Volunteer / Organizing Meeting
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 7PM US ET
Please register HERE for Zoom link
Many Afghan and other refugees are waiting to be resettled. Refugee resettlement agencies are overwhelmed. Volunteers are filling a critical need. A group of New York City area Buddhists has been forming to sponsor a refugee or refugee family, likely from Afghanistan, helping them to resettle in New York. We would partner with a refugee agency which would provide training and guidance. We need to assemble a team of 10 - 12 people who could meet regularly with and help the family. If you are interested please contact doshin@villagezendo.org and/or join a zoom meeting to discuss it.
To get a sense of what this volunteer work means, please feel free to check out the following:
Volunteer Form - You don’t need to fill this out right now. Feel free to complete after the meeting.
HIAS - This is the agency we’ll be working with.
Get Involved: Community Sponsorship in the NY Metro Area - This video is chock-full of information and inspiration.