Collaborative Leadership

Refugee Empowerment Initiative (REI)

RefugeeConnect leads this quarterly forum which provides a welcoming space for service providers to meet, share best practices, and create ways to better serve the refugees in our community. REI members work together to set priorities for each meeting. Any organization providing services to refugees in the Greater Cincinnati area is invited to join the conversation.

Refugee Advocacy Action Team

A collaborative platform for recognizing local connections to global issues of persecuted people who now live in our region

Giving voice to the stories of people who fled persecution (i.e. Self-representative groups and assisting them tell their story/needs)
Amplifying the work being done in the greater community
Connecting organization through collaborative, lifting-up, messaging, and framing the narrative around strengths and community

TEEN EMPOWERMENT

Pathways to higher education are made clearer in this series of college access experiences that are blended with student leadership development. Local high school students meet diverse college student leaders and engage with higher education institutions to learn about pathways to success and explore career paths

Refugee Health Collaborative

RefugeeConnect facilitates collaboration and action to create what we wish existed. RefugeeConnect piloted a health navigator program in parntership with community organizations to show the impact of cultural orientation through health literacy and support to access resources has on health.

Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate

RefugeeConnect is one of the co-founders of the Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate. The Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate (CRCAH) is a nonpartisan alliance of organizations committed to being vigilant against hate activity by supporting impacted communities and fostering acceptance, compassion, and justice for all in the Cincinnati region.
https://cincinnaticoalition.org/