali: https://vimeo.com/493579344 Kunama: https://vimeo.com/493579726 Rohingya: https://vimeo.com/493580660 Somali: https://vimeo.com/493581113 Burmese: https://vimeo.com/493581429 Kinyarwanda: https://vimeo.com/493578216

EDIT: As of Wednesday, Nov 11 The Secretary of State's office has changed the December Runoff date. We will update these graphics soon to reflect the new dates! By last Tuesday's general election, more Georgians- including naturalized citizens- had cast their vote than ever before! At New American Pathways, we're continuing the momentum and will be extending our voter engagement work so new citizen voices are represented in both the December 1st AND January 5th runoff electio...ns. Scroll through the graphics below to learn more information about key upcoming dates to remember and why voting on these dates is so important. And for more detailed information about the candidates, visit branch.vote/NAP

ICYMI: We have been celebrating new American voters all year and have enjoyed hearing their perspectives as they prepared to vote in the US for the first time. This Thought Leader piece from February, written by Justine and Punam, two new citizens is worth another share. Justine was also interviewed by CNN this year: https://www.cnn.com//us-immigrant-voters-2020-e/index.html

Meet Caitlin! Caitlin Barrow has been with us for two years, working as the Middle School Coordinator and currently serving as the AmeriCorps Program Manager. She recruits, trains, and supports the 15-person AmeriCorps cohort during their year of service at NewAP. Caitlin has a background in art education and first came to us 5 years ago as a part of Project RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Success through Education), an initiative with NewAP in collaboration with Fugees Family t...o support new Americans. She then went to serve with the Peace Corps in Fiji for two years, before returning to work with us again. Caitlin’s favorite part of New AP is the sense of community. She says- It has been such a great experience to be able to share that sense of belonging with our new AmeriCorps members each year. I also love to garden and cook so it was amazing to be able to share recipes and lunch everyday with my fellow coworkers. #meetthestaff #NewAP See more

We are so proud to be part of The Welcome Co-op, a collaborative model of refugee resettlement in partnership with The IRC Atlanta and Catholic Charities Atlanta. The Welcome Co-op just finished its first year of operations, and set up apartments for 425 refugees in Georgia. Stay tuned for more opportunities for you to get involved with The Welcome Co-op in welcoming refugees to Georgia! #refugeeswelcome #collaborations #GALovesRefugees

We’ve been out in Clarkston today doing interpretation for voters and poll monitoring with our friends at Common Cause Georgia and The Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda. Thanks to the Clarkston Community Center and First Baptist Church of Clarkston for being so welcoming and Atlanta Halal Pizza & Cafe for the delicious sambusas that went to hungry voters. Less than three hours left until polls close at 7pm! Check your voting location at mvp.sos.ga.gov and call 1-866-OUR-VOTE with ANY problems at the polls!