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Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)

Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) is a non-profit agency whose mission is to help refugees and other displaced people establish new lives, strengthen hope, and contribute to the vitality of Connecticut’s communities. IRIS is a non-sectarian, independent nonprofit refugee resettlement agency that has welcomed more than 5,000 refugees to Connecticut since 1982.

Welcoming persecuted people from other countries is America’s most noble tradition. IRIS helps newcomers on the road to self-sufficiency by providing lifesaving support during their transition to life in the United States.

Email:  info@irisct.org

Common Ground

Common Ground is a center for learning and leadership, inviting people across ages and identities to connect to their urban environment, build community, grow into their full potential, and contribute to a just and sustainable world.

They work toward this mission through active, authentic learning rooted in justice and our environment: a farm, in a forest, in a city.

As a whole, Common Ground is a center for environmental learning and leadership located in New Haven, CT. It is a place where all members of the community – young and elementary-aged children, middle and high school students, the general public, and environmental practitioners – can find connections to the local environment, each other, and opportunities for learning and engagement.

 

John R. Williams & Associates

At the law office of John R. Williams and Associates, LLC, the legal team is committed to protecting your constitutional rights and safeguarding your freedom when legal matters put you in jeopardy. Led by the highly regarded founding attorney, John R. Williams, their firm’s attorneys will explore all options available to help you address your issue so that you can focus on your future.

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

The mission of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England is to protect the fundamental right of all individuals to manage their own fertility and sexual health, and to ensure access to the services, education and information to realize that right.

Yale University AIDS Program

Established in 1984 in response to the increasing number of individuals being treated for HIV/AIDS at Yale New Haven Hospital, our AIDS Care Program offers comprehensive services for adults, adolescents and children with HIV.

 

Love 146

Love146 journeys alongside children impacted by trafficking today and prevents the trafficking of children tomorrow.

Unite For Sight

Unite For Sight supports eye clinics worldwide by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Unite For Sight applies best practices in eye care, public health, volunteerism, and social entrepreneurship to achieve our goal of high-quality eye care for all. The programs are locally led and managed by ophthalmologists at Unite For Sight’s partner eye clinics. Unite For Sight’s international eye care services with partner local eye clinics are provided year-round and are comprehensive, including examinations by local eye doctors, diagnosis and care for treatable conditions, education, and preventative care. Outreach services are brought to the people in their villages, in some cases including villages seven or more hours from the clinics. These patients are provided with regular follow-up care by our outreach teams throughout the year. To date, they have provided eye care services to more than 1.3 million people worldwide, including more than 55,000 sight-restoring surgeries.

Pathways for Mutual Respect

Pathways transforms relationships among Muslims, Christians, and their socio-political contexts by empowering bold leadership for the common good.

 

New Reach

New Reach inspires independence for all people affected by homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing and support using the most innovative, progressive, equitable and inclusive methods.

Christian Community Action, Inc.

CCA’s mission is to express faithful witness by providing help, housing, and hope to people who are poor in New Haven.

Their commitment is to support families in their efforts to increase their stability and self-sufficiency, to be a voice of reason, and a light in the darkness during difficult times.

Their purpose is to serve families and individuals in crisis, through a continuum of care that assists them in realizing their unique strength and potential by offering them opportunities to:

  • Meet their unexpected, short-term, urgent and basic needs for food, housing, fuel, information and referrals
  • Access childcare and employment services that will increase family stability, health, safety and well-being
  • Realize their unique abilities, strengths and potential through leadership development, grassroots organizing and training
  • Address root causes of poverty, homelessness and income inequality, by promoting changes in public policy using individual success stories, data about unmet needs, and results in the delivery of services
  • Their desired outcomes are designed to be family-centered, program-focused and transformative.