🌟 We are thrilled to celebrate Diya Abdo, who has been named a 2025 Ashoka Fellow! 🌟 ❤️ Please join us in congratulating Diya and in celebrating the collective work of our ECAR campuses, partners, and communities who make this movement possible. Learn more here: ashoka-usa.org/fellows

🍰💜 Another sweet success from our ECAR Chapter at Clemson University! Their latest bake sale raised $400 to support their ongoing efforts to create a culture of welcome and help resettled friends feel at home in the Clemson Family.

We wrapped up this year’s Gathering with a beautiful evening festival. We can’t wait to gather again next year! 👀 Stay tuned for details on the 2026 ECAR Gathering

The ECAR Gathering brought together educators, students, and community partners for hands-on workshops that deepened understanding, sparked collaboration, and offered practical tools to strengthen the work of welcome. 👉 Swipe to see some of our favorite moments.

Alongside inspiring panels and conversations, this year’s Gathering invited participants to do it together, engaging in interactive workshops that blended creativity, movement, reflection, and connection. 👉 Swipe to see some of our favorite moments.

🌟 Intern Spotlight: Jada Ball 🌟 We’re so grateful to have Jada Ball on our team, joining us through our partnership with Humanities at Work at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, helping us advance ECAR’s mission of welcome and belonging across campuses nationwide!

Last month, campuses, community partners, & advocates came together for a weekend of learning, reflection, & collaboration at the ECAR Gathering. 🎙️ Our panels sparked meaningful conversations on the evolving landscape of refugee resettlement in the U.S. 👉 Swipe to see some of our favorite moments.

🎓✨ Become a Resettlement Campus! ✨🎓 The ECAR Training-of-Trainers Program prepares higher education leaders to make their institutions Resettlement Campuses. Learn more at 🔗 www.everycampusarefuge.org

🌟 Intern Spotlight: Bri Martinez 🌟 We’re so grateful to have Bri Martinez on our team, joining us through our partnership with Humanities at Work at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and helping us build campuses of radical hospitality and belonging!

🎓 NEW program for colleges and universities to provide education opportunities for students who arrived to the U.S. as refugees and have resettled in their state. Learn more and sign up for an HEI info session Wednesdays at noon ET communitysponsorshiphub.org/campus

Thank you Lafayette College and Refugee Action for hosting the 4th ECAR Gathering. Stay tuned for more photos from this weekend! Video credit: ECAR at Clemson

We’re just days away from the 4th Annual ECAR Gathering, happening Sept. 12–13 at Lafayette College! This year will feature: ✨ Easton City Council Member Taiba Sultana ✨ Lafayette faculty, students, and staff ✨ Easton community members and national partners 🔗 news.lafayette.edu/2025/09/03/l...

The Fourth Annual ECAR Gathering is just about a week away! We can’t wait to welcome our community to Lafayette College. Interested in participating? There’s still time to register! 👉Register here: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org 📸 Autumn Hollifield and Russell Sage College

📣 There is still time! Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Western Carolina University to the Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Network! Welcome to the ECAR family, Catamounts!

🎉 We’re honored to be one of six incredible organizations awarded a $5,000 Resilience Grant from @The Hello Neighbor Network! Thank you, @Hello Neighbor, for investing in immigrant- and refugee-led organizations working toward a more inclusive future.

📣 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience. Some of these powerful oral histories have been creatively adapted into a comic format. 🎨 Josh Neufeld 📖 Check out Fatema's story here

📣 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

This month, ECAR’s Christian Matheis presented a powerful workshop at the 2025 Engineering Cohesive Communities conference on immigrant integration. We're proud to see ECAR contributing to vital conversations on inclusion and social cohesion. 💬🤝🌍

📣 Big semester for ECAR at Clemson! They launched a new student organization, welcomed 50+ volunteers, hosted bake sales & community events, and presented work across campus and the region, all in service of building a culture of welcome for refugee families.

🎉 We’re so excited to see ECAR chapters starting to use our new logo alongside their college and university branding! It’s inspiring to watch each campus make the movement their own while staying connected to the larger ECAR community. Special shout out to Russell Sage College in Troy, NY!

📣 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

🎉 Two of our incredible chapters—from Russell Sage College and Hudson Valley Community College—recently presented at the C2UExpo “Partners in Place” conference hosted by MacEwan University in Canada! 🌍 Huge congrats to Catherine Willis and Ali Schaeffing! 🌍👏

Last month, at the Crossing Borders, Building Belonging: Understanding Refugee Displacement conference at the University of Washington, Dr. Abdo shared the transformative vision behind the Resettlement Campus model. 🌍📚 A powerful reminder that higher education can—and should—be a force for welcome.

Ojullo shares his journey from Kenya to the U.S., where he was welcomed by the ECAR Chapter at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. 🎧 Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLXp... 🔔 Subscribe to hear more stories. Video by Yana Durado. Project funded by an Emerson Collective Fellowship.

