International Institute of New England

We are grateful to have received a President's Community Partner award from St. Anselm College at Education Alliance for New Hampshire's 21st Annual Presidents’ Awards! IINE Volunteer Coordinator Mike Mailloux and ESOL instructor Lynn Hayden accepted the award on behalf of IINE. We thank St. Anselm College's dedicated volunteers for their continued collaboration in providing ESOL classes at the Meelia Center for Community Engagement and for their support in welcoming new families to our community. Congratulations to all those recognized for their dedication to bettering their community. Read the article to learn more: https://hubs.li/Q03jY8cL0 #EANH #community #refugeeswelcome #immigrantswelcome #award #leader

Honoring our legacy 🗽🇺🇸 In a recent blog, IINE Board of Directors Member Tuan Ha-Ngoc reflected on how the bravery and compassion of the founders of our Boston office—in the face of wide-spread anti-immigrant sentiment—provides us with an important guide for navigating the challenges of today. Our founders knew that welcoming and supporting immigrants was the right, humane, and smart thing to do, and we are proud to carry on this legacy. Read the full blog here: https://hubs.li/Q03jSSWq0 Join us to celebrate 100 years of life-changing services for newcomers and to reaffirm our region’s commitment to embracing and celebrating the diverse communities that give Boston its strength at our Centennial Golden Door Award Gala on Wed., June 4, 2025, at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport! Purchase tickets today: https://hubs.li/Q03jSTc10  #IINEGDA2025 #CentennialGDA #GoldenDoorAward #GoldenDoorAward2025 #IINE100 #100yearsofwelcome #immigrantstories #immigrantswelcome #suitcasestories 

Thank you to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates for your impactful gift in honor of our Centennial #GoldenDoorAward Gala. We are grateful for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates' partnership in providing life-changing support to #refugees and #immigrants in New England as we have done for the last 100+ years and will continue to do for the next century. Learn more about our community of incredible supporters, alongside #SkaddenArpsSlateMeagherandFlomLLP: https://hubs.li/Q03h_vvW0  #IINEGDA2025 #CentennialGDA #GoldenDoorAward #GoldenDoorAward2025 #IINE100 #100yearsofwelcome #immigrantstories #immigrantswelcome #suitcasestories

We are thrilled to have been named the first-place winner of the HealthForce NH #InnovationChallenge! 🥇✨ This award gives us the opportunity to expand our “LNA for Success” program to leverage our successful partnership model and support more immigrants to achieve certification to become Licensed Nursing Assistants. Our program provides a meaningful, family-sustaining career pathway for newcomers, while also helping to meet a critical workforce need in New Hampshire. Thank you to HealthForce NH for their support! We are also so proud to have presented amongst other innovative and impactful projects. Our "LNA for Success" program is only possible with private and public support. Please consider donating today to provide opportunities for immigrants to succeed and fill much-needed jobs in our communities: https://hubs.li/Q03hZJBB0 #LNAforSuccess #InnovationChallenge #2025InnovationChallenge #HealthForceNH #NHHealthcare #HealthcareCommunity #HealthyNH #LNA #LicensedNursingAssistant #healthcare #healthcarejobs #NHworkforce

“You come to the United States as a refugee and you can work right away. Within a year you can get a green card, and they are now going to try to make that process a lot longer and more difficult, and that’s unnecessary because these people have been vetted, extremely vetted overseas before they came to the United States. So what people are living in right now is pure fear,” IINE President and CEO Jeff Thielman told WBUR as refugees in our communities face a new level of uncertainty under the new presidential administration. The uncertainty is only made worse by significant cuts to federal funding for refugee and immigrant organizations like IINE. Listen here to learn more about the current state of U.S. refugee resettlement: https://hubs.li/Q03hV4Hp0 Before the administration closed its doors to refugees, IINE resettled hundreds of refugees who still need support as they learn English, finds jobs, and rebuild their lives in a new country. Please consider donating today to support refugees, who have already endured so much and deserve a chance at safety: https://hubs.li/Q03hV6_d0

Thank you to Goldman Sachs for your impactful gift in honor of our Centennial #GoldenDoorAward Gala. We are grateful for Goldman Sachs’ partnership in providing life-changing support to #refugees and #immigrants in New England as we have done for the last 100+ years and will continue to do for the next century.  Learn more about our community of incredible supporters alongside #GoldmanSachs: https://lnkd.in/eQH8bsYE #IINEGDA2025 #CentennialGDA #GoldenDoorAward #GoldenDoorAward2025 #IINE100 #100yearsofwelcome #immigrantstories #immigrantswelcome

Continue our legacy of welcome 🗽🇺🇸 Bashir knows the feeling of having the door to safety and opportunity shut on him. His hopes for a better life were dashed when the first Trump administration banned refugees from Muslim-majority countries from resettling in the U.S. However, he did not give up. During the 15 years he spent in a refugee camp, Bashir dedicated his life to helping others - from supporting people with disabilities to working to prevent violence, and teaching fellow refugees to read and write. Bashir finally got his chance at the American dream in 2023. Since arriving in Boston, he has felt nothing but gratitude for his new community and neighbors, whose kindness has helped eased his transition. Today, Bashir works as a building concierge and an interpreter at schools and hospitals, as he trains to become a software developer. He feels at home in his neighborhood, where he attends a local mosque and plays soccer with his friends. Join us in continuing our nation’s legacy of welcome by supporting refugees like Bashir today: https://lnkd.in/ebYxs8Fr #immigrantswelcome #refugeeswelcome #givetoday #welcomingcommunities #refugeeresettlement #refugeehope

On January 20, the U.S. suspended all refugee admissions under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). The program has resettled over 3 million refugees since its creation by the 1980 Refugee Act. The ban has stranded hundreds of thousands of refugees and separated families—disrupting a decades-old system built to offer protection and hope.    Since then, legal challenges have been filed by refugees, U.S.-based refugee sponsors, and NGOs. Swipe to learn more about the key court cases and where things stand. Learn more: https://bit.ly/42fPFoY

“When I think of the people we serve, it's a man from Haiti who came here and we got him a job and he’s a warehouse assistant and he just got an award for amazing work and his goal in life is to get his master's degree in chain management. That’s the person we want to kick out of the country? Someone who will help us with supply chain management?” IINE SVP and Chief Advancement Office Alexandra Weber, MSW, LICSW told Boston Public Radio hosts Jim Braude & Margery Eagan on GBH, as the Trump administration works to reduce legal pathways to immigration. Watch the full interview to learn more about how current policies are affecting immigrants in our communities: https://hubs.li/Q03hh_Qb0 #immigrationpolicy #usimmigration #immigrantswelcome #refugeeswelcome #haitianimmigrants #legalpathways

We are thrilled to host our Centennial Golden Door Award Gala on Wed., June 4, 2025, at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport! We will be honoring the entire IINE community, including past GDA honorees, IINE supporters, and the brave individuals who have made Boston their home over the past 100 years. Join us to celebrate this century-long legacy and reaffirm our region’s commitment to welcoming, supporting, and celebrating the diverse communities that give Boston its strength. Gala attendees can look forward to: 📜 A retrospective of the prestigious past honorees 📖 Personal stories of migration 🎻 A special performance by the Afghanistan Freeharmonic Orchestra And so much more! Purchase tickets today and join us for what will be an inspiring and uplifting evening: https://hubs.li/Q03h3qcM0  #IINEGDA2025 #CentennialGDA #GoldenDoorAward #GoldenDoorAward2025 #IINE100 #100yearsofwelcome #immigrantstories #immigrantswelcome #suitcasestories