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Let’s Celebrate Citizenship!
Today, we celebrate Citizenship Day. On this date in 1787, the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed America’s foundational government document, and is now celebrated in a federal observance that...
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Massachusetts Celebrates Africa Week 2014
The Office for Refugees and Immigrants is delighted to join Governor Deval Patrick in celebrating Africa Week. ORI’s mission is to promote the full participation of refugees and immigrants as...
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ORI PRIDE: Supporting Equal Access for LGBTQ Refugees
Within refugee communities and during the general resettlement process, LGBTQ refugees face significant challenges. They may have suffered trauma and stigmatization in their home or secondary countries...
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Refugee Entrepreneurs Growing Our Economy
Nothing embodies the American spirit quite like entrepreneurship. Like America, entrepreneurship thrives on hard work, perseverance, optimism, and an unyielding capacity for renewal. It is because of...
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ORI Mary Truong featured among Boston’s Most Influential Minority Leaders
Mary Truong, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI), was among a list of a dozen of Boston’s most influential minority leaders who were chosen for the Get...
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ORI’s Mary Truong Inspires at Women2Women International Leadership Conference
This summer, Mary Truong, Executive Director of the Office for Refugees and Immigrants, participated in the Women2Women’s Refugee Panel at Wheelock College on July 28. Women2Women (W2W) is an annual...
View ArticleA Year of ORI Successes
Each year, Massachusetts becomes home to 2,400 individuals through the state’s Refugee Resettlement Program administered by the Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI). Most, like Abdulmohsin (Mike)...
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