🌍✨ In 2015, Pope Francis urged every parish in Europe to host one refugee family. What if college campuses did the same? 🎨 ECAR’s inspiring origin story is beautifully captured in a comic by acclaimed cartoonist Josh Neufeld. Dive into the story that started it all.

🚨 Check it out! @JoshNeufeld recently illustrated a powerful comic about the founding of Every Campus A Refuge, featured in the Boston Globe. Follow @globeopinion on Instagram to see the full comic! You can also find it linked here: www.bostonglobe.com/.../pope-fra...

Aury and Fabriciano share their journey from Venezuela to the U.S., hosted by the Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Chapter at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. 🎧 Hear their story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWaz... 🔔 Subscribe for more voices of refuge and resilience.

📣 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

Last month, Diya attended the Design Forge at Elon University which brought together innovators in design and higher ed to explore relational learning and living—and ECAR’s own Dr. Diya Abdo was at the heart of it. Read more here: www.elon.edu/u/news/2025/...

✨ Join Diya on May 21st for this webinar! She'll be talking with Voice of Witness about documenting refugee experiences, amplifying newcomer voices, and advocating for inclusion and belonging. Register here; www.eventbrite.com/e/oral-histo...

Ali, Marwa, & Abboudi share their journey from Iraq to Greensboro, NC, where they were welcomed by Guilford College—the flagship chapter of Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR). 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIX7... Video by Yana Durado. Project funded by an Emerson Collective Fellowship.

📣 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

📣 Registration is OPEN! Join us for the 2025 Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) Gathering! 🎟️ Registration is just $150 (meals + activities included!) 🔗 Learn more & register: gathering.everycampusarefuge.org Come be part of the movement. Let’s build campuses of refuge—together.

Dr. Ali Schaeffing from the ECAR Chapter at Russell Sage College shared insights on how campuses and community partners can collaborate to support refugee welcome in meaningful, sustainable ways. Grateful to all who joined the conversation and continue to build stronger, more inclusive communities!

With heavy hearts and deep gratitude, Every Campus A Refuge honors Pope Francis, whose call to host refugee families inspired our founding. His legacy of radical hospitality, justice, and courage continues to guide our mission. May his memory be eternal.

✨Ṣawt Spotlight✨ Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience. 🔗Find Farzana's story here: shorturl.at/mR52n

📢 Join Diya for a conversation with Voice of Witness on using oral history to document refugee experiences and advocate for immigrant justice. 🔗Learn more about the event and register here: voiceofwitness.org/get-involved...

✨Ṣawt Spotlight✨ Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience. 🔗Find Blaise's story here: shorturl.at/mR52n

We were honored to participate in the 2025 Supporting Refugee Student Journeys in US Higher Education Convening, where Diya Abdo and ECAR Chapter Lead at The University of Tulsa, Danielle Macdonald, joined an insightful panel discussion on the role of higher education in refugee resettlement. 🌍🏫

We are excited to share that our ECAR Chapter at Russell Sage College recently welcomed a new family. As they settle into their new home, they need essential donations, including: 🍼 Childcare items 🧴 Household goods 👕 Clothing and essentials 🤲 Donate here: securelb.imodules.com/s/1804/lg20/...

✨Ṣawt Spotlight✨ Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience. 🔗Find Abboudi's story here: shorturl.at/mR52n

The ECAR Map Tool connects colleges, resettlement agencies, and refugee support organizations across the U.S., making it easier to build networks and access resources. 🔎 Read the full blog: www.switchboardta.org/mapping-conn... 🔗Find the ECAP Map Tool here: everycampusarefuge.org/ecar-map-tool/

Please welcome Hartwick College as our newest Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR) chapter! 🌍💙 Hartwick joins a growing network of colleges and universities committed to providing a welcoming refuge for displaced families. Join us in welcoming Hartwick to the ECAR family! 👏✨

🌟Ṣawt Spotlight Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience. Find Marwa's story here: everycampusarefuge.org/%e1%b9%a3awt... Project funded by an Emerson Collective Fellowship.

🌟Ṣawt Spotlight Through Ṣawt, we amplify the voices of 19 refugees hosted by ten campuses across the U.S., sharing their journeys of challenge, triumph, and resilience. Find Ali's story here: everycampusarefuge.org/%e1%b9%a3awt... Project funded by an Emerson Collective Fellowship.

JMU's ECAR Chapter has worked alongside community partners to host refugee families on campus, providing essential support to help them build new lives. This past year, students joined the effort through a sociology course dedicated to ECAR. 🔗Read more here: www.jmu.edu/news/cal/202...

The University of Tulsa ECAR chapter is working quickly to welcome a family of four. They are seeking donations for: 🍎 Food 🛋️ Furniture 🧴 Household items & toiletries If you’re able to help, please consider donating today. 🤲 Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

ECAR is excited to convene at a national gathering on Supporting Refugee Student Journeys in U.S. Higher Ed on March 14, 2025, at DePaul University in Chicago, IL! Diya Abdo and Walid Mosarsaa will both be participating as speakers—don’t miss this opportunity to connect!